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THE   HISTORY 


OF  THE 


ALISON  OR  ALLISON  FAMILY 

In  Europe  and  America, 


A.  D.  1135  TO  1893; 


GIVING  AN  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  FAMILY  IN  SCOTLAND, 
ENGLAND,  IRELAND,  AUSTRALIA,  CANADA, 
AND  THE  UNITED  STATES. 


With  Twenty-five  Illustrated  Pages,  Embracing  Engravings  of  Forty-five 
Faces  and  Two  Residences. 


By  LEONARD  ALLISON   MORRISON,  A.  M., 

Author  of  "  History  of  the  Morison  or  Morrison  Family;  "  "  History  of  Windham 
in  New  Hampshire;  "  "  Rambles  in  Europe:  with  Historical  Facts  relating  to 
Scotch-American  Families;  Gathered  in  Scotland  and  in  the  North  of  Ire- 
land;" "Among  the  Scotch-Irish;  A  Tour  in  Seven  Countries;"  "Lineage  and 
Biographies  of  the  Norris  Family;"  "Supplement  to  the  History  of  Wind- 
ham in  New  Hampshire;  "  and  "  History  and  Proceedings  of  the  Celebration 
of  the  150th  Anniversary  of  the  Incorporation  of  (the  Scotch  settlement  of) 
Windham,  New  Hampshire,  Held  June  9, 1892." 


"ST  PATRIBUS  ET   POSTBRITATL' 


BOSTON,  MASS.: 

PUBLISHED    BY    DAMRELL    &  UPHAM, 

THE  OLD  CORNER    BOOK-STORE. 

1893. 


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And  cast  the  chaff  away. 


LIST  OF  ILLUSTRATIONS. 


Leonard  Allison  Morrison,  of  Windham,  N.  H.      Page  54, 

Jeremiah  Morrison,  of  Windham,  N.  H 

James  Allison,  of  Dunbarton,  N.  H.  .        .        .        . 

George  A.  Allison,  of  Cambridge,  Mass 

William  B.  Allison,  of  Dubuque,  la.            .        .        .        . 
Residence  of  Thomas  Johnston  Allison,  Statesville,  N.  C. 
Thomas  Johnston  Allison,  of  Statesville,  N.  C. 
Group  of  eight  faces 

Bichard  Monroe  Allison,  Statesville,  N.  C. 

Elizabeth  Carmichael  Allison,  Statesville,  N.  C. 

Thomas  Hampton  Allison,  Mooresville,  N.  C. 

Andrew  John  Allison,  Eva,  Ark. 

Evalina  Allison  Stevenson,  Statesville,  N.  C. 

Wade  Hampton  Allison,  Statesville,  N.  C. 

Mary  Selina  Allison,  Statesville,  N.  C. 

Bichard  Preston  Allison,  Statesville,  N.  C. 
Group  of  three  faces 

Hugh  N.  Allison,  Albuquerque,  N.  M. 

Fletcher  J.  Allison,  Albuquerque,  N.  M. 

Buth  6.  Allison,  Albuquerque,  N.  M. 
Mrs.  Sarah  (Allison)  Eick,  Diller,  Neb. 
Joseph  Allison,  St.  John,  N.  B. 
David  Allison,  Sackvillo,  N.  B. 
James  Walter  Allison,  Halifax,  N.  S. 
William  Allison's  commission  as  colonel 
Peter  Yanorder's  inscription 


Frontispiece 

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129 

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VI 


LIST  OF  ILLUSTRATIONS. 


Group  of  eif(ht  facoH 

Mrs.  Sarah  Allison,  Amity,  N.  Y. 

Nathaniel  Allison,  Mexico,  Mo. 

Isaac  W.  Allison,  Chester,  N.  Y. 

William  L.  Allison,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Mrs.  Amy  (Allison)  Vail,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

Mrs.  Frances  (Allison)  Tooker,  Slate  Hill,  Wawayanda,  N.  Y. 

Mrs.  Lydia  (Allison)  Selleck,  Fair  Oaks,  N.  Y. 

Mrs.  Mary  (Allison)  Mills,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Group  of  five  faces 

Mrs.  Martha  (Sullenger)  Allison,  Mexico,  Mo. 

James  W.  Allison,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Giles  S.  Allison,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Linnie  Allison,  Mexico,  Mo. 

Mary  Emma  (Allison)  Emmons,  Mexico,  Mo. 
Group  of  five  faces 

Mrs.  Teresa  A.  (Elmer)  Allison,  Chester,  N.  Y. 

Howard  Allison,  Hempstead,  N.  Y. 

Edith  (Thurber)  Allison,  Hempstead,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  Charles  Elmer  Allison,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

Lizzie  Elmer  Allison,  Chester,  N.  Y. 

David  Allison,  Pontlac,  Mich 

Mrs.  Susan  (Hamer)  Allison,  Pontlac,  Mich. 
Michael  Snedeker  Allison,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.     . 
Charles  Allison,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.         .... 
Brewster  J.  Allison,  Stony  Point,  N.  Y.      . 
William  O.  Allison,  Englewood,  N.  J.         ... 
Residence  of  William  O.  Allison,  Englewood,  N.  J.  . 


Faces  page  223 


Faces  page  231 


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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


PREFATORY.   (Pages  I— XVI.) 

Title-page— Dedication,  iii — List  of  Illustrations,  v— Table  of  Contents, 
vii— Heraldry:  The  Allison  Arras,  Crests,  and  Mottoes,  x— The  Elli- 
son Arms,  Crests,  and  Mottoes,  xi — Introduction,  xiii. 

CHAPTER  I.    (Pages  1-9.) 

Origin  op  tue  Scotch  Name  of  Alusoit. 

Various  theories  as  to  the  origin  of  the  name  of  Allison,  1-4 — The 
meaning  and  origin  of  the  name  of  the  Scotch  Alisons,  or  Allisons, 
4,  5 — Orthography  of  the  name,  5 — Early  prominent  Allisons,  .5 — Tlie 
Arms,  5 — Most  frequent  Scottish  names,  (J — Old  divisions  of  Scot- 
land and  England,  0,  7 — The  true  Scotland,  7— Thomas  Carlyle's 
staloment,  8. 

CHAPTER  II.   (Pages  9-17.) 

The  Scotch-Ibisii — Who  Were  They  ? 

They  were  not  Celts,  they  were  people  of  Scottish  lineage  who  dwelt  on 
Irish  soil,  9-10 — Localities  wliere  dwelt  the  Scotch-Irish,  10 — State- 
ments of  Macaulay,  10-11 — The  transplanting  of  the  Scotch-Irish  to 
American  shores,  and  the  survival  of  tlie  Lowland  Scotch  diiilect, 
11,  12 — Books  relating  to  tliis  race,  12 — Quotations  from  the  eloquent 
addresses  of  Kev.  John  S.  Macintosh,  D.  D.,  at  the  Scotch-Irish  Con- 
gress, 12-15 — The  Scotch-Irish  of  New  Hampshire,  11,  12,  15. 


CHAPTER  III.    (Pages  17-39.) 

The  Allisons  of  Scotland  and  Australia. 

Antiquity  of  the  family  in  Avondale,  Scotland — Descent  from  the  Mac- 
Alisters  of  Loupe,  IT — John  MacAlister  and  followers  located  at 
Cairnduff,  18 — Tlic  parisli  of  Avondale,  the  home  of  the  fam- 
ily in  1310 — The  Alisons  in  Newton  of  Ayr,  10,  20 — Descent  of  the 
Alisons,  20 — Their  dispersion,  21-24 — Great  similarity  of  names  in 
Cairnduff,  Scotland,  with  those  in  Agliadowey,  Ireland,  and  in  the 
Scotch-Irish  settlements  in  New  Ilampsliire  and  other  parts  of  the 
United  States,  24 — Persecution  of  Claverliouse,  25 — The  Alisons  of 
Avondale,  27-39. 


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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


CHAPTER  IV.    {PA0E8  30-42.) 

Eably  Allisons  ix  Amekica. 

The  Ellisons,  41— Other  facts  relating  to  the  Ellisons  in  this  book  will  be 
found  on  pages  5,  89-42,  242-252. 

CHAPTER  V.    (Pages  42-121.) 

Allisons  of  New  Hahpsiiibe. 

Samuel  Allison  of  Londonderry,  and  his  descendants  from  1600  to  1803, 
including  those  in  the  families  of  Atwood,  Holmes,  McAfee,  Moore, 
Morrison,  Shepard,  Stinson,  and  other  names — Emigration  of  Samuel 
Allison ;  his  Scotch  dialect,  his  will,  and  death,  42-46 — His  daughter, 
Martha  Allison ;  her  early  death,  and  monument  of  memorial,  with 
that  of  her  husband,  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison,  founder  of  the  Morrison 
family  of  Windham,  45-47 — Janet  Allison  and  her  husband,  Samuel 
Morison  of  Londonderry,  60-61;  Capt.  Samuel  Allison  and  his  wife, 
Janet  MacFarland,  61-63— Allisons  or  Ellisons,  119-121. 

CHAPTER  VI.    (Pages  121-144.) 

Allisons  of  Pennsylvania. 

Allisons  of  Allen  Township;  same  Scotch  tames  in  Penusylvania  as  in 
the  New  Hampshire  settlements;  the  Scotch-Irish  emigrate  from 
Maine  to  Pcnnsylv.inia,  121-123— Rev.  Francis  Alison  and  his  de- 
scendants, 122-126— Other  Allisons  of  Pennsylvania,  126-128,  134-136 
— Allisons  of  Indiana,  a  branch  of  the  Pennsylvania  family,  127-120— 
Hon.  William  B.  Allison  of  Iowa,  120-135 — Allisons  from  the  county 
of  Londonderry,  Ireland,  135— Hon.  Joseph  Allison  of  Philadelphia 
and  his  relations,  136-138 — Allisons  of  Ramelton,  county  of  Donegal, 
Ire.,  Middletown,  Penn.,  and  Trenton,  N.  J.,  137-144. 

CHAPTER  VIL   (Pages  144-161.) 

Various  Families  of  Allisons. 

Allisons  of  North  Carolina — Five  branches — Allisons  of  Glasgow,  Scot- 
land, North  Carolina,  and  Virginia. 


CHAPTER  VIII.  (Pages  161-170.) 

Other  Branches. 

Allisons  of  Virginia  and  Kentucky,  161-165 — Allisons  of  Tennessee  and 
Louisiana,  164-166 — Allisons  of  Liiford,  County  of  Donegal,  Ireland, 
and  of  Tennessee,  165-170— Alexander  Porter  of  Lifford,  and  of  Ten- 
nessee, with  his  relatives,  165. 


TABLE  OP  CONTENTS. 


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CHAPTEH  IX.    (Paokh  170-180.) 

Al.MSOXS   FKOM   ENOL.VND. 

Joseph  Allison,  of  Cumberland  county,  Eng.,  and  Ills  descendantB  In  Illi- 
nois, 170-174— Joseph  Allison,  of  Halifax,  England,  and  his  descend- 
ants In  the  United  States,  174-170— William  Allison  of  Kentucky 
and  his  descendants,  17.5-177— Allisons  of  New  Jersey,  Connecticut, 
Maryland,  and  Lawrence,  Mass.,  17T-1.S0. 

CIIAPTEK  X.    (Paoes  180-2ai) 

Allisons  of  Cou.nty  of  LoNnoxuEitnv,  Ire. 

John  Allison  of  Drumnaha,  Maglllifran,  County  of  Londonderry,  Ire., 
and  his  descendants  in  Ireland  and  Nova  .Scotia,  180-200  -Allisons  ol 
Evish  Hill  and  of  LImavady,  County  of  Londonderry,  Ire.,  and  later 
of  New  Brunswick,  201— The  Morrisons,  Allisons,  Hunters,  and 
Crooks  of  County  of  Londonderry,  Ire.,  201-20;J. 

CHAPTER   XL    (Pages  203-20S.) 
Allisons  of  Holland  and  Kocklan'  County,  N.  Y.,  20i]-20S. 

CHAPTER  XII.     (Paoes  20S-247.) 

Allisons  of  Obanoe  CorxTV,  New  Youk. 

Joseph  Allison,  John  Allison,  and  Richard  Allison,  early  settlers  of 
Orange  County,  and  their  descendants,  208-240 — Goshen,  N.  Y.,  rec- 
ords, 240 — Allisons  and  Allistons,  241 — References  from  the  colonial 
history  of  New  York,  241-243 — The  Ellisons,  unasslgned  records 
relating  to  them,  243-247. 

CHAPTER  XIII.     (Pages  247-202.) 

Allisons  of  Rockland  Countv,  New  York. 

Lawrence  Ellison  (or  Allison)  of  New  York  and  his  descendants,  247-290 
— Robert  Allison  of  Ohio  and  his  descendants,  21X>-2f  2 — Ex-Governor 
Allison  of  Florida,  291. 

INDEX  I.    (Pages  293,  294.) 
Alisons  of  Scotland  and  Australia. 


INDEX  II.    (Pages  205-312.) 
Allisons  of  Canada  and  the  United  States. 


HERALDRY. 


THE  ALLISON  ARMS,  CRESTS,  AND  MOTTOES. 


From  Fairhaikn'8  Book 
Britain  and  Iuei.anu. 
1891!.    (This  book  contains  illustrations  of  crests  here  described.) 


OF   Chests  of  the  Families  of  Great 
A  new  edition,  revised  and  brought  down  to 


Alison,  Scotland,  a  tree  ppr.,  with  a  bell  hung  on  the  branches  on 
each  side.     Crescit  sub  pondere  virtus. 

Alison,  Scotland,  an  oak  tree  ppr.,  with  a  weight  hanging  on  each 
side.     Crescit  sttb  pondere  virtus. 

Alison,  Scotland,  an  eagle's  head  erased  ppr.     Vincit  Veritas. 

Alison,  Rev.  A.,  Scotland,  an  eagle's  head  erased  ppr.  Vincit  Veri- 
tas. 

Alison,  Major-General  Sir  Archibald,  K.  C.  B.  2nd  Bart.,  same  crest 
and  motto. 

Alison  and  Allison,  a  falcon's  head  erased  ppr.      Vincit  Veritas. 

Allison,  Scotland,  a  falcon's  head  erased.     Vincit  Veritas. 

Allison,  a  pheasant  holding  in  the  dexter  claw  a  key,  and  in  the  beak 
an  ear  of  barley  ppr. 

Allison,  Scotland,  an  eagle's  head  erased  ppr.     Vincit  Veritas. 

Allison,  Colonel  James  John,  D.  L.,  J.  P.,  of  "  Beanfront,"  Roker, 
Sunderland,  uses  a  peacock  in  pride  ppr.     Vincit  Veritas. 

From  Buhke's  General  Armory. 

Allison,  Sa.,  a  fesae  engr.  betw.  three  talbots  pass.  ar.     Crest — An 

eagle's  head  erased  ppr.     Motto :    Vincit  Veritas. 
Allison,  Ar.,  an  inescutcheon  gu.     Crest — A  pheasant  holding  in  the 

dexter  foot  a  key,  and  in  his  beak  an  ear  of  barley  ppr. 
Allison,  Sa.,  a  fesse  engr.  betw.  three  talbots  pass.  ar.  surmounted  by 

a  bend  sinister. 
Allison  (described  in  the  Visitations  as  having  been  settled  for  five 

generations  at  Yardsley  Hall,  co.  Cambridge).     Ar.,  a  fesse  gu. 

betw.  three  blackbirds  within  a  bordure  of  the  second.     Crest — 

A.  peacock  ppr. 


HERALDRY. 


XI 


Allison  (Roker  Sunderland,  co.  Durham ;  Col.  John  James  Allison, 
commanding  2nd  Durham  militia,  J.  P.,  D.  L.,  eldest  son  of 
James  Allison,  esquire  of  Undercliff,  same  co.).  Ar.,  a  fesse  gu. 
betw.  three  blackbirds  ppr.  a  bordure  of  the  second.  Crest — A 
peacock  in  his  pride  ppr.     Motto — Vineit  Veritas. 

The  motto  Vineit  Veritas  means  "  Truth  prevails." 

Crescit  sub  pondere  oirttts  means  "Virtue  thrives  under  oppression." 

In  addition  to  what  is  here  given  relating  to  Arms,  see  p.  5. 


THE  ELLISON  ARMS,  CRESTS,  AND  MOTTOES. 

From  Faibbairn'b  Book  of  Chests. 

Ellison,  a  griffin's  head  erased  ppr.,  collared  or. 

Ellison,  Scotland,  a  cross  crosslet  fitched  g^. 

Ellison,  a  lion  passant  gardant,  holding  in  his  dexter  paw  an  anchor. 

Ellison,  a  greyhound  sa. 

Ellison— Macartney,  John  William,  Esq.,  Barrister-at-Law,  J.  P.  of 
the  Palace,  Clogher  co.,  Tyrone,  Ireland:  (1)  A  cubit  arm  erect, 
the  hrvnd  grasping  a  rose-branch  in  flower  all  ppr.  (for  Macartney); 
(2)  A  buck's  head  erased  ppt.,  charged  on  the  neck  with  a  trefoil 
slipped  vert  (for  Ellison)  Stimulat,  sed  amat, — Spe  gattdeo. 

Ellison,  Durh.,  an  eagle's  head  erased  or. 

Ellison,  an  eagle's  hea<l  erased  per  fess  or  and  gu.,  murally  gorged  az. 

Ellison,  Carr, — Ralph,  Esquire  of  Hedgeley,  Northumb.,  and  Dun- 
stanliill,  Durh. :  (1)  An  eagle's  head  erased  or,  gorged  with  a 
collar  vair,  holding  in  the  beak  a  branch  of  three  roses  gu., 
leaved  and  slipped  ppr.  (for  Ellison) ;  (2)  A  lion's  head  erased 
or,  in  front  thereof  a  demi-Catherine  wheel  az.  (for  Carr.)  Nee 
te  quaesiveris  extra. 

From  BriiKE'8  Geneaal  Armouy. 

Ellison,  per  pale  gu.  and  vert  an  eagle  displ.  or.     Crest,  An  eagle's 

head  erased  per  fesse  or  and  gu.  gorged  Avitli  a  mural  coronet  az. 
Ellison,  Ar.,  a  chev.  gu.  betw.  three  griffins'  heads ;  erased  sa.    Crest, 

a  greyhound  sa. 
Ellison  (Boultham  Hall,  co.  Lincohi).     Gu.  a  chev.  or  betw.  three 

griffins'  heads  ar.     Crest,  a  griffin's  head  eras'  !  ppr.  collared  or. 

Motto :  Spem  sequimur. 


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HERALDRY. 


Ellison  (Scotland).  Per  bend  gu.  and  or  a  fleiUMle-Iis  in  bend  sinis- 
ter  counterchanged. 

Ellison  (Hebburn,  co.  Durham).  Gu.  a  chev.  or  betw.  three  eagles' 
heads  erased  ar.     Crest,  an  eagle's  head  erased  or. 

Ellison  (Rotherham,  co.  York.)  6u.  a  chev.  betw.  three  eagles'  heads 
erased  or. 

Ellison  (Carr-Ellison,  exemplified  to  Ralph  Carr,  Esq.,  of  Hedgeley, 
CO.  Northumberland  and  Dunstanhill,  co.  pal.  Durham,  upon  his 
assuming  the  additional  name  of  Ellison  by  royal  license,  1871). 
Quarterly,  Ist  and  4th,  gu.  a  chev.  vair  cottised  or  betw.  three 
eagles'  heads  erased  of  the  last,  for  Ellison  2nd  and  3d  ar.  within 
two  bendlets  az.  an  estoile  betw.  two  lions'  heads  sa.  the  whole 
betw.  three  Cornish  Choughs  ppr.  for  Carr,  Crests,  Ellison.  An 
eagle's  head  erased  or  gorged  with  a  collar  vair,  holding  in  the 
beak  a  branch  of  three  roses  gu.  leaved  and  slipped  ppr.  Carr : 
A  lion's  head  erased  or,  in  front  thereof  a  demi-Catherine  wheel 
az.     Motto :   Nee  te  qtiaesiveris  extra. 


TBAN8LATI0X   OF  MOTTOES. 

Stimulat,  sed  omai.     "  It  stimulates,  but  it  adorns." 

Spe  gaxideo.     "  I  rejoice  in  hope." 

Nee  te  quaesiveris  extra.     "  Do  not  seek  thyself  outside  of  thyself." 

Spent  sequimur.     "  We  follow  hope." 

In  addition  to  what  is  printed  here  relating  to  the  Ellisons,  see  pp. 
6,  39-42, 120-122,  242-252. 


INTRODUCTION. 


This  work  is  vastly  more  comprehensive  in  its  scope  than  was 
intended  at  the  commencement  of  its  preparation.  The  stream  has 
been  traced  to  its  fountain,  the  river  to  its  source,  and  the  Allisons  to 
their  homes  in  Scotland  of  many  centuries  ago.  There,  among  its 
moors,  its  mountains,  and  its  glens,  they  have  lived  till  the  present, 
while  collateral  lines  of  this  ancient  stock,  about  whom  lingers  the 
love  of  the  freedom  of  Scotland's  mountains,  struck  out  into  other 
lands,  have  enlarged  and  become  strong,  numerous,  prosperous, 
and  vigorous.  The  Allisons  have  won  homes  and  reputations  not 
only  in  Scotland,  but  in  England,  Ireland,  Australia,  South  America, 
Canada,  and  in  nearly  every  state  of  the  g^eat  American  common- 
wealth, the  United  States. 

A  fascination,  deep  and  abiding,  clings  to  the  ancient  home  of 
the  family  at  upe,'  Argyleshire,  and  at  Caimduff,  Avondale,  Lan- 
arkshire, Scotland.  The  matter  relating  to  those  homes  and  to  those 
lines  of  the  family  are  of  preeminent  value  and  absorbing  interest.  By 
the  publication  of  this  volume  all  of  this  information  and  history  is 
permanently  preserved. 

The  Allison  family,  taken  as  a  whole,  is  strong  and  intellectual. 
In  the  Fatherland  some  of  its  members  were  martyrs  for  the  "  Solemn 
League  and  Covenant,"  and  elsewhere  contended,  even  unto  death,  for 
religious  freedom,  while  others  continued  the  struggle  in  Ireland,  and 
later  crossed  the  ocean  and  maintained  the  finally  successful  battle  on 
American  soil. 

This  family  has  loved  church  and  state  a"*'!  learning.  They  helped 
found  a  government  of,  and  for,  and  by  the  people.  There  have  been 
many  college  graduates.  The  name  Allison  is  found  frequently  in 
the  catalogues  of  both  European  and  American  universities.  Lawyers, 
physicians,  ministers  of  the  Gospel,  senators,  and  other  men  high  in 
the  civil  or  military  service  of  the  state  are  among  those  of  this  stock. 

This  is  mentioned,  not  in  a  spirit  of  unwise  laudation  of  a  family  but 
as  a  historical  fact,  and  that  in  the  future,  when  tiiose  of  other  genera- 
tions shall  read  this  and  see  that  their  predecessors  and  relatives,  who 
will  then  belong  to  "  a  buried  generation,"  loved  the  school,  the  church, 


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INTRODUCTION. 


the  state,  it  may  stimulate  them  to  higher  deeds,  influence  them  to 
nobler  lives. 

This  work  was  undertaken  to  gratify  my  own  curiosity  to  know  all 
the  accessible  facts  relating  to  the  origin,  history,  and  life  and  death 
of  my  ancestor,  Charter  Samuel  Allison,  of  Scotch  blood,  of  London- 
derry, New  Hampshire,  together  with  that  of  his  widely  scattered  de- 
scendants.  The  place  selected  for  his  abode  in  the  New  World  became 
widely  noted  as  the  home  of  a  stalwart  people. 

There  is  no  locality,  in  New  Hampshire,  whose  early  local  history  has 
so  deep  an  interest,  or  about  which  clings  so  much  of  fascination,  as  that 
of  the  original  township  of  Londonderry,  embracing  the  present  towns 
of  Windham,  Derry,  Londonderry,  and  a  part  of  Hudson  and  Salem. 
Not  that  its  soil  was  fertile,  or  that  dormant  riches  lay  in  ground, 
f oresf.  rock,  or  waters,  for  in  none  of  these  was  the  secret  of  its  strong 
hold  on  the  minds  and  in  the  hearts  of  antiquarians,  scholars,  and  ths 
general  public.  It  was  in  a  higher  source,  in  an  element  of  greater 
value,  power,  and  influence,  than  in  any  or  in  all  of  these  combined. 
It  was  in  the  inhabitants  themselves.  The  first  settlers  were  a  peculiar 
people,  and  they,  or  their  fathers,  were  twice  exiles ;  first,  from  Scot- 
land, their  Fatherland,  to  the  "  green  fields  of  Erin,"  which  at  London- 
derry and  the  Boyne  water  they  helped  to  save  to  King  William  and 
Protestantism  in  1688-'89  ;  second,  to  the  wilderness  wilds  of  London- 
derry, N.  H.,  in  1710.  They  were  of  Scotch  blood,  some  of  them 
were  of  Scotch  birth,  some  were  "  accidentally  born "  in  Ireland. 
Strong  and  rugged  in  their  mental  characteristics,  having  great  cour- 
age and  tenacity  of  purpose,  they  were  valiant  colonists  of  a  frontier, 
capable  of  subduing  a  wilderness,  of  founding  and  building  a  state, 
and  leaving  the  impress  of  their  willing  hands,  strong  minds,  and 
valiant  deeds,  in  the  settlement  they  founded,  tlie  state  they  benefited, 
and  in  illustrious  descendants  who  have  worthily  filled  the  higher 
positions  in  the  community,  the  state,  and  the  nation.  Sixteen  men 
with  their  families  composed  the  advance  guard  of  the  infant  colony. 
In  1718  they  came  from  the  north  of  Ireland,  paii;  if  not  all  from  the 
parish  of  Aghadowey,  county  of  Londonderry,  some  eight  miles  from 
Coleraine,  and  forty  miles  from  the  city  of  Londonderry.  Samuel 
Allison,  previously  mentioned,  was  one  of  that  stalwart  company. 

This  work,  as  such  labor  always  does,  fascinated  me.  It  expanded 
greatly.  In  my  investigations  other  important,  equally  large,  and 
equally  respectable  branches  of  Alisons  or  Allisons  were  found,  their  his- 
tory and  genealogy  procured.  This  includes  the  lines  of  Allisons  in 
Orange  and  Rockland  counties,  New  York,  with  those  numerous  ones  in 


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Pennsylvania  and  in  the  southern  states,  together  with  those  of  Nova 
Scotia,  Ireland,  and  Scotland.  In  fact,  I  have  included  in  the  pages 
of  this  book  all  branches  of  this  Scotch  family,  wherever  scattered,  of 
which  I  could  obtain  information.  The  record  is  as  full  as  the  facts 
given  to  me  could  make  it. 

In  the  preparation  of  this  work  all  known  sources  of  information 
have  been  laid  under  contributior .  Libraries  have  yielded  their  tn;as- 
ures ;  the  offices  of  register  of  deeds  and  the  offices  of  probate  in 
many  states  have  given  of  their  rich  stores ;  tombstones  and  family 
registers,  church  records,  and  town  records,  and  many  other  sources 
have  answered  to  demands  upon  them. 

The  gathering  of  the  records  of  the  family,  with  other  facts  collected 
in  Scotland,  England,  Ireland,  Australia,  and  the  British  Provinces 
in  America,  has  been  attended  with  much  e£Eort,  expense,  and  delr^y, 
but  it  is  of  great  historical  value  and  will  be  of  interest  to  the  family 
and  general  reader  in  the  present  and  future.  These  records  link  in 
one  harmonious  whole  the  various  branches  of  the  Allison  family. 
Many  of  the  long  diverging  lines  converge  once  more  and  form  a 
union.  Each  Allison  can  clasp  the  hand  of  every  other  Allison  as 
that  of  a  friend,  or  relative,  or  clansman. 


ARRANGEMENT. 

The  arrangement  is  simple,  and  similar  to  that  usually  adopted  in 
genealogical  worl.o. 

The  pedigree  of  each  head  of  a  family  goes  back  to  the  emigrat- 
ing or  first  known  ancestor.  The  latter  is  indicated  by  the  numeral 
1,  meaning  the  first  known  generation,  and  so  following  down  the 
line,  with  the  ancestor's  name  marked  by  a  numeral  figure  denoting 
the  generation  in  which  the  person  stands. 

On  the  left  margins  of  the  pages  consecutive  numbers  are  used. 
Heads  of  families,  as  a  rule,  appear  with  two  numbers,  first  as  a  child, 
with  number  on  the  left,  while  on  the  right  in  brackets  is  the  number 
where  the  person  will  be  found  as  the  head  of  a  family.  Turning  to 
that  number  will  be  found  the  person  with  numbers  reversed.  At  the 
right  of  the  name  in  parentheses  will  be  the  number  of  the  person  as 
a  child.  By  looking  at  the  numbers  back  and  forth  the  plan  will  be 
apparent. 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 


I  am  indebted  to  Judge  Nathaniel  Holmes 
for  information  of  the  Holmes  family  ;  to  the  1.. 


Cambridge,  Mass., 
B.  B.  Whittemore, 


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INTRODUCTION. 


Esq.,  of  Nashua,  N.  H.,  for  valuable  records  and  facts ;  to  William 
W.  Moore,  Esq.,  of  Scranton,  Penn.,  for  furnishing  records  of  the 
Moore,  Shepard,  McAfee,  and  Atwood  families.  The  record  of  the 
descendants  of  Lieutenant  Samuel  Morrison  and  his  wife,  Martha 
Allison,  are  with  slight  changes  taken  from  my  published  works,  the 
"  History  of  the  Morison  or  Morrison  Family,"  and  "  History  of 
Windham  in  New  Hampshire." 

Rev.  Charles  E.  Allison  of  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  and  his  brother,  Howard 
Allison,  Esq.,  an  attorney  in  New  York,  N.  Y.,  have  aided  me  greatly 
in  collecting  history  of  the  Allisons  of  Orange  county,  N.  Y.,  and  by 
securing  engravings  of  them  for  this  work. 

William  O.  Allison,  Esq.,  of  Englewood,  N.  J.,  of  the  Rockland 
county,  N.  Y.,  Allisons,  has  manifested  his  inter^st  in  many  ways  and 
by  financial  aid  of  this  undertaking.  George  F.  Allison,  Esq.,  of 
New  York,  N.  Y.,  has  also  aided  materially  in  the  publication  of  this 
work,  and  by  furnishing  valuable  memoranda. 

Rev.  David  Allison,  D.  D.,  President  of  Allison  college,  Sackville, 
New  Brunswick,  has  furnished  most  valuable  and  interesting  facts  of  the 
Nova  Scotia  Allisons. 

Rev.  Archibald  Alison  of  Prestwick,  Scotland,  has  g^ven  me  valu- 
able records. 

To  all  these,  and  to  others  who  have  furnished  information  or  por- 
traits of  themselves  or  others,  I  give  my  warmest  thanks. 

My  love  for  literary  work,  and  my  strong  desire  to  develop  and  per- 
petuate family,  local,  and  general  history  have  been  potent  factors  in 
prompting  me  to  prepare  and  send  this  work  forth  to  the  world.  It 
is  largely  a  labor  of  love.  The  widely  scattered  copies  of  this  book 
will  eventually  be  in  all  prominent  parts  of  the  English  speaking 
world,  will  be  in  the  larger  public  libraries,  and  will  thus  perpetuate 
this  "■  History  of  the  Alison  or  Allison  Family  in  Europe  and  Amer- 
ica. 

This  volume  is  now  committed  to  my  relatives  of  the  Allison  family, 

to  its  allied  families,  to  all  lovers  of  historical  and  genealogical  lore, 

and  to  the  general  public.     I  trust  that  it  will  be  of  worth  to  them  and 

that  it  will  inspire  them  all  with  higher  aims  in  life  and  a  more  loyal 

appreciation  of  the  virtues  of  those  whose  lives  are  recorded  herein, 

and  that  the  fleeting  years  will  not  detract  but  add  to  the  value  of 

this  historical  record. 

LEONARD  ALLISON  MORRISON. 

WiXDiiAM,  N.  H.  (Canobie  Lake,  X.  H.,  P.  O.) 

October  10,  ISliS. 


HISTORY  OF  THE  ALISONS. 


CHAPTER   I. 

Various  Theories. — True  Orioin  of  the  Name  of  the  Scotch 
Allisons.— Its  Orthooraimiy.— Most  Frequent  Scottish  Names. 
Old  Divisions  of  Scotl.vnd  and  England. — Thomas  Carlyle's 
Statement. 


ORIGIN   OF  THE  NAME   OF  ALLISON. 

Robert  Ferguson,  M.  P.,  F.  S.  A.,  and  F.  S.  A.  Scotland, 
in  his  "  Surnames  'is  a  Science,"  London :  1883,  pp.  204- 
206,  is  Women's  Names,  "Alice,  Alicia,  Eliza,  Adeliza,  Alison. 
Alice  properly  a  man's  name,  and  Eliza  its  proper  feminine." 

He  derives  these  names  from  Anglo-Saxon  Adelgis  (mas- 
culine) and  Adelgisa  (feminine),  whence  come  Aliza,  Eliza, 
but  not  Eizabeth  (the  Latin  form),  the  Hebrew  form  being 
Elischeba. 

He  cites  for  this  the  Liber  Vitce  of  Durham,  "  in  which 
we  can  trace  the  changes  that  have  taken  place  in  Adelgisa 
since  the  first  noble  lady  of  that  name  laid  her  gift  upon  the 
altar.  First  we  find  it  contracted  into  Adeliza,  and  then, 
from  about  the  twelfth  century,  into  Aaliza  and  Aliza,  the 
latter  name  being  henceforward  rather  a  common  one.  The 
former  of  these  two  contracted  forms,  Adeliza,  though  not  a 
name  in  common  use,  is  one  still  given  to  the  daughters  of 
certain  of  our  noble  families ;  the  latter  form,  Aliza,  I  take 
to  be  the  origin  of  our  Eliza.  (The  initial  vowel  is  of  no 
account,  the  ancient  name  beginning  indifferently  with  A  or 
E,  and  Alice  in  some  families  appearing  as  Ellice)." 

"About  the  beginning  of  the  fifteenth  century  another 
Christian  name  for  women,  Alison,  begins  to  make  its  appear- 
ance in  the  Liber  Vitce.  This  name,  however,  I  take  to  be 
from  an  entirely  different  origin.  There  is  an  old  Frankish 
woman's  name,  Alesinda,  Elesind,  Alesint,  of  the  eighth  cen- 
1 


2 


ORIGIN  OF  THE  NAME  ALISON. 


tury,  from  which,  dropping  the  final  <?,  it  would  naturally 
come,  and  which  is  derived  from  Grimm  from  Gothic  Alja^ 
Alius  (in  the  probable  sense  of  stranger  or  foreigner),  and 
Sind  in  the  sense  of  companion  or  attendant." 

From  the  foregoing,  if  the  theories  of  Mr.  Ferguson  are  cor- 
rect, it  cannot  but  strike  the  reader  with  what  exceeding  ease 
(the  initial  vowel  being  of  "  no  account ")  the  same  name 
could  be  written  Alison,  Elison,  Allison,  Ellison. 

Charles  W.  Bardsley,  M.  A.,  in  his  choice  work,  "  Our  Eng- 
lish Surnames,  their  Sources  and  Significations,"  London, 
cites  these  instances: 

Alan  (v,  Allen)  Alan  fil.     Warin. 

Alanson  (v.  AUinson),  William  Alynson,  Thomas  Allason. 
Alison,  Ric.  fil.  Alise,  A.     Goselin  fil.    Alice,  A. 
Alisceon  de  Tuxforth,  W.  2.    Alison  Gelyot,  H. 

These  with  other  instances  are  cited. 

In  the  text  he  says, — "  Out  of  many  forms  to  be  found  in 
every  early  roll,  those  of  '  Ellis,'  '  Elys,'  '•  Elice,'  '  EUice,* 
'Elyas,'  'Helyas,'  and  the  diminutive  'Eliot,'  or  'Elliot,' 
seem  to  have  been  the  most  familiar.  Numberless  are  the 
surnames  sprung  from  it.  It  is  thus  that  we  get  our  '  Ellises ' 
and  '  EUices,'  our  '  Ellsons '  and  '  Ellisons,'  our  '  Elkins '  and 
'  Elkinsons,'  our  '  Elcocks '  and  '  EUcocks,'  and  our  '  EUicots,' 
'  Elliots,'  and  *  Elliotsons.'  In  the  North  'Alls '  seems  to  have 
gained  the  supremacy:  Thus  it  is  we  have  our  many  'Alli- 
sons '  or  'Alisons.' "  In  a  note  he  says, — "  We  cannot  but 
believe,  however,  that  in  many  instances  these  two  are  but 
the  offspring  of  'Alice,'  at  this  period  one  of  the  most  popu- 
lar of  female  names.  Nor  must  we  forget  that  Allison  was 
itself  used  as  a  personal  name,  that  being  the  Norman-French 
pet  name  of  Alise,  after  the  fashion  of  Marion,  Louison, 
Beaton,"  &c. 

We  are  all  acquainted  with  the  "Alison  "  of  the  "  Canter- 
bury Tales,"— 

"  This  Alison  answered ;  Wlio  is  there 
That  knocketh  so  ?   I  warrant  him  a  thefe." 

And  again  he  says, — "  With  regard  to  'Alls '  and  '  Elis,'  and 
Alison  and  Elison  recorded  in  the  text,  I  may  remind  the 
reader  that  A  and  E  were  all  but  convertible  names  with 
the  Normans." 

Judge  Nathaniel  Holmes,  of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  who  has 
given  the  subject  attention,  says, — "  I  have  little  doubt  that 


DERIVATION   OP  THE  NAME. 


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this  use  of  A  and  E  is  a  mere  variation  in  the  spelling  con- 
sequent upon  a  difference  of  pronunciation.  Further,  I  am  in- 
clined to  think  that  the  two  names  'Allan,'  'AUenson,'  Allin- 
son,  Allison,  '  Ellis,'  'Alice,''  Ellison,'  '  Elison,'  and  perhaps 
'Alison,'  arose  in  two  or  more  different  places,  amonjif  distinct 
and  unrelated  families,  though  originating  as  surnames  in  the 
same  manner,  viz.,  by  adding  ito7i  to  the  former  Christian  or 
'personal'  name,  as  AUen'son,  Alan'son,  and  Alice's  or 
Ellis'son.  This  is  shown  in  the  instances  cited  by  Mr. 
Bardsley,  Ric-til.  Alise,  Goselin  fil.  Alice.  So,  also,  in  Alan- 
son  (v.  Allinson)  we  have  Brien  fil.  Alan,  as  also  Allen'sson, 
perhaps,  whence  [)robably  Alanson,  Allinson,  Alynson, 
AUason,  Allison." 

Henry  Brougham  Guppy,  M.  B.,  Edinburgh,  F.  R.  S.  E., 
F.  R.,  Scotti.sh  Geographical  Soc,  &c.,  London,  1890,  says  in 
his  "  Homes  of  Family  Names  in  Great  liritain,"  that  "Allen, 
— from  Alan,  a  common  personal  name  at  the  time  of  the 
Norman  Conquest.  Widely  distributed,  but  excepting 
Northumberland,  rare  in  the  Northern  counties  beyond  the 
Humber  and  the  Mersey,  and  infrequent  also  in  the  four 
south-western  counties  of  England  ;  and  the  principal  centres 
of  the  name  seem  at  present  to  be  in  Derbyshire,  Hants, 
Leicestershire,  Rutlandshire,  Lincolnshire,  and  Suffolk. 
Allan  is  a  frequent  form  across  the  Scottish  borders,  and  is 
especially  characteristic  of  the  south  of  Scotland ;  it  extends 
into  Northumberland,  where  Allen  also  occurs."     Page  23. 

The  derivation  of  the  name  might  be  thus  :  Allen,  Allen- 
son,  Allinson,  Allison.  He  says, — "Allinson  was  a  name 
well  known  in  York  (county)  in  the  17th  century.  William 
Allenson,  draper,  who  received  the  honor  of  knighthood  and 
represented  that  city  in  Parliament,  was  Lord  Mayor  of  York 
in  1633  and  1655." 

Rev.  Archibald  Alison  writes,  Oct.  23,  1892  :  "  In  a  '  His- 
tory of  the  Norman  People  and  their  Descendants  in  the 
British  Dominions  and  the  United  States  of  America,'  pub- 
lished in  London,  187-4,  the  writer  derives  the  Allisons  from 
Bernard  de  Alencon,  who  held  several  Lordships  from  Her- 
vey  de  Bourges,  Suffolk,  in  England.  He  alludes  to  a  castle 
of  this  name,  viz..  Castle  Alencon,  which  belonged  to  one  of 
the  sons  of  Alan,  Duke  of  Brittany  of  the  8th  century,  a 
castle  which  is  still  to  be  seen,  although  now  in  ruins.  The 
origin  of  these  Allisons  shows  that  they  are  Allanaons^  or 
sons  of  Alan.  These  Allisons  are  quite  different  from  those 
of  Avondale,  Scotland,  for  the  Allisons  there  were  originally 
Allisters  or  Alexanders  of  Loupe,  Scotland." 


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4  MEANING   OF  THE  NAME  ALISON. 

THE  TRUE  ORIGIN   OF   THE   NAME   OF   THE  SCOTCH   ALISONS 

OR  ALLISONS. 

The  studied  and  plausible  theories  of  different  and  able 
writers,  as  expressed  in  the  preceding  pages,  in  relation  to 
the  origin  of  the  name  Alison,  are  interesting  and  instructive 
to  the  student  and  general  reader.  But  while  fascinating, 
they  fail  utterly  in  giving  the  correct  origin  of  the  Scotch 
Alison  name,  as  will  be  shown  at  length  in  a  following 
chapter  on  the  Allisons  of  Scotland.  It  is  a  fact  beyond 
doubt  that  Alinon  comes  from  Alister,  ov  Alexander,  and  that 
the  Alisons  are  off-shoots  of  the  famous  clan  of  MacAlister. 
(See  chapter  III.) 

The  following  is  from  Rev.  Archibald  Alison,  of  Prestwick, 
Scotland : 


MEANING   AND   ORIGIN   OF   THE   NAME   ALISON. 

"  There  are  some  who  maintain  that  almost  all  the  roots  of 
the  Celtic  and  Saxon  Languages  are  from  the  Hebrew.  These 
are  inclined  to  believe  that  this  is  the  case  with  the  name 
Alison.  Deriving  it  from  the  Hebrew,  then  it  signifies  '  Son 
of  my  God.'  But  there  are  others  who  take  a  different  view, 
and  maintain  that  the  name  merely  signifies  '  Son  of  Alex.' 
Among  the  Highlanders  of  Scotland  it  has  been  common  from 
very  ancient  times  to  denominate  the  descendants  of  any 
noted  chief  by  the  prefix  '  Mac,'  a  prefix  which  signifies 
'  Son.'  Hence  we  read  of  the  McDonalds  or  descendants  of 
Donald,  the  McArthurs  or  descendants  of  Arthur,  and 
McAlisters  or  descendants  of  Alister.  On  the  other  hand, 
amid  the  Lowlanders  of  Scotland,  it  has  been  common  to  use 
an  affix  instead  of  a  prefix  to  denominate  the  descendants  of 
any  chief.  Hence  we  have  the  Donaldsons  or  descendants  of 
Donald,  the  Williamsons  or  descendants  of  William,  and  the 
Cuthbertsons  or  descendants  of  Cuthbert. 

This  we  think  is  the  origin  of  the  Alisons  or  descendants 
of  Alister. 

In  ancient  times,  among  the  Scotch  Highlanders,  it  was 
customary  to  have  only  one  name.  We  read,  for  example, 
of  Somerled,  the  king  of  the  isles,  of  Dugald  of  Lorn,  and  of 
Alexander  of  Loupe.  And  who  was  Dugald  but  the  chief  o* 
the  Macdougalds,  and  who  was  Alexander  but  the  chief  of 
the  McAlisters?  Here  it  maybe  mentioned  that  Alister  is 
the  same  with  Alexander ;  and  in  the  history  of  the   High- 


ORTHOGKAPHY   OF   THE   NAME.  6 

land  clans  the  one  name  is  often  given  in  the  room  of  the 
other.  Indeed,  the  name  of  Alexander  is  freqnently  men- 
tioned as  Ales,  Aless,  AUes,  Alex,  Alick,  A  lister,  Alistaer, 
and  even  the  Scotch  Elshender  is  the  same.  Hales  in  Ger- 
many is  the  same  also.  Alison,  therefore,  signifies  Alieson 
or  Alexson,  in  the  same  way  as  Allanson  signifies  the  son  of 
Allan,  a  name  which  is  of  Norman  origin,  and  sometimes 
found  in  England,  but  not  much  in  Scotland." 

ORTHOGRAPHY   OF   THE  NAME  ALISON,   ALLISO  M. 

The  names  Alison,  Allison,  Alinson,  Allinson,  and  of 
Elison,  Ellison,  Elissen,  EUissen,  EUysen,  are  found  thus 
spelled  in  the  early  history  of  some  branches  of  the  present 
Allison  family.  They  are  interchangeably  mixed.  The  name 
was  often  spelled  liUison,  and  Allison,  when  referring  to  the 
same  individual.  Allison  seems  to  have  been  more  accepta- 
ble, and  the  descendants  of  some  of  the  earl}'  Ellisons  now 
write  their  name  Allison. 

In  ancient  records  names  were  often  spelled  phonetically, 
or  according  to  their  sound,  and  also,  according  to  the  taste, 
knowledge,  or  lack  of  knowledge  of  the  writer.  It  has  been 
found  spelled  Allison,  Alison,  Aleson,  Alieson,  Alason,  AUa- 
son,  Allisone,  besides  in  the  manner  previously  given.  Alison 
seems  to  be  the  earlier  form  adopted,  and  the  more  correct 
orthography. 

In  a  letter  from  Rev.  Archibald  Alison,  of  Prestwick,  Scot-, 
land,  dated  August  11,   1892,  he   says, — "The   spelling  of 
Alison  differs  rn  various  families  that  are  nearly  related.  We 
have  it  Alison,  Allison,  Ellison,  Allason,  and  even  Allanson, 
but  the  last  among  none  of  our  relatives." 

EARLY  PROMINENT   ALLLSONS. 

Robert  Allison  was  member  of  Parliament  from  Jedburgh, 
Scotland,  in  1585,  and  his  suppose^  father,  William  Allison, 
was  a  representative  in  PLJiament  in  1542. 

THE   ARMS. 


The  armorial  bearings,  as  given  by  William  Allison,  of 
Bowmanville,  Can.  (for  which  I  will  not  vouch),  are  a  demi- 
god with  a  drawn  sword  on  the  crest,  with  the  words  encir- 
cled, "  Ready  aye  Ready." 


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OLD  DIVISIONS   OP  SCOTLAND   AND  ENGLAND. 


MOST  FREQUENT  SCOTTISH   NAMES. 


Id  the  list  of  homes  of  English  and  Welsh  names  is  the 
following,  given  by  Henry  B.  Guppy :  "Allinson,  Allison, 
Durham,  20 ;  Yorkshire,  North  and  East  Riding,  26." 

"Ellison,  Lancashire,  13;  Wiltshire,  22;  Yorkshire,  West 
Riding,  10." 

In  his  list  of  most  frequent  Scottish  names,  "Allan  32, 
most  characteristic  of  Southern  Scotland."  The  foregoing 
numbers  represent  the  frequency  of  occurrence  in  every  ten 
thousand  oi  the  population  in  all  Scotland ;  in  England  the 
numbers  represent  the  relative  frequency  of  occurrence  in 
the  several  counties  in  each  ten  thousand  of  the  population. 

OLD  DIVISIONS   OF   SCOTLAND  AND  ENGLAND. 

"Up  to  the  10th  centur_,,  Scotland,  as  we  know  it,  was 
divided  into  three  parts :  North  of  the  Forth  and  the  Clyde 
lay  a  hostile  and  foreign  land,  the  abode  of  the  Picts  and 
Scots  under  an  independent  prince.  South  of  these  bounda- 
ries were  the  kingdoms  of  Cumbria  and  Northurabiia,  the 
former  including  a  part  of  the  ancient  kingdom  of  Strath- 
Clyde,  extending  from  the  Clyde  to  the  Morecombe  Bay,  and 
including  the  whole  south-west  of  the  present  Scotland,  with 
Cumberland  and  Westmoreland,  the  latter  extending  from 
the  Forth  to  the  Humber,  and  including  the  south-east  quar- 
ter of  the  present  Scotland,  with  Northumberland,  Durham, 
Yorkshire  (Eng.).  We  observe,  therefore,  that  in  these  early 
times  there  was  a  middle  or  neutral  region  between  the  Eng- 
lish and  the  Scots,  a  region  which  was  for  the  most  part 
claimed  by  the  Southern  king,  more  particularly  Northum- 
bria,  which  was  English  in  its  speech  and  laws.  In  the  10th 
or  11th  century  Scotland  acknowledged  the  English  supre- 
macy, and  in  return  received  Cumbria  in  fief  as  well  as 
Lothian,  that  part  of  Northumbria  between  the  Forth  and 
the  Tweed,  though  it  is  said  by  some  that  this  last  was  held 
by  right  of  conquest.  But  Lothian  remained  English  in  laws, 
language,  and  manners.  And  the  result  of  the  cession  was 
the  great  extension  of  the  English  influence.  The  strength 
of  the  Scottish  kings  lay  in  the  English  part  of  their  domin- 
ions. Lothian,  once  on  the  border  land,  now  became  the 
centre  of  Scotland,  and  Edinburgh,  its  capital,  became  the 
northern  focus  of  the  Anglo-Norman  civilization. 

"  In  the  latter  part  of  the  12th  century  Cumbria  was  divided, 
England  receiving  the  present  shires  of  Cumberland  and 


THE  TRUE  SCOTLAND.  7 

Westmoreland.    Since  that  time  the  boundary  between  the 
kingdoms  has  experienced  but  little  change." 


THE  TRUE  SCOTLAND. 

Again,  Mr.  Giippy  says, — "But  the  broad  fact  we  have  to 
deal  with  is  this,  that  true  Scotland,  as  indicated  by  the 
names,  begins  at  the  Forth  and  the  Clyde.  South  of  these 
limits,  and  extending  across  the  English  border  as  far  as 
Yorkshire  and  Lancashire,  lies  a  '  middle  land,'  neither 
purely  English  nor  purely  Scottish,  and  possessing  its  char- 
acteristic names,  of  which  the  most  frequent  are  those  termi- 
nating in  son,  and  the  names  of  the  border  tribes.  In  this 
'middle  land,'  throng  the  Wilsons,  the  Thompsons  and 
Thomsons,  the  Johnsons  and  Johnstons,  the  Gibsons,  the 
Bells,  the  Grahams,  the  Elliots  and  Elliotts,  the  Turnbulls, 
the  Robsons,  the  Richardsons,  the  Blairs,  the  Crawfords,  the 
Dunlaps,  the  Douglases,  the  Armstrongs,  the  Findlays,  and 
many  others.  The  explanation  of  the  origin  of  this  middle 
or  neutral  region  between  England  and  Scotland  is  to  be 
found  in  the  history  of  the  changes  which  have  affected  the 
boundaries  between  these  two  nations." 

Upon  this  matter  Judge  Nathaniel  Holmes,  of  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  says, — "  Dr.  Guppy  does  not  notice  that  the  earlier 
history  of  the  races  shows  that  this  region  of  Scotland  was 
occupied  by  the  Anglo-Saxons  and  Danish  invasions  as  far 
north  as  the  Forth  and  the  Clyde,  at  about  the  same  dates  as 
the  north,  east,  and  south-east  parts  of  England  were.  This 
history,  beginning  with  the  10th  century,  does  indeed  explain 
much,  but  it  is  not  all,  nor  quite  enough.  First,  the  Roman 
dominion  of  the  time  of  Agricola,  in  Britain,  extended  to 
the  Forth  and  the  Clyde,  or,  at  least,  the  conquest  of  Roman 
armies  ;  and,  second,  the  Anglo-Saxon  and  Danish  invasions 
and  settlements  in  their  time,  about  the  5th  or  6th  century, 
occupied  that  region,  as  they  did  the  north  of  England.  This 
fact,  of  course,  and  the  succession  of  descent,  may  help  to 
explain  the  identity  of  names  in  some  measure,  as  well  as  the 
identity  of  race,  with  Anglo-Saxon  England.  But  it  is  true 
that  surnames  did  not  come  much  into  use  anywhere  in 
Great  Britain  till  about  the  year  A.  D.  1000.  It  helps  to 
explain  how  it  was  that,  prior  to  the  10th  century,  English 
rule  or  English  claim  reached  to  the  Forth  and  the  Clyde. 
The  Lowland  people  are,  of  course,  in  the  main,  Anglo- 
Saxon  and  Norman  in  race  as  well  as  in  language.  They 
are  not  Celtic." 


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STATEMENT   OF  THOMAS  CARLYLE. 


THOMAS   CARLYLE'S   STATEMENT. 


A  letter  of  Thomas  Carlyle,  on  July  19,  1841,  in  Reid's 
Life  of  Milnes  (Lord  Houghton),  London,  1891,  Vol.  I,  page 
265,  to  R.  M.  Milnes,  gives  an  account  of  his  visit  to  Tyne- 
mouth,  and  says  that  he  "  admired  the  rugged  energy  of  that 
population,  and  how  completely  Annandale  Scotch  they  are. 
From  the  Humber  to  the  Forth,  still  more  from  the  Tyne  to 
the  Forth,  I  find  no  real  distinction  at  all,  except  what  John 
Knox  introduced ;  it  is  all  Scotch — Scotch  in  features  and 
face,  in  character,  in  dialect  and  speech.  You,  too,  if  yon 
behave  yourselves,  shall  be  accounted  Scotch  !  They  are  all 
Danes,  these  people ;  stalwart  Normans,  terrible  sea-kings ; 
are  now  terrible  drainers  of  morasses,  ter; ■'.>le  spinners  of 
yarn,  coal  borers,  removers  of  mountains ;  a  jjeople  terrible 
from  the  beginning.  The  windy  Celts  of  Gralloway,  you  see, 
not  many  miles  from  this,  in  the  edge  of  Nltheadale." 

The  foregoing  in  relation  to  the  derivation,  significance, 
and  orthography  of  the  Allison  name,  together  with  the  copi- 
ous extracts  from  the  adiiiirable  work  o^  H^xiry  Brougham 
Guppy,  and  quotations  from  otlier  able  writers,  taken  in  con- 
nection with  the  following  chapter — "  The  Scotch-Irish :  Who 
Were  They?" — shows  conclusively  the  blood  to  which  the 
Scotch  Allisons  belonged  who  lived  in  Scotland,  then  in  Ire- 
land and  England,  and  later  in  America.  They  were  Scotch 
always,  and  of  the  Anglo-Saxon-Norman  race. 

So  many  of  these  Allisons  originated  in  Scotland,  then 
emigrated  to  the  province  of  Ulster  in  Ireland,  and  removed 
later  to  the  United  States  and  Canada,  that  it  is  appropriate 
that  a  fuller  account  of  their  origin,  blood,  and  race  should 
be  given  in  order  to  correct  misaj^prehension  in  relation  to 
the  term  Scotch-Irish.  It  is  applied  to  a  people  wholly  of 
Scotch  blood.  Important  facts  are  included  in  the  following 
chapter,  "The  Scotch-Irish:  Who  Were  They?" 


CHAPTER  n. 


THE  SCOTCH-IKISH — WHO  WERE  THEY?^ 

Many  centuries  had  passed  in  the  building  of  the  Scottish 
as  in  the  building  of  the  English  nation ;  in  each,  different 
peoples  helped  to  make  the  completed  nation,  and  in  blood 
they  were  substfintially  the  same.  Tlie  blending  of  these 
races  in  Scotland,  and  the  sharp  stamping  of  religious  and 
politic^;!  ideas,  had  developed  and  made  the  Scotch  race  a 
ulGtiijctive  and  sharply  defined  people ;  in  their  intellectual, 
mental,  and  moral  characteristics  different  from  all  others  a 
century  before,  and  as  we  find  them  at  the  time  of  their  set- 
tlement in  the  Emerald  Isle.  Thus  they  have  still  remained 
since  their  settlement  in  Ireland.  They  were  Scotch  in  all 
their  characteristics,  though  dwelling  upon  Irish  soil.  This 
fact  has  sriven  rise  to  the  supposition  by  some  and  the  asser- 
tion by  others — to  whom  the  wish  was  father  to  the  state- 
ment— that  in  the  veins  of  the  Scotch-Irish  flowed  com- 
mingled the  blood  of  the  stalwart  Scotch  and  the  blood  of 
the  Celtic-Irish.     Never  was  mistake  greater. 

Hon.  Charles  H.  Bell,  ex-governor  of  New  Hampshire,  in 
his  eloquent  address  at  the  celebration  of  the  one  hundred 
and  fiftieth  anniverbarv  of  the  settlement  of  the  Londonderry 
(N.  H.)  Colony,  in  1869,  said  of  the  term  "  Scotch-Irish  " : 
"  It  is  not  inappropriate,  as  descriptive  of  their  origin  and 
prior  abode,  though  it  has  given  rise  to  not  a  little  misappre- 
hension. It  has  been  supposed  by  some  writers  that  the 
name  denotes  a  mixed  nationality  of  Scotch  and  Irish  descent; 
and  in  order  to  adapt  the  facts  to  their  theory,  they  have 
fancied  that  they  could  detect  in  the  Londonderry  settlers 
the  traits  derived  from  each  ancestry.  But  history  fails  to 
bear  out  the  ingenious  hypothesis ;  for  it  is  certain  that  there 
was  no  mixture  of  blood  in  the  little  band  who  cast  thpv- 
fortunes  here ;  they  were  of  Scottish  lineage,  pure  and  sim- 
ple." 

•From  AmonR  the  Scotch-Irish;  and  A  Tour  In  .Seven  Countries,  with 
History  of  Dinsmoor  Family,  by  Leonard  Allison  Morrison,  A.  M.  Pub- 
lisl  rd  1891:  Dainrell,  Upham  &  Co.,  Boston,  Mass. 


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THE  SCOTCH-miSH — WHO  WERE  THEY? 


The  Scotch-Irish  were  people  of  Scottish  lineage  who 
dwelt  upon  Irish  soil. 

The  locality  about  Coleraine,  Aghadowey,  and  Crocken- 
dolge,  and  in  fact  in  many  places  in  the  province  of  Ulster, 
Ireland,  is  inhabited  by  people  almost  wholly  of  Scotch  origin. 
They  are  the  "  Scotch-Irish,"  i.  «.,  Scotch  people  living  upon 
or  born  upon  Irish  soil,  but  not  mixed  with  the  native  people. 
Their  ancestors,  some  of  them,  came  to  Ireland  nearly  two 
hundred  and  fifty  years  ago.  They  came  in  a  body,  they 
kept  in  a  body,  and  they  remain  in  a  body,  or  class  by  them- 
selves, largely  to-day.  The  Scotch  are  called  clannish,  and 
were  clannish;  and  the  Scotch  who  settled  in  Ireland,  and 
their  descendants,  were  clannish.  They  stuck  together,  and 
kept  aloof  from  the  native  Celtic-Irish.  They  were  sundered 
by  the  sharp  dividing  lines  of  religious  faith  and  by  keen 
differences  of  race. 

Macaulay  says :  "  They  sprang  from  different  stocks.  They 
spoke  different  languages.  They  had  different  national  char- 
acters, as  strongly  opposed  as  any  two  national  characters  in 
Europe.  They  were  in  widely  different  stages  of  civiliza- 
tion. Between  two  such  populations  there  could  be  little 
sympathy,  and  centuries  of  calamities  and  wrongs  had  gen- 
erated a  strong  antipathy.  The  relation  in  which  the  minor- 
ity stood  to  the  majority  resembled  the  relation  in  which  the 
followers  of  William  the  Conqueror  stood  to  the  Saxon 
churls,  or  the  relation  in  which  the  followers  of  Cortez  stood 
to  the  Indians  of  Mexico.  The  appellation  of  Irish  was  then 
given  exclusively  to  the  Celts,  and  to  those  families  which, 
though  not  of  Celtic  origin,  had  in  the  course  cf  ages  degen- 
erated into  Celtic  manners.  These  people,  probably  about  a 
million  in  number,  had,  with  few  exceptions,  adhered  to  the 
Church  of  Rome.  Among  them  resided  about  two  hundred 
thousand  colonists,  proud  of  their  Saxon  blood  and  of  their 
Protestant  faith."! 

And  again,  in  speaking  of  the  early  Scotch  and  English 
settlers,  he  says :  "  One  half  of  the  settlers  belonged  to  the 
Established  Church  and  the  other  half  were  Dissenters.  But 
in  Ireland  Scot  and  Southron  were  strongly  bound  together 
by  their  common  Saxon  origin  ;  Churchman  and  Presbyterian 
were  strongly  bound  together  by  their  common  Protestantism. 
All  the  colonists  had  a  common  language  and  a  common 
pecuniary  interest.  They  were  surrounded  by  common  ene- 
mies, and  coulf'  be  safe  only  by  means  of  common  precau- 
tious and  exertions."  ^ 

>  Macanlay's  History  of  England. 


STATEMENT  OP  MACAXJLAY. 


11 


In  speaking  of  the  differences  between  the  races,  he  says : 
"Much,  however,  must  still  have  been  left  to  the  healing 
influence  of  time.  The  native  race  would  still  have  had  to 
learn  from  the  colonists  industry  and  forethought,  the  arts 
of  civilized  life,  and  the  language  of  England.  There  could 
not  be  equality  between  men  who  lived  in  houses  and  men 
who  lived  in  sties ;  between  men  who  were  fed  on  bread  and 
men  who  were  fed  on  potatoes ;  between  men  who  spoke  the 
noble  tongue  of  great  philosophers  and  poets  and  men  who, 
with  perverted  pride,  boasted  that  they  could  not  writhe 
their  mouths  into  chattering  such  a  jargon  as  that  in  which 
the  'Advancement of  Learning'  and  the  'Paradise  Lost'  were 
written."  ^ 

And  again,  speaking  of  Scotland,  from  which  the  Scotch 
of  Ireland  came,  he  says :  "  The  population  of  Scotland,  with 
the  exception  of  the  Celtic  tribes,  which  were  thinly  scattered 
over  the  Hebrides  and  over  the  mountainous  shjj-es,  was  of 
the  same  blood  with  the  population  of  England,  and  spoke  a 
tongue  which  did  not  differ  from  the  pnrest  English  more 
than  the  dialects  of  Somersetshire  and  Lancastershire  differ 
from  each  other."  ^ 

Such  being  the  relative  condition  of  the  two  classes,  as  elo- 
quently described  by  the  great  English  historian,  it  is  the 
height  of  absurdity  to  claim  that  the  blood  of  the  distinct 
races  was  commingled  except  in  isolated  cases.  They  did 
not  commingle.  The  Scotch,  planted  upon  Irish  soil,  were 
Scotch  still,  and  the  Irish  were  Irisli  still.  The  Scotch  took 
their  language  with  them,  and  the  dialect  of  the  Lowlands 
fell  upon  the  startled  air  and  disturbed  the  mists  arising  from 
the  peat-fields  of  the  Emerald  Isle.  Their  dialect  lived  in 
Ireland,  was  transplanted  to  American  shores,  and  in  all  the 
New  Hampshire  and  American  settlements  was  understood 
and  spoken  for  more  than  a  hundred  years  after  their  settle- 
ment upon  American  soil.  Letters  were  written  in  it;  and 
many  poems  by  Robert  Dinsmoor,  "  The  Rustic  Bard,"  in  a 
printed  volume,  are  written  in  the  Lowland-Scotch  dialect. 

Though  it  has  now  almost  entirely  disappeared,  being  sup- 
planted by  the  purer  English  tongue,  yet  I  have  heard  the 
rich  brogue  in  the  Scotch  settlement  in  New  Hampshire,  and 
in  the  older  Scotch  settlements  in  Ireland,  and  know  numer- 
ous families  in  New  Hampshire,  of  Scotch  blood,  who  since 
their  coming  to  tliese  shores  one  hundred  and  seventy-five 
years  ago  have  not  intermarried  save  with  j)eonle  of  the  same 
race,  and  they  are  of  as  pi-re  Scotch  blood  and  descent  as 

'Macaulay'8  Ilistuiy  of  England. 


12 


THEIR  GLORIOUS   ACHIEVEMENTS. 


can  be  fonnd  in  the  Fatherland.  The  sterling  traits  of  char- 
acter of  the  Scotch  in  Ireland,  their  frugality,  tenacity  of 
purpose,  indomitable  will,  must  ever  be  an  honor  to  their 
character.  Their  glorious  achievements  upon  American 
soil  vv^ill  ever  add  lustre  to  their  name,  and  the  mighty  men 
produced  of  this  race  in  all  parts  of  the  American  Union  will 
give  enduring  fame  to  that  Scotch  race,  pure  and  unmixed, 
which,  through  great  tribulation,  passed  in  mighty  phalanxes 
from  Scotland  to  Ireland,  there  recruited  its  strength,  and 
then  swept  across  the  stormy  Atlantic  into  the  American 
wilderness,  subdued  forests,  founded  mighty  states,  and  has 
been  foremost  in  the  onward  march  of  civilization.  They 
are  proud  to  stand  alone.  Scotch  in  blood,  living  or  born 
upon  Ireland's  soil,  the  honor  is  theirs,  and  theirs  alone,  and 
none  can  deprive  them  of  their  glorious  fame ! 

Rev.  John  S.  Macintosh,  D.  D.,  in  an  eloquent  historical 
address  at  the  Scotch-Ii-ish  Congress,  at  Columbia,  Tenn.,^  in 
1889,  says  of  the  Scotch  and  the  Scotch-Irish  : 

"  Peculiar  and  roj'al  race ;  yes,  that  indeed  is  our  race  !  I 
shrink  not  from  magnifying  ray  house  and  blood  with  a  deep 
thanksgiving  to  that  Almighty  God  who  himself  made  us  to 
differ,  and  sent  His  great  messenger  to  fit  us  for  our  earth- 
task, — task  as  peculiar  and  royal  as  is  the  race  itself.  I 
shame  me  not  because  of  the  Lov/land  thistle  and  the  Ulster 
gorse,  of  the  Covenanter's  banner  or  the  Ulsterman's  pike. 
If  we  be  not  the  very  peculiar  people,  we  Scotch-Irish  are  a 
most  peculiar  people,  who  have  ever  left  our  own  broad,  dis- 

'  Lovers  of  the  Scotch  race,  whether  living  in  Scotland,  Australia,  Ire- 
land, the  Uniti'd  States,  or  ('aiinda,  will  find  much  of  interest  on  "The 
Scotch-Irish  in  America,"  and  in  Europe,  in  tlie  published  "Proceedings 
of  tlie  Scotch-Irish  Congresses," — +  vols.  The  tirst  two  were  published 
by  Hubert  Clarke  &  Co.,  Cincinnati,  O.  All  can  be  obtained  of  lion.  A. 
C.  Floyd,  secretary,  Columbia,  Tenn.  A  large  amount  of  facts,  and 
family  liistory  not  to  be  found  anywiiere  else,  is  included  in  tiie  pub- 
HsIkkI  histories  of  the  towns  of  Londonderry,  N.  IL,  by  Kev.  E.  L. 
Parker;  of  Antrim,  N.  FT.,  by  Rev.  Warren  U.  Cochrane;  of  Ijedford,  N. 
II.,  of  Acwortli  and  Gilmanton,  N.  H.,  of  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  by  Dr. 
Albert  Smith;  of  Windham,  N.  II.;  and  "  Supplement  to  the  History  of 
Windham  in  New  Hampshire;"  in  "  Ilambles  in  Europe,  with  Historical 
Facts  Relating  to  Scotch- American  Families,  gathered  in  Scotland  and 
the  North  of  Ireland;"  in  "  Aimmg  the  Scotch-Irish,  a  Tour  in  Seven 
Countiies,  with  History  of  the  Diusmoor  Family;"  in  "  History  and  Pro- 
ceedings of  the  Celebration  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Fiftieth  Anniver- 
sary of  the  Incorporation  of  the  Scotch  Settlement  of  Windham  in  New 
Hampshire,  held  .lune  i),  I8i)2;"  and  in  "  History  of  the  Morison  or  Mor- 
rison Family."  Tlio  last  six  books  are  by  Leonard  A.  Morrison,  A.  M., 
Windham.  N.  II.  P.  O.,  Canobie  Lake,  N.  IL,  and  all  except  the  "His- 
tory of  Windliam"  can  be  obtained  of  him.  "The  Exercises  <at  the  Cel- 
ebration of  tlie  One  Hundred  and  Fiftieth  Anniversary  of  the  Settlement 
of  Londonderry,  N.  IL,  held  June  10,  ISO'J,"  by  Robert  C.  Mack,  Esq., 
Londonderry,  N.  IT. 


RACIAL   MARKS   OF   THE   SCOTCH-IRISH. 


13 


in 


tinct  mark  wherever  we  have  come,  and  have  it  in  us  still  to 
do  the  same,  even  our  critics  being  judges.  To-day  we  stand 
out  sharply  distinguished  in  a  score  of  points  from  English, 
Dutch,  German,  and  Swede.  We  have  our  distinctive  marks, 
and,  like  ourselves,  they  are  strong  and  stubborn.  Years 
change  them  not,  seas  wash  them  not  out,  varying  hopes 
alter  them  not,  clash  and  contact  with  new  forms  of  life  and 
fresh  forces  of  society  blur  them.  not.  Every  one  knows  the 
almost  laughably  dogged  persistency  of  the  family  likeness 
in  us  Scotch-Irish  all  the  world  over.  Go  where  you  may, 
know  it  once,  then  you  know  it — aye,  feel  it — forever.  The 
typal  face,  the  typal  modes  of  thought,  the  typal  habits  of 
work,  tough  faiths,  unyielding  grit,  granitic  hardness,  close- 
mouthed  self-repression,  clear,  firm  speech  when  the  truth  is 
to  be  told,  God-fearing  honesty,  loyalty  to  friendship,  defiant 
of  death,  conscience  and  knee-bending  only  to  God — these 
are  our  marks.  And  they  meet  and  greet  you  on  the  hills 
of  Tennessee  and  Georgia;  you  may  trace  them  down  the 
valleys  of  Virginia  and  Pennsylvania ;  cross  the  prairies  of 
the  West  and  the  savannahs  of  the  South,  you  may  plow  the 
seas  to  refind  them  in  the  western  bays  of  Sligo,  and  beneath 
the  beetling  rocks  of  Donegal ;  thence  j^ou  may  follow  them 
to  the  maiden  walls  of  Derry,  and  among  the  winding  banks 
of  the  silvery  Bann;  onward  you  may  trace  them  to  the  roll- 
ing hills  of  Down,  and  the  busy  shores  of  Antrim  ;  and  sail- 
ing over  the  narrow  lough,  you  will  face  them  in  our  fore- 
fathers' collier  homes  and  gray  keeps  of  Galloway  and  Dum- 
fries, of  the  Ayrshire  hills  and  the  Grampian  slopes. 

"  These  racial  marks  are  birth-marks,  and  birth-marks  are 
indelible.  And  well  for  us  and  the  world  is  it  that  they  are 
indelible.  They  are  great  soul-features,  these  marks.  They 
are  principles.  The  principles  are  the  same  everywhere  ;  and 
these  principles  are  of  four  classes, — religious,  moral,  intel- 
lectual, and  political." 

The  Rev.  John  S.  Macintosh  says  again,  in  his  eloquent, 
and  almost  classical,  address  on  "  The  Making  of  the  Ulster- 
man,"  at  the  second  congress  of  "  The  Scotch-Irish  in  Amer- 
ica," held  in  Pittsburg,  Penn.,  in  May  and  June,  1890: 

"  In  this  study  I  have  drawn  very  largely  upon  the  labors 
of  two  friends  of  former  years, — Dr.  William  D.  Killen  of  the 
Assembly's  college,  one  of  the  most  learned  and  accurate  of 
historians,  and  the  Rev.  George  Hill,  once  librarian  of  Queen's 
college,  Belfast,  Ireland,  than  whom  never  was  there  more 
ardent  student  of  old  annals  and  reliable  antiquarians;  but 
more  largely  still  have  I  drawn  on  my  own  personal  watch 


■OH 


14 


THE  SCOTCH  OF   V  1.STER,   IRELAND. 


and  study  of  this  Ulster-folk  in  their  homes,  their  markets, 
and  their  churches.  From  Derry  to  Down  I  have  lived  with 
them.  Every  town,  village,  and  hamlet  from  the  Causeway 
to  Carlingford  is  familiar  to  me.  Knowing  the  Lowlander 
and  the  Scotch-Irish  of  this  land,  I  have  studied  the  Ulster- 
man,  and  his  story  of  rights  and  wrongs,  and  that  eagerly, 
for  years.  I  speak  that  which  I  have  seen,  and  testify  what 
I  have  heard  from  their  own  lips,  read  from  old  family  books, 
church  records,  and  many  a  tombstone  in  Kirkyards." 

The  Scotch  settlers  in  Ulster  were  a  picked  class,  as  he 
proves  from  official  and  state  papers.  In  a  letter  of  Sir 
Arthur  Chichester,  deputy  for  Ireland,  he  says:  "The  Scot- 
tishmeu  came  with  better  port  (i.  e.,  manifest  character),  they 
are  better  accompanied  and  attended  than  even  the  English 
settlers.  Just  as  to  these  western  shores  came  the  stronger 
souls,  the  more  daring  and  select,- so  to  Ulster  from  the  best 
parts  of  Lower  Scotland  came  the  picked  men  to  be  Britain's 
favored  colonists." 

Speaking  of  the  race  conflicts  betweeji  the  Scotch  and 
native  Irish,  he  says :  "  But  these  proud  and  haughty  stran- 
gers, with  their  high  heads  and  new  ways,  were  held  as  aliens 
and  harried  from  the  beginning  by  'the  wild  Irish.'  The 
scorn  of  the  Scot  was  met  by  the  curse  of  the  Celt." 

And  again  :  "It  has  been  said  that  the  Ulster  settlers  min- 
gled and  married  with  the  Irish  Celt.  The  Ulsterman  did 
not  mingle  with  the  Celt."  Great  care  was  taken  by  the 
government  that  the  Ulster  colonists  should  be  so  settled 
that  they  "  may  not  mix  nor  intermarry "  with  tlie  native 
Celts. 

Dr.  Macintosh  says  again;  "The  Ulster  settlers  mingled 
freely  with  the  English  Puritans  and  with  the  refugee  Hu- 
guenots ;  but  so  far  as  my  search  of  state  papers,  old  manu- 
scripts, examination  of  old  parish  registers,  and  years  of  per- 
sonal talk  with,  and  study  of,  Ulster-folk,  the  Scots  did  not 
mingle  to  any  appreciable  extent  with  the  natives.  .  .  . 
With  all  its  dark  sides,  as  well  as  light,  the  fact  remains  that 
Ulsterman  and  Celt  were  aliens  and  foes.  .  .  .  It  is  use- 
less for  Prendergast,  Gilbert,  and  others  to  deny  the  massa- 
cres of  1641.  Reid  and  Hickson  and  Fronde,  the  evidence 
sworn  to  before  the  Long  Parliament,  and  the  memories  of 
the  DC  rlj,  prove  the  dark  facts.  ...  In  both  Low- 
1    '..  '   '^^'sterman  is  the  same  strong  racial  pride,  the 

'    r>     ik.;  t     r  and  self-assertion,  the  same  self-reliance,  the 

...  .  o<  M^  ,ith,  and  the  same  firm  will, — 'The  stiff  heart 
tjr  fciu       •   '     brae.'     They  are   both   of  the  very  Scotch, 


"WE 'be  no  eebish,  but  scoatch." 


u 


Scotch.  To  this  very  hour,  in  the  remoter  and  more  un- 
changed parts  of  Antrim  and  Down,  the  country-folk  will 
tell  you:  'We're  no  Eerish,  but  Scoatch.'  All  their  folk- 
lore, all  their  tales,  their  traditions,  their  songs,  their  poetry, 
their  heroes  and  heroines,  and  their  home-speech,  is  of  the 
oldest  Lowland  types  and  times." 

In  continuation  of  this  subject,  I  will  say,  that  in  the 
Scotch  settlements  of  New  Hampshire,  after  a  residence  of 
one  hundred  and  seventy-five  years,  there  are  families  of  as 
pure  Scotch  lineage  as  can  be  found  in  the  Scotch  settle- 
ments of  Ireland  or  in  the  interior  of  the  Scottish  Lowlands. 
In  no  instance  since  their  coming  to  America  have  they  inter- 
married with  any  save  those  of  Scottish  blood. 

They  retain  in  a  marked  degree  the  mental  characteristics 
of  the  race ;  there  are  the  same  lofty  adherence  to  principle, 
the  same  pride  of  race,  the  same  tenacity  of  purpose,  the 
same  manifestations  of  unbending  and  inflexible  will-power 
and  devotion  to  duty,  as  were  shown  by  their  forefathers  at 
the  "Siege  of  Derry,"  or  by  their  Covenanting  ancestors, 
who,  among  the  moors,  the  glens,  and  the  cold  mountains  of 
Scotland,  amid  sufferings  numberless,  upheld  loftily  the  ban- 
ner of  the  Cross,  while  some  sealed  their  deathless  devotion 
to  the  faith  of  their  souls  by  sacrificing  the  bright  red  blood 
of  their  hearts. 

In  my  veins  flows,  equally  commingled,  the  blood  of 
Scot  and  Puritan;  but  I  speak  what  I  do  know,  and 
declare,  with  all  the  force  and  emphasis  which  language  is 
capable  of  expressing,  that  after  many  years  of  careful  his- 
torical and  genealogical  research,  relating  to  Scotch-American 
families;  after  tracing  them  from  America  to  the  Emerald 
Isle,  thence  across  the  narrow  belt  of  sea  to  the  Fatherland, 
Scotland ;  that  only  in  exceptional  cases  has  there  been  an 
intermixture  by  marriage  of  the  Scot  with  the  Irish  Celt. 

I  am  somewhat  familiar  with  the  Scotch  settlements  in 
Ulster,  have  met  and  talked  and  am  acquainted  with  many 
of  her  people  of  Scotch  descent,  and  thei/  declare  with  par- 
ticular emphasis  that  the  mixture  of  Scot  and  Irish  Celt  has 
been  of  the  slightest  kind. 

The  love  of  Scotchmen,  and  the  descendants  of  Scotch- 
men, in  Ulster  and  elsewhere  for  the  Fatherland  and  its  his- 
tory is  phenomenal,  and  in  America  has  existed  for  genera- 
tions. It  is  as  sweet,  as  strong,  and  enduring  as  that  of 
Burns  for  the  object  of  his  affections  as  expressed  in  the  fol- 
lowing lines,  and  which  all  of  our  race  can  apply  to  Scot- 
land: 


i 


m 


iH 


16 


LINES  FROM  BURNS. 


"  An'  I  vrill  love  thee  still,  my  dear, 
TiU  a'  the  seas  gang  dry. 

"  Till  a'  the  seas  gang  dry,  my  dear, 
And  the  rocks  melt  wi'  the  svm ; 
I  will  love  thee  still,  my  dear, 
While  the  sands  of  life  shall  run.'* 


CHAPTER  HI. 


THE   ALISONS   OF  SCOTLAND   AND  AUSTRALIA. 


The  family  of  Alison  is  of  very  old  date  (583  years')  in 
the  parish  of  Avondale,  county  of  Lanark,  Scotland,  where 
they  live  in  1893. 

"  Macalister,  the  name  of  a  clan  that  inhabited  the  South 
of  Knapdale  and  the  North  of  Kintyre  in  Argyleshire.  They 
are  traced  to  Alister  or  Alexander,  a  son  of  Angus  Mor,  of 
the  clan  Donald.  Exposed  to  the  encroachments  of  the  Camp- 
bells, their  principal  possessions  became,  ere  long,  absorbed 
by  different  branches  of  that  powerful  clan  ;  clan  badge,  the 
five-leafed  heather.  The  chief  of  this  sept  of  the  Macdonalds 
is  Somerville  Macalester  of  Loupe  in  Kintyre  and  Kennox  in 
Ayrshire.  In  1805,  Charles  Somerville  Macalester,  Esq.,  of 
Loupe,  assumed  the  name  and  arms  of  Somerville  in  addition 
to  his  own,  in  right  of  his  wife,  Janet  Somerville,  inheritrix 
of  the  entailed  estate  of  Kennox,  whom  he  had  married  in 
1792."! 

The  Highland  name  of  the  Alisons  was  Alester,  or  McAles- 
ter,  and  was  changed  into  the  Lowland  name  Alison  when  this 
branch  of  the  family  was  driven  from  Loupe,  near  Oban,  in 
Argyleshire  by  the  followers  of  King  Robert  the  Bruce. 

'•  From  their  descent  from  Alexander  (Macalester),  eldest 
son  of  Angus  Mor,  Lord  of  the  Isles  and  Kintyre  in  1284,  the 
grandson  of  Somerled,  the  thane  of  Argyle,  the  Macalesters 
claim  to  be  the  representatives,  after  MacDonell,  of  Glengarry, 
of  the  ancient  lords  of  the  Isles,  as  heirs  male  of  Donald, 
grandson  of  Somerled."  ^ 

Alexander  MacAlister,  of  Loupe,  last  mentioned,  took  the 
side  of  Baliol,  the  competitor  for  the  Scottish  throne,  and 
was  attacked  by  King  Robert  the  Bruce  in  his  chief  Castle 
Sweyn  in  Knapdale.  This  was  not  a  great  distance  from 
Oban.  He  was  overcome,  compelled  to  Hee,  was  taken  pris- 
oner on  his  way  to  Ayrshire,  was  confined  in  the  Dundonald 
Castle,  where  he  died  in  1309.  This  castle  is  in  parish  of 
Dundonald,  Ayrshire,  four  miles  from  Prestwick,  four  miles 

1  Anderson's  Scottish  Nation,  Vol.  2,  p.  708. 


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18 


OltlGINAL   HOME  OF   THE  ALISONS. 


from  Kilmarnock,  and  seven  from  Ayr.  His  two  sons  and  a 
few  of  tlieir  followers  escaped  to  Sir  Winter  de  Hamelton, 
the  ancestor  of  the  dukes  of  this  name,  who  also  at  first  took 
the  side  of  Baliol.  To  preserve  them  from  the  wrath  of  the 
followers  of  Bruce,  Sir  Winter  de  Hamelton  placed  them  in 
a  moorish  district  in  the  i)arish  of  Avondale,  in  Lanarkshire, 
with  Cairnduff  as  their  central  home,  and  changed  their  name 
from  the  Highland  Alister  to  the  Lowland  Alison.  This  was 
in  1310,  or  uie  Allisons  were  in  Cairnduff  in  that  year.  The 
estate  of  Cairnduff  was  then  the  property  of  John  Hamilton, 
a  relative  of  the  Hamilton  family ;  so  that  the  MacAlesters,  or 
Alisons,  were  placed  on  that  portion  of  the  estate  that 
required  to  be  reclaimed  from  the  moors  and  waste  lands 
around.  There  they  have  continued  for  583  years,  and  at 
the  present  day  a  great  many  of  the  farms  or  small  estates  in 
that  neighborhood  are  owned  by  Alisons,  and  the  wildernesf' 
has  now  become  to  a  great  extent  a  fruitful  field. 

The  original  estate  of  Loupe,  near  Oban,  was  confiscated  and 
given  to  the  crown,  but  was  later  conferred  upon  Alexan- 
der MacAlister's  younger  brother,  Angus  Oig,  who  remained 
faithful  to  Bruce.  There  the  clan  has  retained  the  ancient 
name  of  McAlester  to  the  present  day,  and  the  chief  of  the 
clan  is  now  Lieutenant-colonel  Charles  Somerville  McAlister, 
of  Kennox,  in  Ayrshire.  Some  of  the  descendants  of  Alex- 
ander McAlister,  of  Loupe,  who  died  in  Dundonald  Castle  in 
1309,  are  still  to  be  found  in  Ayrshire. 

When  King  Robert  the  Bruce  landed  in  Ayrshire  he  drank 
of  a  well  in  Prestvvick,  which  is  called  "Prince's  Well" 
at  the  present  day,  and  was  greatly  recovered  of  a  cutaneous 
disease  like  to  leprosy,  of  which,  however,  he  ultimately  died. 

The  very  ruins  of  the  PrestWick  hospital  for  lepers  are  still 
to  be  seen.  In  consequence  of  his  betterness,  he  conferred 
freedoms  on  all  the  families  that  were  in  Prestwick.  Free- 
doms which  originally  consisted  of  sixteen  acres  of  land. 
Hence,  in  the  old  charter  conferred  by  King  Robert  the 
Bruce,  various  of  the  thirty-six  freemen  were  of  the  name  of 
Alison,  doubtless  followers  of  their  master,  who  died  in  Dun- 
donald Castle,  which  is  nigh  at  hand. 

It  is  even  maintained  that  a  large  portion  of  the  lands  in 
the  south  of  Aj'r  was  given  to  this  clan ;  but  in  consequence 
of  the  commotions  of  those  eventful  times,  those  lands  have 
long  since  passed  into  the  possession  of  the  well-known  fam- 
ily of  Kennedy,  of  whom  the  Marquis  of  Ailsa  is  chief. 

It  was  John  MacAlister,  the  second  son  of  Alexander 
MacAlister,  of  Loupe,  that  was  placed  with  a  few  of  his  fol- 


THE  PAKI8H   OF   AVONDALE. 


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lowers  in  the  estate  of  Cairnduff  in  Avondale.  For  a  con- 
siderable time  there  we  have  no  authentic  history  on  which 
to  depend  to  continue  our  account  of  the  Alisons  of  Cairn- 
d\iff ;  but,  according  to  the  traditions  of  the  family,  the  estate 
was  owned  by  a  John  Alison  and  an  Alexander  Alison  almost 
alternately ;  the  Johns  being  named  after  the  Johns  of  the 
Isles,  their  ancestors,  and  the  Alexanders  after  their  great 
progenitor,  Alexander  MacAlister  of  Loupe.  But,  although 
history  is  silent  for  a  little,  yet  again  during  the  eventful 
times  of  Charles  the  First,  the  Alisons  of  Cairnduff  gradu- 
ally came  into  historical  notice. 


THE  PAUISH  OF   AVONDALE    OK    STRATHAVEN — THE  ORIGI- 
NAL HOME  OF   THE  ALISONS   IN   1310. 


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My  informant  says, — "The  parish  of  Avondale  is  situ- 
ated in  the  Middle  Ward  of  Lanarkshire.  Its  greatest 
length  is  fourteen  miles  and  its  greatest  breadth  is  eight 
miles.  It  is  nearly  sixty-four  square  miles  in  extent,  and 
contains  about  32,000  acres.  It  is  bounded  by  the  following 
parishes,  viz. :  Kilbride,  Glassford,  Stonehouse,  Lesmaha- 
gow,  Muirkirk,  London,  Galston,  and  Sorn." 

In  the  days  of  Bruce  and  Baliol  the  Bairds  were  the  most 
powerful  family  in  Avondale,  but,  taking  the  side  of  Baliol, 
they  were  rooted  out  by  the  followers  of  Bruce. 

After  the  Bairds,  several  ancient  families  succeeded  in 
holding  important  positions  in  the  parish,  such  as  the  Craw- 
fords,  the  Sinclairs,  the  Stewarts,  the  Murrays,  and  the 
Douglasses ;  but  gradually  these  have  disappeared,  and  now 
the  Hamilton  family  are  the  largest  proprietors  in  the  parish. 
There  is  perhaps,  however,  no  district  in  Scotland  where  the 
land  is  divided  more  abundantly  among  its  farmers,  and 
these  are  called  Lairds  in  Scotland. 

During  these  early  times  of  commotion,  Avondale  could 
boast  of  three  lords  called  by  this  name.  The  first  Lord 
Avondale  was  an  Andrew  Stewart,  who  married  into  the 
Hamelton  family  and  became  the  Lord  Chancellor  of  Scot- 
land. The  second  Lord  Avondale  was  his  nephew.  Sir 
Andrew  Stewart,  and  the  third  Lord  Avondale  was  his  son 
Andrew.  With  him  the  title  ceased,  till  it  was  revived  in 
the  name  of  the  late  heir  to  the  British  throne  who  was  called 
the  "  Duke  of  Clarence  and  Avondale." 


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DESCENT   OF   THE  ALISONH. 


THE  ALISONS   IN   NEWTON   OF   AYR. 


Near  to  Prestwick,  is  Newton,  although  it  is  now  a  part  of 
Ayr  Town,  yet,  in  the  day  of  Bruce  and  of  Baliol  it  was  a 
village  containing  forty-eight  families.  The  well  still  known 
as  Bruces  well  was  at  that  time  very  much  in  the  centre 
hetween  Prestwick  and  Newton,  so  that  Newton  shared  of  the 
same  privileges  which  Bruce  conferred  upon  Prestwick.  At 
the  present  day  there  are  still  forty-eight  freedoms  that  were 
conferred  upon  the  forty-eight  familie?  then  resident  in 
Newton.  At  that  time  there  were  several  Alisons  in  this 
place,  as  well  as  in  Prestwick,  who  had  freedoms  conferred 
upon  them,  evidently  the  followers  also  of  Alexander  of 
Loupe,  who  died  in  Dundonald  Castle  in  1309,  a  castle  which 
is  nigh  at  hand.  But  such  are  the  changes  that  are  con- 
stantly occurring  in  hrnnan  society,  that  none  are  now  left 
remaining;  the  only  remembrance  of  the  fact  is  the  same 
name  given  to  a  street,  a  quarry,  and  a  park  in  the  village. 
The  present  inhabitants  still  remember  Alison's  Park  and 
Alison's  Quarry,  although  the  park  and  the  quarry  have 
been  gradually  absorbed  by  that  street  which  is  still  called 
by  the  name  of  Alison. 

A  recapitulation  in  tabular  form  is  as  follows  : 
Somerled  (which  is  the  same  as  the  Gallic  name  Sovnhairle 
and  the  Hebrew  name  Samuel),  Thane  of  Argyle  and  Lord 
of  the  Isles,  married  in  1135  a  daughter  of  the  King  of  Man, 
and  had  three  sons ;  namely : 

Dugahl,  who  obtained  possession  of  tlie  islands  of  Mull,  Coll,  and  Jura. 
From  him  are  the  McDugalds  of  Lorn  or  Argyle.    lie  had  a  son  Ewen, 
or  John,  but  he  died,  and  his  isles  went  to  his  brother  Ronald,  or 
Reginald,  the  second  son  of  Somerled. 
Ronald,  or  Reginald,  got  Isla  and  Cantyre.    He  had  two  sons, — 
Donald. 
Roderic. 
AngusMore  got  Bute  and  Arran.    For  his  descendants,  see  fhe  History  of 

the  Lords  of  the  Isles. 
Donald,  son  of  Roiald  or  Reginald,  .and  grandson  of  Soiaeilc".     From 
him  are  the  McDonalds.    He  liad  a  son, — 
AngusMore. 
Roderick,  son  of  Ronald  or  Reginald,  and  grandson  of  t><'rncrled.    From 

him  are  tlie  McCroyes  of  Scottish  history. 
AngusMore,  son  of  Donald,  son  of  Ronald  or  Reginald,  son  of  Somer- 
led, had  two  sons, — 
Alexander  or  Alister,  (see  below.) 

Angus.  The  latter  in  those  troublous  times  rcm.ained  faithful  to 
Robert  the  Bruce,  and  on  him  were  conferred  the  lands  of  his 
brotlier  which  were  confiscated.  He  became  the  head  of  the 
MacAlisters,  and  his  descendants  are  often  mentioned  in  Scottish 
history. 

'  Allison  and  Alison  are  often  employed  by  families  nearly  related  a* 
synonomous.  In  the  Martyr's  roll,  Edinburgh,  the  name  is  spelled  Alisoui.-. 


THE   ESTATE  OF  CAIRNDUFF. 


21 


And  to  elaborate  this  subject  more  fully  I  will  say, — 
Alister,  or  Alexander  of  Loupe,  the  elder  of  the  two  sons 
of  AngusMore  (Donald,  lionald  or  Reginald,  Somerled),  mar- 
ried a  daughter  of  John  or  Ewen  of  Lorn,  but  joined  the  Lord 
of  Lorn  against  Robert  the  Bruce.  He  surrendered  to  the 
king,  and  died  a  prisoner  in  Dundonald  Castle,  Ayrshire,  in 
1809.  He  had  several  sons.  His  second  son,  John  Mac- 
Alister,  with  a  few  followers,  fled  to  Sir  Winter  de  Hamilton 
of  Hamilton.  He  and  they  were  placed  in  Cairnduff,  Avon- 
dale,  where  his  name  was  changed  from  the  Highland  Alister 
to  the  Lowland  name  Alison.  He  was  settled  in  Cairnduff, 
Avondale,  in  1310.  Upon  this  estate  one  could  have  walked 
for  five  miles.  From  1310  to  1630,  or  thereabouts,  there  is 
but  little  reliable  information.  But  in  the  Covenanting  timea 
we  find  from  published  documents  that  there  were  Alisons 
on  the  farms  previously  mentioned,  and  the  Alisons  of  Cairn- 
duff gradually  came  into  historical  prominence.  About  1630 
these  Alisons  became  greatly  dispersed,  caused  by  the  perse- 
cutions of  Charles  the  First,  the  intolerance  of  Archbishop 
Laud,  the  introduction  of  the  English  Liturgy  into  the  Scot- 
tish Church,  and  the  formation  of  the  Solemn  League  and 
Covenant,  with  the  attending  consequences. 

After  James  VI  of  Scotland  fell  heir  to  the  English  throne 
and  was  accepted  as  king  under  the  title  of  James  I,  the 
Presbyterian  Church  became  unpopular  with  the  Royal  Court. 
During  his  reign  and  that  of  the  Charleses  that  succeeded 
him.  the  great  design  of  Parliament  was  to  abolish  Presby- 
terianism  in  Scotland  and  establish  Prelacy  in  its  stead.  By 
making  the  religions  of  England  and  Scotland  the  same  they 
imagined  that  they  would  unite  the  two  countries  more 
closely  together.  So  oppressively  did  they  push  this  meas- 
ure that  a  revolution  took  place  and  Cr()mwell  seized  the 
reins  of  government,  and  so  conquered  the  Royalists  that  he 
was  crowned  as  Protector  of  Great  Britain.  During  the 
reign  of  the  Charleses  the  whole  Scottish  nation  was  greatly 
moved,  and  was  often  on  the  brink  of  revolution.  This  was 
more  especially  the  case  in  Avondale  and  many  of  the  sur- 
rounding parishes.  It  was  about  1630  that  the  Alisons  of 
Cairnduff  in  Avondale  \'ere  disturbed  in  their  homes.  It 
was  then  that  the  threatenings  of  Archbishop  Laud  and  his 
coadjutors  began  to  be  realized.  It  was  then  that  William 
and  Michael  Alison  escaped  to  England  and  found  their  way 
to  America,  the  land  of  the  Pilgrim  Fathers  It  was  then 
that  Thomas  Alison,  when  a  mere  youth,  went  to  the  sea  as 
a  sailor,  and  in  1645  sailed  to  America  in  the  ship  called 


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PERSECUTIONS   OF  THE   ALISONS. 


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Adventure.^  It  was  then  that  Cairnduff,  the  original  seat  of 
the  Alisons,  passed  from  them  to  the  Cochranes,  Mungo 
Cochrane  having  married  an  Alison,  the  owner  of  the 
estate. 

After  the  death  of  Cromwell,  his  son  Richard  succeeded, 
but  soon  after  he  was  compelled  to  abdicate,  and  Charles  II, 
who  had  fled  to  the  continent,  returned  again  in  1660.  Then, 
if  persecution  existed  before,  i*  was  increased  ten  fold  now. 
The  acts  he  soon  after  passed  testify  to  the  severity  of  his 
reign.  By  the  Corporation  act  every  individual  who  did  not 
conform  to  the  religion  of  the  state  was  dismissed  from  his 
olfice,  whether  civil  o"  sacred.  By  the  Uniformity  act  2,000 
ministers  in  England  and  400  in  Scotland  were  ejected  from 
their  churches  and  condemned  as  rebels  to  the  state.  By  the 
Conventicle  act  the  Puritans  of  England  and  the  Covenant- 
ers of  Scotland  were  forbidden  to  assemble  in  the  house  or 
in  the  field  under  the  penalty  of  death.  Then  it  was  that 
Claverhouse  scoured  the  moors  and  mountains  of  Scotland, 
slaying  with  his  sword  or  shooting  with  his  gun  all  who 
refused  to  abjure  the  Covenant  and  take  the  oath  of  alle- 
giance. These  acts  awakened  a  painful  commotion  in  Avon- 
dale  and  surrounding  parishes,  where  the  adherents  of  the 
Solemn  League  and  Covenant  were  numerous  and  powerful. 
It  was  in  1664  that  a  considerable  number  in  Avondale,  Kil- 
bride, and  Carmunock  were  banished  from  their  parishes. 
Among  these  were  James  Alison  and  Archibald  Alison,  pre- 
viously of  Cairnduff.  They  refused  to  attend  the  Prelatic 
Church  and  otherwise  aroused  the  indignation  of  the  curates, 
hence  they  were  expelled  from  the  parish  of  Avondale.  James 
Alison  escaped  to  Renfrewshire,  and  became  proprietor  of  a 
farm  called  Kerrs,  in  the  parish  of  Lochwinnoch.  This  James 
Alison  remained  faithful  to  the  Covenant  in  his  new  home. 
In  reading  Crookshank's  "  History  of  the  Church  of  Scot- 
land," we  find  this  James  Alison,  along  with  forty  others, 
compelled  to  walk  through  wind  and  snow  to  Stirling,  where 
they  were  in  i^risoned.  We  find  the  very  same  parties  sent 
to  the  Canoii.  ate  prison,  in  Edinburgh,  and  after  a  mock 

>  Michael  Alison  and  William  Alison  went  to  England  to  escape  to 
America,  that  was  tiien  described  as  the  "Land  of  Freedom." 

The  otiier  brother  that  followed  in  1645  was  Thomas  Alison.  He  was 
born  about  the  time  the  others  left  Scotland;  but  ho  left  America,  went 
to  Archangel,  and  tliere  under  the  government  of  Russia  commenced  a 
voyag(!  to  explore  the  North  Pole.  His  journal  of  every  day  was  pub- 
lished in  lOiK).  He  describes  his  visit  to  the  Northern  seas,  but  ulti- 
mately lie  reached  the  71st  degree  of  north  latitude.  He  had  numerous 
Scotchmen  for  companions,  and  his  voy.ige  was  finished  In  1(5!)7.  He 
was  then  an  old  man,  and  for  thirty-eight  years  had  followed  the  seas. 


THE  ALISON   MARTYRS. 


23 


trial  condemned  and  consigned  to  the  prison  in  Dunottar 
Castle.  After  remaining  there  for  a  time,  this  James  Alison 
returned  to  his  home  and  farm  in  Kerrs  of  Lochwinnoch. 
He  is  supposed  to  be  the  ancestor  of  a  considerable  number 
of  Alisons  that  still  reside  in  Paisle}',  Langbank,  and  Mearns, 
in  the  county  of  Renfrew. 

"The  other  Alison  alluded  to,  and  brother  of  James,  was 
Archibald  Alison.  He,  along  with  a  few  others,  was  banished 
to  Elgin,  whilst  others  were  sent  to  Inverness  and  other 
northern  counties.  This  Archibald  Alison  and  his  exiled 
companions  did  not  cease  to  adhere  to  their  adopted  princi- 
ples, for  we  find  in  Crookshank's  '  History  of  the  Church  of 
Scotland'  that  Bishop  Ross,  in  whose  diocese  they  lived, 
wrote  Archbishop  Sharpe  of  St.  Andrews  to  the  effect  "  that 
these  Covenanting  exiles  expelled  from  the  south  were 
doing  more  harm  in  the  north  than  they  could  possibly  do 
in  their  own  homes,  and  begged  of  him  to  recall  them  that 
they  might  spread  the  contagion  no  further."  It  was  a 
daughter  of  the  same  Archibald  Alison,  one  Isabel  Alison, 
that  was  seized  at  Perth,  when  residing  at  St.  Johnston's 
there,  and  was  condemned  and  executed  in  the  Grass  Market 
of  Edinburgh  merely  for  conversing  with  rebels  such  as  Don- 
ald Cargil  and  Hackston  of  Rathillet,  and  for  adhering  to  the 
Solemn  League  and  Covenant.  Hence  Archibald  Alison  of 
Windyedge,  who  was  taken  prisoner  at  Airsmoss  and  suffered 
martyrdom  the  same  year,  was  a  cousin  of  Isabel  Alison. 
And  it  is  not  a  little  remarkable  to  notice  that  in  the  Roll  of 
Martyrs  still  kept  in  Edinburgh  there  are  only  four  or  five 
names  between  them.  They  were  separated  from  each  other 
in  life  because  of  their  faithtul  adherence  to  Christ's  crown 
and  covenant,  but  in  death  they  were  not  separate,  for  they 
died  at  the  same  place,  for  the  same  cause,  and  in  the  same 
year;  and  now  through  union  to  the  same  Redeemer  they 
are  together  before  the  throne,  where  there  are  neither  curses 
nor  crosses,  sins  nor  sorrows,  griefs  nor  graves,  but  where 
they  have  met  to  part  no  more." 

From  Elgin,  Archibald  Alison  is  supposed  to  have  come 
southward  to  Perth  and  afterward  settled  in  Forfairshire. 

But  although  there  was  a  scattering  of  the  Alisons  of 
Cairnduff  during  these  persecuting  times,  yet  there  was  a 
gradual  extension  of  them  in  the  neighborhood  around.  For 
in  the  days  of  the  Covenanters  that  soon  followed,  we 
find  in  historical  reminiscences  one  in  Goslington  in  the 
Parish  of  Lesmahagow,  another  in  Muirhead,  a  farm  in  Avon- 
dale,  County  Lanark;  a  third  in  Cvewburn,  in  Avondale;  a 


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FAMILIAR  NAMES. 


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fourth  in  Bent  in  Avondale;  a  fifth  in  Allarstocks,  in  Avon- 
dale  ;  and  some  as  far  west  as  Cessnock,  Cumnock,  and 
Ochiltree,  in  Ayrshire ;  all  of  whom  are  mentioned  as  suffer- 
ers for  their  faithfulness  to  the  Covenanting  cause. 

Even  Cairnduff  itself  passed  from  Alison  to  Cochrane, 
because  the  female  proprietor  of  the  estate  from  1620  to  1630 
married  M ungo  Cochrane,  a  son  of  Cochrane  of  the  Craig.^ 
Cairnduff  was  then  and  is  now  divided  into  a  great  many 
farms,  and  in  1893  a  Cochrane  lives  on  one  of  them.  The 
Cochrans  of  Cray  and  Brownside  claim  to  be  the  oldest 
family  in  Avondale,  and  the  name  is  still  very  common.  The 
Cochranes  and  the  Alisons  of  Avondale  are  well  known  to 
each  other  still,  and  have  been  for  three  hundred  years.^ 

The  history  of  the  Alisons  now  becomes  transferred  from 
Cairnduff  to  Windyedge,  which  was  one  of  the  farms  belong- 
ing to  the  original  estate  of  Cairnduff.  Windyedge,  in 
Avondale.  County  Lanark  included  then  the  farms  of  Windy- 
edge, Couplaw,  Heuk,  and  Heuklaw,  all  of  which  in  1893 
belong  to  Alisons,  together  with  the  farms  of  Muirhead, 
Latham,  and  Blackmoss.  It  was  there  that  Sir  Robert  Ham- 
ilton, Balfour  of  Burleigh,  Hackstone  of  Rathellet,  Brown- 
lee  of  Torfoot,  and  several  others  met  after  the  victory  of 
Drumcloy,  to  consult  as  to  their  future  procedure.  It  was 
then  that  they  resolved  to  continue  the  fortunes  of  war 
which  ended  in  their  sad  discomfiture  at  the  battle  of  Both- 

»  That  same  Miingo  Cochrane  is  frequently  mentioned  in  these  perse- 
cuting times  as  a  zealous  Covenanter. 

*  In  tracing  tlie  history  of  the  Alisons  of  Cairnduff,  it  is  an  interesting 
fact  to  notice  tlieir  allied  families.  The  Alisons  came  from  the  McAllis- 
ters, and  are  united  by  marriage  with  the  Cochranes,  the  Morrisons,  the 
Steelcs,  the  Jiamiesons :  most  of  these  families  are  reproduced  in  the 
Scotch  settlement  of  Aghadowey,  county  of  Iiondonderry,  Ireland,  and 
all  are  duplicated  in  the  Scotch  settlements  of  Londonderry,  and  Wind- 
ham, New  Hampshire,  United  States.  We  have  seen  that  Michael 
Alison  rted  to  Londonderry,  Ireland,  after  the  fight  at  Airsmoss,  Scot- 
land, where  ho  remained  many  years,  and  left  several  children.  The  fam- 
ily of  McKeen,  tlie  Morrisons,  and  tlie  Alisons,  and  otliers  of  Agadowey 
and  adjacent  parishes,  settled  there  about  the  same  time,  and  for  the 
same  cause,  and  later  came  to  Londonderry,  and  Windham,  N.  H.  In 
the  latter  settlements  are  the  McAlisters  with  their  kinsmen, 
the  Alisons,  with  the  Morrisons,  the  Cochranes,  tlie  Steeles,  the 
•Jamesons,  and  tlie  Wilsons,  with  many  of  the  .Scotch  families  with  the 
same  christian  names  wliicli  are  found  in  the  Scotcli  settlements  of 
Pennsylvania  and  in  the  states  farther  soutli,  found  also  in  the  Scotch 
settlements  in  Ireland,  and  tracing  them  again  across  the  narrow  belt  of 
sea  to  the  fatherland,  Scotland,  wc  lind  them  there  in  the  old  homes.  All 
are  of  the  same  blood,  with  the  same  characteristics,  and  all  are  Scotch 
still.  They  are  not  yet  weaned  from  "  the  land  of  brown  heath  and 
shaggy  wood,"  although  more  than  two  centuries  have  passed  since  their 
ancestors  Hcd  from  persecution  there. 


RETREAT   OF  CLAVERHOUSE. 


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well  Bridge.  Annie  Swan  in  one  of  her  novels  called  "  Adam 
Hepburn's  Vow,"  alludes  to  Windyedge  as  their  place  of 
meeting,  and  in  "  Old  Mortality,"  by  Sir  Walter  Scott,  we 
find  that  it  was  there  that  Graham  of  Claverhouse  obtained 
refreshments  as  he  fled  from  his  defeat  at  Drumcloy,  and 
received  them,  too,  from  a  widow  who  had  three  sons 
engaged  in  the  battle.  In  the  account  given  of  the  engage- 
ment at  Drumcloy,  Archibald  Alison  is  mentioned  by  name, 
the  same  that  was  seized  as  a  prisoner  at  Airsmoss,  and  suf- 
fered martyrdom  at  the  Grass  Market  in  Edinburgh,  and 
whose  dying  testimonj'  is  recorded  at  great  length  in  the 
volume  called  "  The  Cloud  of  Witnesses. 

In  a  letter,  dated  Oct.  8,  1892,  my  informant  says, — "  I 
think  almost  all  the  Alisons  of  Scotland  and  Ireland  are  de- 
scendants of  Cainiduff  Alisons  planted  there  in  1310." 

In  Scott,  it  is  Lord  Evandale  who  is  mentioned  as  the  per- 
son who  received  refreshments,  yet  the  traditions  of  the 
Alisons  say  it  was  Claverhouse,  and  although  two  of  her  sons 
are  only  said  to  have  been  at  Drumcloy,  yet  three  were  with 
the  Covenanters  at  the  time,  namely,  John  Alison  banished 
to  Virginia,  Michael  Alison  of  Londonderry,  Ire.,  and  Archi- 
bald Alison,  the  martyr. 

On  the  farm  of  Kilwakening,  owned  by  Matthew  Alison, 
1893,  occurred  some  incidents  connected  with  the  Covenant- 
ing times,  which  are  worthy  of  notice.  On  this  farm  was 
killed  the  horse  of  the  notorious  Claverhor.se,  and  where  he 
narrowly  escaped.  At  the  head  of  Capernaum  Park  there  is 
a  bush  planted  on  the  spot  where  a  small  cottage  once  stood 
called  by  this  name.  It  is  about  a  mile  from  the  battlefield 
of  Drumcloy,  where  Claverhouse  retreated  with  his  men.  He 
was  passing  this  little  cottage  where  sf^veral  of  the  Cove- 
nanters were  standing,  who,  seeing  Claverhouse,  wounded  his 
horse  with  a  scythe,  hoping  thereby  to  capture  the  defeated 
persecutor,  but  the  horse  continued  to  run  for  two  hundred 
yards,  and  fell  at  the  garden  of  Kilwakening.  Claverhouse 
instantly  dismounted  his  trumpeter,  and  mounted  his  horse 
and  continued  his  flight. 

By  Sir  Walter  Scott,  the  trumpeter  is  described  as  fleeing 
away  on  foot  through  the  Gill  and  Beemosa,  marshy  places 
where  cavalry  could  not  go,  but  localities  now  drained  and 
made  fertile,  though  still  known  by  these  names.  In  en- 
deavoring to  join  the  retreating  army  of  Claverhouse  he  came 
upon  the  Covenanting  victors  returning  from  the  pursuit, 
and  there  near  the  house  of  Joseph  Alison  of  Hillhead,  in 
Avondale,  Lanarkshire,  he  was  killed  and  buried,  while  over 


!i;|!  .i:;! 


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ARCHIBALD  ALISON. 


his  remains  a  heap  of  stones  is  still  to  be  seen,  and  nigh  to 
the  grave  there  is  a  rich  spring  of  water  which  is  well  known 
at  tlie  present  day  as  "  the  Trumpeter's  well."  ^ 

AutiiiHALD  Alison.  It  is  believed  by  many  tlxat  this  Archibald  Alison 
was  the  grandfather  of  another  Alison  who  became  a  successful  mer- 
chant in  Edinburgh,  and  was  elected  Lord  Provost  of  the  city.  From 
him  an  illustrious  race  of  Alisons  are  descended,  viz.,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Ali- 
son, of  Edinburgh,  author  of  the  well  known  treatise  on  "Taste;"  and 
from  the  reverend  author  of  "Taste"  have  sprung  Dr.  Alison,  of  Edin- 
burgh, of  medical  fame,  and  Sheriff  Alison,  of  Olasgow,  the  historian, 
whose  son  is  the  present  General  Sir  Archibald  Alison  of  Crimean  renown. 
Although  we  cannot  vouch  for  the  correctness  of  this  connection,  yot 
here  we  add  the  following  extract  of  that  branch  of  the  Alisons  from  the 
volume  called  the  "Scottish  Nation." 

Alison  is  the  name  of  a  family  possessing  a  baronetcy  of  the  United 
Kingdom,  conferred  in  1852  on  Sir  Archibald  Alison,  LL.  D.,  D.  C.  L., 
F.  R.  S.  He  was  born  at  Kinley,  Salop,  on  the  29th  of  December,  1792. 
His  father,  the  Rev.  Archibald  Alison,  author  of  "Essays  on  Taste,"  waa 
a  scion  of  tlie  family  of  Alison  of  Newhall,  in  the  parish  of  Kettens,  in 
Forfarshire. 

By  the  mother's  side,  he  is  descended  lineally  from  Edward  I  and 
Robert  the  Bruce.  Sir  Archibald  Alison  was  educated  at  the  University 
of  Edinburgh,  and  admitted  an  advocate  in  1814.  He  was  advocate 
depute  from  1828  to  1830.  He  was  appointed  Sheriff  of  Lanarkshire  in 
1835.     The  following  works  issued  from  his  pen: 

Principles  of  the  Criminal  Law  of  Scotland,  1832. 

Practice  of  the  Criminial  Law. 

History  of  Europe,  20  voumes,  published  in  1833. 

Essays  Contributed  to  lilackwooiVs  Magazine, 

Principles  of  Population,  1840. 

England  in  1815  and  1845,  or  a  Sufficient  and  Contracted  Currency. 

Life  of  the  Duke  of  Marlborough,  1847. 

Sir  Archibald  Alison  married,  in  1825,  Elizabeth  Glencairn,  youngest 
daughter  of  Lieut.  Col.  Patrick  Tytler,  second  son  of  William  Tytler, 
Esq.,  of  Woodliousclee. 

Issue:  Archibald  Alison,  born  January  21,  1826.  Lieutenant-colonel 
in  the  army;  militfiry  secretary  to  Lord  Clyde  when  commander-in-chief 
in  India.  Lost  an  arm  at  Lucknow,  and  has  a  medal  and  clasps  for  his 
services  in  the  Crimea.     (He  is  now  General  Sir  Archibald  Alison.) 

Frederick  Mont.ague  Alison,  tlm  second  son  of  Sir  Archibald  Alison, 
was  born  May  11,  18;i5;  is  a  captain  in  the  army  and  aid-de-camp  to  tho 
same  commander. 

His  <mly  dauglitcr  is  Ellen  Frances  Catherine,  married  to  Cutlar  Fer- 
guson of  Craigdarroch. 

Sir  Archibald  Alison's  brother,  William  Pulteney  Alison,  M.  D.,  LL.  D., 
F.  R.  S.,  was  professor  of  practice  of  physic  in  the  University  of  Edin- 
burgh and  first  physician  to  the  Queen  in  Scotland.  He  retired  from  his 
chair  in  1855  and  died  in  1850. 

>"  Man  has  sometimes  been  described  as  a  child  of  circumstances.  Wo 
see  this  truth  verified  very  strikingly  in  the  history  of  the  McAllisters  of 
Loupe,  from  whom  the  Alisons  are  descended.  Tlie  estate  of  Loupe  was 
confiscated  by  the  crown,  but  was  afterward  restored  to  the  younger 
brother.  His  descendants  long  continued  to  be  chiefs  of  the  McAllister 
clan,  and  some  of  them  instead  of  espousinfj  the  Covenanting  cause, 
fought  on  the  side  of  Claverhouse  at  Killiecrankie  and  finally  fell  at  the 
battle  of  the  Boyne." 


THE  ANCIENT   ALISON   HOME. 


2T 


The  following  is  also  an  extract  from  the  "  Scottish  Nation,"  upon  the 
Rev.  A  rchibalcl  Alison,  D.  D. : 

The  reverend  author  of  "Essays  on  the  Nature  and  Principles  of 
Taste"  was  the  second  son  of  a  magistrate  of  Edinburgh,  and  sometime 
lord  provost  of  tlio  city,  where  he  was  born  in  1757. 

In  1772  he  went  to  the  University  of  Glasgow,  and  afterwards  became 
an  exhibitioner  at  Baliol  college,  Oxford,  where  he  took  the  degrees  of 
A.  M.  and  LL.  B.  Entering  into  Holy  Orders,  he  obtained  the  curacy  of 
Brancepeth,  coimty  of  Durham,  and  was  subsequently  made  prebendarv 
of  Sarum.  Having  acquired  the  friendship  of  the  late  Sir  William  Pul- 
teney,  he  was  indeoted  to  him  for  preferment  in  the  church. 

In  1784  he  married,  at  Edinburgh,  the  eldest  daughter  of  the  celebrated 
Dr.  John  Gregory,  by  whom  he  hacl  six  children. 

In  1800,  on  the  Invitation  of  Sir  William  Forbes,  baronet,  and  the  ves- 
try of  the  Episcopal  chapel,  Cowgate,  Edinburgh,  he  became  senior  min- 
ister of  that  place  of  worship.  The  congregation  having  removed  to  St. 
Paul's  churcli,  York  place,  in  the  same  city,  he  continued  to  officiate 
there  until  a  severe  illness  in  18;^!  compelled  fiim  to  relinquish  all  public 
duties.  He  was  one  of  the  early  Fellows  of  the  Royal  Society  of  Edin- 
burgh, and  the  intimate  friend  of  many  of  its  most  distinguished  mem- 
bers. He  was  also  a  Fellow  of  the  Royal  Society  of  London.  His  prin- 
cipal work,  the  "  Essays  on  the  Nature  and  Principles  of  Taste,"  pub- 
lished in  1790,  has  passed  through  several  editions,  and  was  translated 
into  French.    He  died  on  the  17th  of  May,  1839.     His  works  are, — 

Essay  on  the  Nature  and  Principles  of  Taste,  1790. 

A  Discourse  on  the  Fast  Day,  1809. 

A  Thanksgiving  Sermon,  1814. 

Sermons,  chiefly  on  particular  occasions,  1814. 

Life  and  Writings  of  the  Hon.  Alexander  Eraser  Tytler,  Lord  Wood- 
houselee,  1818. 

Rev.  Alexander  Alison,  formerly  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  now  (1893)  of 
Seattle,  Wash.,  was  from  Fife,  Scotland,  where  some  of  the  Alisons  of 
Cairndulf  or  vicinity  went  about  ISJJO. 

Rev.  Dr.  Alison,  of  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  and  his  brother,  Arthur  Ali- 
son, the  advocate,  are  from  Eagles  Law,  next  parish  to  Avondale,  and 
probable  descendants  of  an  early  Alison  who  went  to  Paisley. 


ALISONS   OF   AVONDALE,   SCOTLAND. 

1.  James  Alison^  is  the  first  ancestor  of  this  immediate 
branch  of  the  Alisons  at  Cairnduff,  Avondale,  county  of 
Lanark,  Scotland,  whose  Christian  name  is  definitely  known, 
after  the  family  again  emerged  into-  historic  prominence. 
The  name  of  liis  father  is  not  known,  but  it  was  probably 
John  or  Alexander  Alison,  as  those  Christian  names  seemed 
to  alternately  prevail  during  the  long  historical  obscurity  in 
which  the  Alisons  rested. 

James  Alison  was  born  at  Cairnduff  in  1621.  and  resided 
on  the  farm  at  Windyedge,  wiiere  he  died  about  1670.  He 
married  Jean,  daughter  of  Samuel  VV^ilson,  of  Rigfoot,  East 
Kilbride.  She  survived  her  husband,  and  it  was  from  his 
cottage  at  Windyedge  that  the  notorious  Claverhouse,  the 
persecutor  of  the  Covenanters,  received  refreshments  while 
on  his  flight,  after  his  defeat  at  the  battle  of  Drumcloy,  in 
1679.     The  date  of  his  death  is  unknown. 


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JOHN   ALISON — THE  EXILED  COVENANTER. 


«. 


CHILDREN  BOKN   AT  WINDYEDOE,    SCOTLAND. 

Jean  Alison*,  m.  James  Torrance.  Res.  at  Deadwaters,  parish  of  Les- 
nialiagow,  county  of  Lanark,  Scotland. 

John  Alison '  (7),  b.  1652.  He  was  one  of  the  1,200  prisoners  taken  at 
Bothwell  Bridge,  and  was  banished  to  Virginia.  His  sword  is 
still  in  possession  of  relatives. 

Michael  Alison'  (8),  b.  1654,  a  sturdy  Covenanter,  was  at  the  siege  of 
Londonderry,  Ireland. 

Archibald  Alison*,  b.  1656,  and  suffered  martyrdom  at  the  Grassmar- 
ket,  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  in  1680.  He  was  in  the  battles  of  Drum- 
cloy,  Bothwell  Bridge,  and  at  Airsmoss  battle  was  taken  pris- 
oner. His  dying  testimony  is  published  at  great  length  in  "A 
Cloud  of  Witnesses,"  a  book  formerly,  and  now  greatly,  read  in 
Scotland. 

Marga>-et  Alison',  m.  James  Steele.  Kes.  Lesmahagow,  county  of 
Lanark,  Scotland. 


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7.  John  Alison-  [3  -.,  ">n^).  He  was  born,  in  1652,  at 
Windyedge,  which  wa"  .  ui  the  farms  belonging  to  the 
original  estate  of  Cairnduff,  in  Avondale,  county  of  Lanark, 
Scotland.  With  his  '  >vt  brothers,  Michael  and  Archibald 
Alison,  he  was  a  stiff  ar«d  'ou  Cc  v^enanter,  and  fought  at 
Bothwell  Bridge,  where  the  CoveiiUntovs  were  sorely  defeated. 
He  was  one  of  the  1,200  prisoners  taken ;  was  tried  at  Edin- 
burgh, and  banished  to  Virginia  in  America.  His  name  is 
recorded  in  the  well  known  Porteous  Roll,  a  roll  which  con- 
tained the  names  of  the  criminals  who  were  imprisoned  in 
those  days,  most  of  whom  were  pious  Covenanters.  After 
his  term  of  exile  came  to  an  end,  he  joined  the  settlement  of 
the  Pilgrim  Fathers  in  Massachusetts,  and  there  was  consid- 
erable communication  between  him  and  his  friends  in  Avon- 
dale,  for  they  were  accustomed  to  hear  that  the  heat  in  Vir- 
ginia was  so  great  that  people  could  boil  an  egg  upon  the 
sand,  and  how,  in  New  England,  they  had  to  climb  trees  to 
escape  from  the  wild  beasts ;  how  they  were  caught  in  gin 
set  for  deer;  how  the  Indians  formed  their  houses  by  bend- 
ing branches  and  matting  them  over  like  an  arbor;  how  their 
graves  were  filled  with  bows  and  arrows  and  other  instru- 
ments of  warfare ;  and  how  they  caused  the  forests  to  reecho 
by  the  discharge  of  their  muskets.  These  and  many  such 
reminiscences  have  been  handed  down  from  father  to  son 
among  the  relatives  who  remained  in  Scotland,  to  the  present 
time.  His  sword  is  still  in  the  possession  of  his  relative, 
William  Allison,  of  Hawbank,  East  Kilbride,  near  Strathavon, 
county  of  Lanark,  Scotland. 

H  Mr.  Alison  left  any  descendants  in  America,  they  are 
unknown  to  the  relatives  in  Scotland. 

8.  Michael  Alison'^  [4]  (Jumes^).     He  was  born  at  Win- 


AUCHAEL  ALISON,   THE  COVENANTER. 


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dyedge,  Scotland,  in  1654.  This  was  a  part  of  the  original 
estate  of  Cairnduff,  in  Avondale,  Lanarkshire,  Scotland. 
Like  his  brothers  and  family,  he  was  a  zealous  and  enthu- 
siastic Covenanter,  and  battled  bravely  for  his  religious  faith. 
With  his  brothers,  Archibald  and  John  Alison,  he  was  in 
the  battles  at  Drumcloy,  Bothwell  Bridge,  and  at  the  skir- 
n'ish  at  Airsmoss,  and  participated  in  the  siege  of  London- 
derry, Ireland,  in  1688-'89.  At  the  skirmish  at  Airsmoss, 
where  his  brother,  Archibald  Alison,  was  taken  prisoner,  he 
fled  so  quickly  that  he  reached  Port  Patrick  and  crossed 
over  to  Ireland  before  the  news  of  the  disaster  to  the  Cov- 
enanters reached  the  Irish  shore.  Although  he  was  ques- 
tioned severely  by  their  enemies,  yet  he  escaped  suspicion, 
and  resided  many  years  in  the  neighborhood  of  Londonderry, 
and  was  present  at  the  famous  siege  in  1688-89. 

He  either  leased  or  bought  a  farm  near  Londonderry,  for 
there  he  married  and  had  a  large  family.  From  1681  to  the 
Restoration  in  1690,  the  lands  of  Windyedge,  his  old  home, 
and  many  others,  were  forfeited  in  consequence  of  their  pro- 
prietors joining  in  so-called  treasonable  rising  of  Bothwell 
Bridge.  So  long  as  this  decree  of  the  Lords  of  Justiciary 
remained,  Michael  Alison  could  not  return  to  Windyedge, 
where  his  widowed  mother  was  still  living.  At  the  Restora- 
tion, after  the  battle  of  the  Boyne,  he  returned  to  Windy- 
edge  with  four  members  of  his  family,  and  the  other  mem- 
bers of  his  large  family  of  children  remained  in  or  near  Lon- 
donderry. He  seems  to  have  gone  back  and  forth  consid- 
erably between  his  two  homes,  living  a  part  of  the  time  at 
Windyedge  and  sometimes  in  Londonderry.  He  died  at 
Windyedge  and  was  buried  in  the  burying-place  of  the  fam- 
ily in  Strathavon  church-yard,  leaving  his  eldest  son,  James 
Alison,  the  laird  of  the  farm.  Michael  Alison's  wife  was 
Elizabeth  Cooper,  and  the  initials  of  her  name,  E.  C,  were 
engraved  into  the  lintel  of  the  old  house  at  Windyedge. 
Mr.  Alison  married  his  own  cousin  for  his  second  wife,  and 
had  a  large  family. 

The  sword  of  Michael  Alison,  with  which  he  fought  at 
Drumcloy.  Bothwell  Bridge,  Airsmoss,  and  the  siege  of  Lon- 
donderry, is  still  in  existence,  a  precious  memento,  and  is  in 
the  possession  of  Rev.  George  Alison,  of  Kilbarchan. 

CIIIl.DKEN   BY  FIUST   WIKE,    EIJZAHETH    (COOI'EK)    ALISON. 

0.  James  Alison'  (1.3),  b.  Londonderry,  Ireland,  in  1B90;  returned  with 
his  father  to  Windyedge,  Scotland,  where  he  resided.  lie  ni. 
Margaret  Seinple.  He  was  called  "Cooper"  Alison  and  was 
well  known  in  Avondale. 


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80  JAMES  ALISON    OP   WTNDYEDGE,   SCOTLAND. 

10.  Alexandei' Alison '  (18),  b.  near  Londonderry,  Ireland.    He  became 

laird  of  Letham,  near  Windyedge,  Scotland. 

11.  John  Alison'  (2;^),  b.  at  Windyedge,  Scotland,  in  1708;  went  to  Foul- 

popple,  London,  Ayrshire,  Scotland,  in  1739. 

12.  William  Alison'  (27),  b.  at  Windyedge,  Scotlnnd,  in  1710;  res.  Dyke- 

head,   East  Kilbride,  ctmnty  Lanark,   Scotland.     The  latter 
place  is  near  Cairndutf,  Avondale,  county  Lanark,  Scotland. 

13.  James  Alison ^  [9],  (Michael,^  Jaraes^).  He  was 
born  near  Londonderry,  Ireland,  in  1689.  He  returned  to 
Windyedge,  Scotland,  with  his  father,  and  :narried,  in  1720, 
Margaret,  daughter  of  William  Semple,  of  Nethershields, 
Olassford  Parish,  Braehead,  and  Nettlyhole,  and  became  heir 
to  these  two  last  farms.  The  two  latter  places  are  names  of 
farms  in  Avondale,  county  Lanark. 


CHILDREN. 

14.  John  Alison*  (29),  born  at  Windyedge,  Scotland,  in 
1760 ;  married  Helen,  daughter  of  Matthew  Lawson,  of  Kil- 
wakening,  county  of  Lanark. 

16.  Margaret  Alison ^  born,  1762,  at  Windyedge ;  married 
William  Torrance,  of  Glasgow,  and  died  in  Glasgow. 


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CHILDREN. 

1.    Jane  Torrance',  m.  Malcolm  McLaren,  of  Glasgow,  and  her  children 

were, — 
Margaret  McLaren,'  b.  1817;  d.  without  children.  William  Mc- 
Laren," b.  1819;  d.  without  children.  Jane  McLaren,"  b.  1820;  m. 
James  Dodds.  Child:  Jane  Dodds.'  Marrion  McLaren,"  m.  Will- 
iam Cross,  of  South  Lodgeayr,  a  merchant  in  Glasgow.  He,  with 
his  brother,  David  Cross,  constituted  the  well  known  firm  of  Alex- 
ander Cross  &  Sons,  seed,  grain,  and  chemical  merchants. 
Children:  Alexander  Cross,' is  member  of  i)arliament  for  Glasgow, 
Scotland.  He  m.  Jessie,  daughter  of  Sir  Peter  Coats,  of  Auclien- 
drane,  so  deservedly  known  as  a  thread  manufacturer  in  Paisley 
and  the  United  States,  but  still  more  honorably  known  for  his  lib- 
erality to  every  religious  and  benevolent  cause,  and  whose  mem- 
ory will  never  be  forgotten  so  long  as  Paisley  lasts  and  the  United 
Presbyterian  church  continues.  Alexander  Cross  owns  a  large 
tract  of  land  in  one  of  the  states  of  the  United  States.  Jane.  T. 
Cross,'  ni  John  R.  Cassells,  of  Motherwell,  Ironworks,  in  1872, 
in  Mothi'i  Aell,  county  of  Lanark.  William  Cross,'  m.  Jean  Mar- 
shall, of  Lonaon,  in  1880.  Marion  Cross,'  m.  Robert  C^issells,  of 
Motherwell  Ironworks.  Jessie  Low  Cross.'  Malcolm  Cross,'  m. 
daughter  of  Archibald  Walker,  of  Vauxhall  Distillery.  Helen 
Cross,'  m.  Walter  McFarlane,  of  the  Saracon  Foundry,  Glasgow, 
Scotland.  John  Cross.'  Maggie  Ferguson  Cross.'  Agnes  Cross.' 
H.  William  Torrance,'  went  to  Australia,  and  d.  childless. 
8.    Margaret  Torrance,'  m.  Charles  Porteous,  of  Glasgow.      Children: 

Charles  Porteous,"  d.  childless.    William  Porteous,'  d.  childless. 

Margaret  Porteous,"  m.  Peter  P'erguson,  of  Glasgow,  Scotland. 

No  children. 


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ALEXANDER   ALISON,   OF   LETHAM,   SCOTLAND. 


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16.  Catharine  Alison,*  born  at  Windyedge,  Scotland,  in 
1764.  She  married  Alexander  Morrison,  of  Corneygroats,  in 
Avondale,  county  of  Lanark. 


CHILD. 


16  a.  Alexander  Morrison,^  bom  at  Corneygroats  in 
Avondale  in  1785 ;  m.,  in  1806,  Jean,  daughter  of  John  Ali- 
son, of  Windyedge.  His  grandson  in  1893  is  proprietor  of 
that  place. 


1. 


3. 
4. 


CHILDREN. 

Helen  I  iwson  Morrison,"  b.  at  Corneygroats  in  1808;  m.  James  Stru- 
tlicrs.  Cliildren:  Jennie  Strutliers,' b.  1830.  James  Struthers,' 
b.  1833.  Annie  Strutliers,'  b.  1838.  Helen  Struthers,'  b.  1841. 
Jennie  Struthers,'  b.  1849. 

James  Morrison,-  b.  at  Corneygroats  in  1810;  m.  Annie,  daughter  of 
John  Lombie,  of  Hallburn,  Avondale,  Scotland,  Children: 
Alexander  Morrison,'  b.  183(5;  d.  young.  Katherine  Morrison.'b. 
18;58.  Jane  Morrison,'  b.  1840.  Alexander  Morrison,'  b.  1842. 
In  1893  he  was  proprietor  of  Corneygroa's,  and  had  a  son,  James 
Morrison.'  Anne  Morrison,'  b.  184.5.  John  Lambie  Morrison,'  b. 
1849.  Helen  Morrison,'  b.  1852.  Mary  Morrison,'  b.  1855.  Mar- 
garet Morrison,'  b.  18.")9. 

Eliza  Morrison,"  b.  at  Corneygroats,  and  is  deceased. 

Katherine  Morrison,"  b.  Corneygroats ;  m.  Robert  Letham,  of  Gl.as- 
gow,  Scotland.  Children:  Robert  Letham.'  Jeanie  Letham.' 
Isabella  Letham.' 

Jean  Morrison,"  b.  at  Corneygroats,  1821 ;  m.  William  Kirkland,  of 
Glasgow.  Children:  William  Kirkland,'  res.  Brisbane,  Austra- 
lia. Alexander  Kirkland,'  res.  Canada.  James  Kirkland,'  d. 
aged  21  years.    John  Kirkland,'  d.  aged  19  years. 

John  Morrison,"  b.  at  Corneygroats  in  1824,  and  died,  aged  about  16 
years. 

Margaret  Morrison,' b.  at  Corneygroats  in  1825;  m.  John  Donald,  of 
Coulton.  Children:  Gavin  Donald.'  Jeanie  Donald.'  Alexan- 
der Donald.'  Catherine  Doniild.'  Margaret  Donald,' is  deceased. 
Margaret  Donald.'    Helen  Donald.'    John  Donald.' 

17.  Margaret  Morrison,^  born  at  Corneygroats  in  1787 ; 
married  James  Turnbull,  of  Boghall,  a  farm  near  the  town  of 
ToUcross  in  the  Barony  Parish,  Glasgow,  Scotland. 


0. 
7. 


CIIILDUKN. 

L    Catherine  Turnbull,"  m,  John  French,  of  ToUcross,  Barony  Parish, 
of  Glasgow. 

2.  John  Turnbull,"  m.  J.  Buchanan;  res.  Boghall. 

3.  Jennie  Turnbull,"  m.  David  Spencer,  merchant;  res.  London,  Eng- 

land. 

4.  Janet  Turnbull,"  m.  John  Bogle,  jf  ToUcross. 

18.  Alexander  Alison^  [10]  (Michael,'^  James ^).  He  was 
born  near  Londonderry,  Ireland ;  returned  to  Windyedge, 
Scotland,  with  his  father,  and  became  laird  of  Letham,  near 


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32       WILLIAM   ALISON   OF   EAST   KILBRIDE,   SCOTLAND. 

Windyedge.  Letham  is  composed  of  three  farms — Gouplaw, 
Hookhead,  and  Letham.  According  to  my  informant.  Rev. 
Archibald  Alison,  of  Prestwick,  he  had  the  following  chil- 
dren: 


17. 
18. 
19. 

20. 
21, 
22. 


CIIILDIIEN. 

Alexander  Alison*  (.34),  b.  at  Letham,  Avondale,  county  of  Lanark, 

Scotland. 
Thomas  Alison*  (30),  b.  at  Letham,  Scotland,  and  became  laird  of 

Calderbank. 
—^ Alison,*  b.  at  Letham ;   m.  Mr.  Currie,  of  Frjjnlaw,  near 

Strathavon.    It  has  been  the  home  of  the  Curries  for  two 

centuries. 

Alison,*  b.  at  Letham;   m.  Mr.   Tennant,  of  Stratliavon, 


Scotland. 

John  Alison*  w«^nt  to  Fyfeshire,  or  Forfarshire — the  probable  ances- 
tor of  Rev.  Alexander  Alison,  D.  D.,  of  Seattle,  Washington. 

Alison,*  a  daughter,  who  died  young. 


23.  John  Alison  3  [11]  (Michael,^  James  ^).  He  was  born 
at  Windyedge,  Scotland,  in  1'  08 ;  went  to  Foulpopple,  Lon- 
don, Ayrshire,  Scotland,  in  1739,  and  had  three  sons  and 
several  daughters. 

CHILDREN. 

24.  John  Alison,*  b.  at  Foulpopple.    Children:  1,  John  Alison,"  b.  Hun- 

gryhill,  Salston.  Is  m.,  but  no  children.  2,  James  Alison,' b. 
at  Foulpopple  in  1804;  went  to  Harperscroft,  Dundonald;  m. 
Annie  Cray,  of  Galston,  Ayrshire.  Children:  William  Alison," 
b.  at  Harperscroft,  Parish  of  Dundonald,  Ayrshii-e,  Scotland; 
m.  Mary  Smith.  Child:  Annie  Cray  Alison.'  John  Alison" 
went  to  Canada.  Isabella  Alison,'  m.  Reginald  Bruce;  rea. 
Langholm,  Scotland.  Annie  Alison.*  Eliza  Alison.'  .3,  Will- 
iam Alison,"  res.  Fairfield,  Galston,  Ayrshire,  Scotland;  is  m. 
but  has  no  family. 

25.  James  Alison,*  born  at  Muirhead,  Avondale.    His  descendants  are 

still  in  Muirhead. 
'a6,    Andrew  Alison,*  of  Goslington.    His  descendants  are  still  there. 

27.  William  Alison ^  [12]  (Michael,^  James 0-  He  was 
born  at  Windyedge,  Scotland,  in  1710 ;  went  to  Dykehead, 
East  Kilbride,  Lanarkshire,  and  had  only  one  son  that  had 
children.  East  Kilbride  is  some  two  miles  from  Cairnduff 
and  Windyedge. 

CHILD. 

28.  William  Alison,*  b.  at  Dykehead,  East  Kilbride,  near  Cairnduff, 
Avondale,  in  1747.  He  resided  in  Hawbank,  East  Kilbride, 
Lanarkshire,  Scotland,  and  d.  there,  aged  93  years.  He  m. 
Elizabeth  Reed,  of  Castleton,  East  Kilbride,  Lanarkshire,  and 
had  children:  1,  William  Alison,"  m.  Janet  Findlay,  and  res. 
in  Windlaw,  parish  of  Carmunnock,  Lanarkshire.  Two  sons : 
William  Alison,'  m.  Isabella  Dick;  res.  Turnlaw,  parish  of  East 
Kilbride,  and  is  factor  for  James  Campbell,  of  Strathcarthro. 
Thomas  Alison"  died  unmarried.    2,  Janet  Alison,"  m.  John 


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Spiers,  of  GlaHgow,  Scotland.  3,  Elizabeth  Alison,'  m.  Alexan- 
der Loggot,  of  trliisgow.  4,  David  Alison,'  m.  Margaret  Ueid, 
and  rcH.  in  Hawbank.  Children:  Margaret  Alison,*  m.  It. 
Steven;  res.  Newlands,  East  ^rilbride.  William  Alison,"  Lan- 
arkshire, m.  Janet  (Jilmour,  oi  Fieldhead.  liev.  James  Ali- 
son,' m.  Catherine  Mcintosh,  of  Glasgow.'  John  Alison,"  ra. 
Eliza  Ballantine.  Hugh  Alison,"  d.  at  Hawbank.  Alexander 
Alison,"  d.  in  infancy.  Elii..  beth  Alison,"  ra.  Alexander  War- 
nock,  of  Glasgow. 

29.  John  Alison*  [14]  (James,''  Michael,^  James').  He 
was  born  at  Windyeuge,  Scotland,  in  1760.  He  married 
Helen,  daughter  of  Matthew  Lawson,  of  Kilwakening,  and 
became  heir  to  that  estate,  and  which  in  1893  was  owned  by 
his  grandson,  Matthew  Alison. 

CHILDREN. 

30.  Margaret  Alison,"  b.  at  Windyedge  in  1783;  m.  Archibald  Thomson, 
of  Strathavon,  Scotland,  in  IHIO.  Children  born  at  Strathavon, 
Scotland:  1,  Helen  Thomson,"  b.  ISIO:  m.  William  Wiseman, 
of  Strathavon.  No  children  living.  2,  Margaret  Thomson,"  b. 
1812;  m.  William  Houston;  res.  in  Australia.  3,  Robert  Thom- 
son," b.  1814.  4,  John  Thomson  »  b.  1810.  5,  Jean  Thomson," 
b.  1819;  res.  Otayo,  New  Zeahand. 

81.  Jean  Alison,"  born  at  Windyedge  in  1785;  m.  Alexander  Morrison, 
of  Corneygroats,  in  Avondale,  in  18(X5.  His  grandson  was  pro- 
prietor of  the  place  in  1893.  Ho  wan  an  own  cousin.  (See 
Catherine  Ali.<ion\'<  record,  No.  16.) 

32.  James  Alison"  [44],  born  at  Windyedge  in  1791 ;  d.  in  Fieldhead  cot- 

tage in  Strathavon,  Scotland,  in  1861. 

33.  Matthew  Alison,"  born  at  Windyedge  in  1793;  ordained  at  Kilbar- 

chan  in  Renfrewshire,  Scotland,  in  1818;  installed  at  Muttling- 
ton,  Juniata  county,  Penn.,  in  1842,  and  d.  when  minister  there. 
He  married  Agnes,  daughter  of  William  Gemmcll,  of  Frank- 
ville,  Ayr.  His  only  surviving  son  is  William  M.  Alison,"  who  is 
the  editor  and  proprietor  of  the  paper  in  that  town  where  his 
father  was  minister. 


34.  Alexander  Alison*  [17]  (Alexander,^  Michael,^ 
James  ^).  He  was  born  at  Letham,  Avondale,  Lanarkshire, 
Scotland.  He  had  the  estate  at  Letham,  comprising  three 
farms,  which  originally  belonged  to  Cairnduff. 

» Rev.  James  Allison,"  of  Alexandria,  Dumbartonshire,  was  educated  in 
the  University  of  Glasgow.  After  being  licensed  by  the  Hamilton  Pres- 
bytery, he  received  calls  from  the  congregations  of  Newburgh,  Wolver- 
hampton, and  Oxenden  Presbyterian  church,  London.  In  1800  he  was 
ordained  as  minister  of  Oxenden  Chapel,  London,  a  church  which  had  as 
his  predecessors  several  eminent  men,  such  as  the  Rev.  Dr.  Jerment,  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Broadfoot,  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Archer.  There,  in  consequence 
of  his  health  breaking  down,  he  resigned  his  charge.  After  a  few 
months'  recreation,  he  was  inducted  minister  of  the  Boston  United  Pres- 
byterian church,  Cupax'-Fife.  From  Cupar  he  was  translated  to  the 
United  Presbyterian  church,  Alexandria,  in  the  vale  of  Leven,  county  of 
Dumbarton.  There  he  still  ministers  to  a  large  and  prosperous  congre- 
gation. 

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84  THO»LA.S  ALISON,   OF   CALDERBANK,   SCOTLAND. 


3.J. 

30. 

37. 

38. 


Cini.DHEN, 

Alexander  Alison,"  b.  ut  Lctb.am,  Avondale,  Lanarkaliire,  and  res. 
there;  m.  Marrlon  Hamilton,  daughter  of  William  Hamilton, 
of  (ireathill.  Children:  Alexander  Alisctn,"  who  died  youn^. 
•lames  Alison,*  M.  D.,  went  to  New  Zealand,  Joseph  Alison", 
went  to  New  Zealand.  Thomas  Alison,"  d.  at  Letham,  without 
children. 

Joseph  Alison,"  of  Hillhead,  b.  at  lietham;  m.  Ann,  d.auRhter  of 
David  Paterson,  of  Stratbavon,  Scotland.  Children:  Margaret 
Alison."  Joseph  Alison."  James  Alison."  David  Alison."  Ann 
Alison."  Jane  Alison."  Ivlatthew  Alison."  Alexander  Ali- 
scm." 

Margaret  Alison,"  b.  at  Letb.am;  m.  Mungo  Cochran,  of  Strathavon, 
Scotland. 

James  Alison,"  of  Tardoea,  parish  of  Muirkirk,  Ayrshire,  and  is  a 
J.  P.;  was  b.  at  Letham;  m.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Andrew 
Hamilton,  of  Longridge.  Children:  James  Alison,"  of  Tar- 
does;  Elizabeth  Alison,"  m.  Mr.  Pearson,  of  Muirkirk.  An- 
drew Alison"  is  a  farmer;  res.  in  the  Isle  of  Man. 


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''    II. 


39.  Thomas  Alison  *  [18]  (Alexander,^  Michael,^  James  i  ) 
was  b.  at  Letham,  Avondale,  Scotland,  and  became  Laird  of 
Calderbank. 

CHILDREN. 

40.  Thomas  Alison,"  b.  at  Calderbank;  m.  Mary,  daughter  of  William 

Hamilton,  of  Crummach.  lie  m.  second,  Margaret,  daughter 
of  John  Flcmming,  of  Hawkwood,  and  bad  eiglit  children. 

41.  James  Alison,"  of  the  Grange,  a  farm  in  Avondale,  Lanarkshire,  and 

near  Strathavon;  m.  Janet  H.amilton,  of  Halls.  James  Ali- 
son's" children:  1,  Alexander  Alison," res.  Melbourne,  Australia. 
2,  Thomas  Alison,"  is  a  prosperous  business  man ;  res.  Bridge  of 
Allan,  near  Stirling,  Scotland.  3,  James  Alison,"  res.  South 
America.  4,  John  Alison,"  res.  Glasgow,  Scotland.  5,  George 
Alison,  res.  Glasgow,  Scotland.    (5,  Marion  Alison,"  d.  young. 

42.  Marion  Alison,"  m.  William  Scott,  of  Breconrig,  a  farm  in  Avondale, 

and  afterwards  of  Netherton,  Carnwath  Parish. 

43.  Alexander  Alison."    He  is  ancestor  of  the  Letham  Alisons. 

44.  James  Alison  ^  [32]  (John,*  James,^  Michael,^ 
James^).  He  was  born  at  Windyedge,  Scotland,  in  1791 ; 
married  Jean,  daughter  of  William  Jamieson,  of  Middlecroft, 
Avondale,  who  was  born  at  Auchenbart,  Galston,  Ayrshire, 
Scotland,  July,  1788.  Mr.  Alison  died  in  Fieldhead  Cottage, 
Strathavon,  in  1861. 

CHILDREN. 

45.  John  Alison,"  b.  at  Windyedge,  Scotland,  August,  1814,  and  was 
laird  of  that  farm,  .md  d.  there  in  384!).  He  m.  Ann,  daughter 
of  William  Young,  of  Kyland,  Avondale,  Scotland.  Children : 
1,  James  Alison,'  d.  without  children.  2,  Janet  Alison,'  d. 
without  children.  3,  Jean  Alison,'  b.  at  Windyedge  in  1841; 
m.  in  1870  John  Hamilton,  of  Colinhill,  Avondale,  Strathavon, 
county  of  Lanark,  Scotland.  He  is  the  eldest  son  of  the  late 
James  Hamilton,  of  Colinhill,  the  founder  of  the  town  known 
as  "Hamilton  Brothers,"  Strathavon.    On  the  death  of  his 


WILLIAM  ALISON,  OP  AUSTRALIA. 


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47. 


48. 

40. 
50. 


61. 
62. 


father  he  hec.ime  the  proprietor  of  Colinhill  farm,  and  through 
liis  marriauc,  tlie  farm  of  WindycdKo,  wliicli  lias  heen  in  the 
hands  of  the  Alisons  for  nearly  000  years,  will  now  pass  into 
the  name  of  Hamilton. 

.Tames  Hamilton*  d.  younff.  John  Hamilton'  d.  young. 
Anne  Hamilton'  b.  1873.  Helen  Fleming  Hamilton"  b.  1875. 
Jeanie  Hamilton'  b.  1870.  James  Hamilton"  b.  1870.  Janet 
Hamilton"  b.  188 1.  Maggie  Hamilton'  b.  188:5.  John  Hamil- 
ton" b.  ia8r>. 

William  Alison'  (.w),  b.  at  Windyedge,  Scotland,  in  1815;  m.  Eliza 
Thomstm;  res.  Dnnavon,  Scotland. 

Matthew  Alison"  (((4),  b.  at  Kilwakening,  Avondale,  county  of  Lan- 
ark, Scotland,  iu  1817;  res.  Sydney  VMlla,  Stratliavon,  Scotland; 
unm. 

George  Alison'  (05),  b.  at  Kihvakening  in  1819;  m.  Agnes  Jamiesoa; 
clergyman;  res.  Kilbarciian,  Scotland. 

James  Alison,"  b.  Kilwakening  in  1821 ;  d.  there  in  18.35. 

Alexander  Alison"  (08),  b.  at  Kilwakening  in  1822;  m.  Helen  Hamil- 
ton, and,  second,  Isabella  Murray;  res.  Blacknu^ss,  Strathavon, 
coiMity  of  Lanark,  Scotland. 

Archibald  Alison"  (70),  b.  at  Kihvakening  in  1825;  m.  Mary  Robert- 
son; clergyman;  res.  Prestwick,  Scotland. 

Christina  Alison,"  h.  at  Kilwakening  in  1827;  m.  Hugh  Wyllie,  of 
Brigland,  Mauchline,  in  1840;  res.  Cessnock,  Prestwick,  Ayr- 
shire, Scotland.  Children:  William  Wyllie,'  b.  at  Brigland  in 
18.53;  d.  1870.  James  Wyllie,'  b.  at  Brigland  in  1853;  res.  Bi  »- 
head,    Sliieldhill,    Dumfrieshire,    Scotland.      Jane    Jamieson 

Kichmond  Wyllie,' b.  at  Brigland  in  1855;  d.  1862.    

Wyllie.' Wyllie.'    John  Wyllie,'  b.   at    Brigland  in 

1858;  res.  Park,  Mayiield,  Sussex.  Ikiatthew  Alison  Wyllie,'  b. 
at  Brigland  in  1861 ;  d.  1862.  Christina  Wyllie,'  b.  at  Brigland 
in  1864;  res.  Prestwick,  Scotland.  Jane  Wyllie,'  b.  at  Brig- 
land in  1873 ;  res.  Prestwick,  Scotland. 

Robert  Alison,'  b.  at  Kilwakening  in  1829;  m.  Margaret,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Scoular,  of  Strathavon,  Scotland;  res.  Kilwakening, 
Strathavon,  Scotland.  Children:  Eliza  Alison,'  b.  at  Kil- 
wakening in  1876;  at  home.  Jeanie  Alison,'  b.  at  Kilwakening 
in  1880;  at  home. 

Andrew  Alison,"  b.  at  Kilwakening  in  1831 ;  d.  in  1832. 

65.  William  Alison^  [46]  (James,^  John,*  James,^  Mich- 
ael,2  James  1).  He  was  born  at  Windyedge,  in  1815,  and  in 
1842  he  married  Eliza,  daughter  of  William  Thomson,  of 
Boness.  At  the  age  of  21  he  went  to  New  South  Wales, 
where  he  became  one  of  the  largest  and  most  successful 
stockholders  in  Australia.  He  resided  sometimes  in  Sydney, 
Australia,  and  sometimes  in  Dunavon,  Avondale,  Scotland. 
He  was  proprietor  of  several  farms  in  Avondale,  and  in  the 
parish  of  Ocheltree  in  Ayrshire.  He  was  proprietor  of  Bon- 
nytown  estate,  which  included  the  farms  of  Bonnytown, 
Drumboy,  Auchengee,  Ravenscroft,  and  Waberton.  He  was 
a  justice  of  the  peace  for  Lanarkshire.  His  largest  estate  in 
Australia  was  Canonbar,  and  consists  of  1,100,000  acres.  It 
is  grazed  by  400,000  sheep.  Three  of  Mr.  Alison's  sons  are 
members  of  the  legislative  assembly  of  New  South  Wales. 
Mr.  Alison  is  now  deceased. 


63. 


54. 


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JAMES  ALISON,  OF  AUSTRALIA. 


CHILDREN. 


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I  'I' 


56.  Ellen  Alison,'  b.  in  New  South  Wales,  Australia,  in  1843;  m.  in  1870 
at  Dunavon,  Stratliavon,  Scotland,  to  Geoi'ge  Russell,  of  Syd- 
ney, Australia;  res.  Dunside,  Stratliavon,  county  of  Lanark, 
Scotland.  The  father  of  George  Kussell,  late  of  Sydney,  left 
Kirkcaldy,  Fife,  about  1814,  and  emigrated  with  his  family 
first  to  Tasmania  and  then  to  Sydney,  Australia.  In  Sydney 
he  commenced  a  foundry  and  engineering  business.  Three  of 
his  sons  succeeded  him,  and  have  come  out  of  the  firm  with 
fortunes.  Children :  Eliza  Alison  Russell,"  b.  in  1872.  Sydney 
Alison  Russell,'  b.  in  1873.  William  Alison  Russell,'  b.  in  1875^ 
Leonard  Alison  Russell,'  b.  1870;  deceased. 

67.  Jennie  Alison,'  b.  in  New  South  Wales  in  1845;  res.  at  Dunside,. 

Stratliavon,  Scotland. 

68.  Christina  Alison,' b.  in  New  South  Wales  in  1849;  res.  at  Dunavon,, 

Stratliavon,  Scotland,  and  owns  the  old  family  home. 

59.  Eliza  Alison,' b.   in  New  South  Wales  in  1852;  m.  Walter  Vivian, 

member  of  the  legislative  assembly  at  Sydney,  Australia;  P.  0» 
Parliament  House,  Sydney,  Auoii alia.  Children:  Alison  Viv- 
ian,' b.  in  1877.  Isabel  Josephine  Alison  Vivian,'  b.  in  1879; 
Edith  Christine  Alison  Vivian,'  b.  in  1881 ;  Winnifred  Annetto- 
Vivian,' b.  in  1881;  Violet  Alison  Vivian,' b.  in  1883.  Muriel 
Alison  Vivian,'  b.  in  1885. 

60.  James  Alison,'  b.  in  Springbank,  Stratliavon,  county  of  Lanark,  Scot- 

land, in  1853.  At  the  death  of  his  father,  he  succeeded  to  the 
estate  of  Bonnytown,  county  of  Ayr,  Scotland.  That  estate  he 
sold  for  £20,000,  and  proceeded  to  Australia,  where  lie  became 
a  stockholder  in  Queensland  and  New  South  Wales.  He  was^ 
educated  in  Bury  St.  Edmunds,  England.  He  has  held  the 
oflftce  of  justice  of  the  peace,  and  is  a  member  of  the  legislative 
assembly  of  New  South  Wales.  His  P.  O.  address  is  Union 
Club,  Sydney,  Australia. 

61.  William  Alison,'  b.  in  Springbank,  Stratliavon,  county  of  Lanark, 

Scotland,  and  was  educated  in  Bury  St.  Edmunds,  England. 
He  m.  Ellen,  daughter  of  James  Wilson.  K.'.  Alison  inherited 
his  father's  great  estate  of  1,100,100  acres  at  Canonbar,  Aus- 
tralia, and  is  the  second  largest  land-owner  in  Australia.  He 
is  a  justice  of  the  peace,  and  a  member  of  the  legislative 
assembly  of  New  South  Wales,  Austnalia. 

62.  Charles  Alison,'  b.  in  1850;  m.  in  1890,  Constance,  daughter  of  Dr. 

Cox,  of  Sydney,  Australia,  He  is  a  barrister,  and  a  member 
of  the  legislative  assembly  of  New  South  Wales,  Australia; 
res,  Sydney.  P,  O.  address,  Hawkesbury,  New  South  Wales, 
Australia, 

63.  Adaline  Alison,'  b.  in  1864;  m.  Arthur  Rowan. 


64.  Matthew  Alison  ^  [47]  (James,^  John,*  JaTiQes,^  Mich- 
ael,^ James  ^).  He  was  born  at  Kilwakening,  Scotland,  in 
1817.  At  the  age  of  21  he  went  to  Australia,  where  he  be- 
came a  large  and  successful  squatter.  After  amassing  what 
he  considered  a  suflBcient  fortune,  he  returned  to  his  native 
parish  and  built  a  house,  which  is  called  Sydney  Villa,  in 
Strathavon.  There  he  resides  in  peace,  plenty,  and  retire- 
ment, producing  happiness  to  others  by  his  generosity  and 
kindness.     He  is  unmained. 

65.  George  Alison  "^  [48]  ( James,^  John,*  James,^  Michael,* 


ARCHIBALD  ALTSON,  OF  PRESTWICK,  SCOTLAND.        87 

James ^).  He  was  born  at  Kilwakening,  Scotland,  in  1819. 
He  was  educated  at  the  College  of  Glasgow,  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  University  Court.  He  was  ordained  as  minister 
of  the  United  Presbyterian  church  at  Kilbarchan,  in  Renfrew- 
shire, in  1842,  and  there  he  has  had  a  very  long  and  success- 
ful ministry.  At  his  jubilee  in  1891,  he  was  presented  by 
his  congregation  with  a  check  for  upwards  of  .£400,  together 
with  many  other  valuable  gifts  from  distant  members  of  this 
church.  He  married  Agnes,  daughter  of  Willifvm  Jamieson, 
of  Glasgow,  Scotland. 

CHILDKKN. 

66.  Isabel  Alison/  b.  at  Kilbarchan  in  1857;  m.  John  Gardner;  res. 

Bunaw,  near  Oban,  Argyleshire,  Scotland, 

67.  George  J.  Alison,'  b.  at  Kilbarchan  in  1804;  m.  1892,  his  cousin, 

Jane  McEwen  Alison,  daughter  of  Rev.  Archibald  Alison,  of 
Prestwick,  Scotland.  He  is  a  merchant,  95  St.  John's  Park, 
Blackheath,  London,  England. 


68.  Alexander  Alison^  ""SO]  (James,^  John,*  James,^ 
Michael,^  James *).  He  was  Taorn  at  Kilwakening,  Scotland, 
in  18212;  married  Helen,  daughter  of  William  Hamilton,  of 
Brownside;  he  married,  second,  Isabella,  daughter  of  Will- 
iam Murray,  of  Fleckfield,  East  Kilbride,  county  of  Lanark, 
Scotland.  Mr.  Alison  is  proprietor  of  Blackmoss,  a  farm, 
and  a  portion  of  the  original  farm  of  Cairnduff,  where  the 
Alisons  first  settled  centuries  ago. 


CHILDUEN. 

69.  James  Alison,'  b.  in  1848  at  Hallficld,  Scotland;  m.  Jean,  daughter 

of  William  Wiseman,  of  Hookhead. 

70.  John  Alison,'  b.  at  Blackmoss,  Avondale,  county  of  Lanark,  Scot- 

land, in  1850. 

71.  Alexander  Alison,' b.  at  Blackmoss  in  1852;  m.  Helen,  daughter  of 

James  Hamilton,  of  Drumcloy,  Scotland. 

72.  Isabella  Alison,'  b.  at  Blackmoss,  in  1871. 

73.  Jcanie  Alison,'  b.  at  Blackmoss  in  1872. 

74.  Eliza  Alison,'  b.  at  Blackmoss  in  1874. 

75.  Christina  Alison,'  b.  at  Blackmoss  in  1870. 


76.  Archibald  Alison"  [51]  (James,^  John,*  James,^  Mich- 
ael,2  James ^).  Rev.  Archibald  Alison  was  born  at  Kilwaken- 
ing, Scotland,  in  1825;  mairic^  in  1861,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Capt.  J.  H.  Robertson,  of  Leith,  Scotland.  He  was  educated 
in  Glasgow  college,  and  is  a  member  of  the  University 
Court.  After  receiving  calls  from  the  congregations  of  Les- 
lie, Largo,  and  Baillieston,  he  was  ordained  in  1849  as  min- 
ister of  the  West  United  Presbyterian  church  in  Leslie.     In 


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JAMES   ALISON,   OF  EDINBUKGH,   SCOTLAND. 


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1882  he  was  installed  over  the  United  Presbyterian  church 
in  Prestwick,  county  of  Ayr,  Scotland,  where  he  remains  in 
1893.  He  believes  that  the  Britons  are  descended  from  the 
ten  tribes  of  Israel.  Every  month  for  a  considerable  period 
he  furnished  articles  to  periodicals  and  magazines  in  proof  of 
this  position.  Several  of  these  articles  have  been  published 
separately.  The  chief  of  these  publications  are  the  follow- 
ing: 

"  Who  are  the  Britons,  and  What  is  their  Destiny  ?  " 
"Jacob's  Stone  of  Bethel,  the  British  Coronation  Stone  in 
Westminster  Abbey." 

"The  British,  the  Stone  Kingdom  of  Nebuchadnezzar's 
Image." 

CIIILDBEN. 

77.  James  AHson,'  b.  at  Leslie,  Scotland,  in   1862;   m.   in  1800  Mary 

Jack,  of  Watsonville,  Queensland,  Australia.  He  is  connected 
with  the  Queensland  National  Bank,  Mount  Albion,  Heiberton, 
Queensland,  Australia. 

78.  Jane  McEvven  Alison,'  b.  at  Leslie  in  1864;  m.  in  1892  her  cousin, 

George  Alison,  son  of  Itev.  George  Alison.  He  is  a  merchant, 
95  St.  John's  Park,  Blackheath,  London,  England. 

79.  John  K.  Alison,'  b.  at  Leslie  in  1865.    He  is  a  merchant;  res.  Zan- 

zibar.    He  is  of  the  firm  of  Bonstead,  Ridley  &  Co. 

80.  Maggie  Alison,'  b.  at  Leslie  in  1867 ;  at  home ;  res.  Prestwick,  Scotland. 

81.  Mary  Jane  Alison,' b.  at  Leslie  in  1869;  at  home;  res.  Pi-estwick, 

Scotland. 

82.  Matthew  Alison,'  b.  at  Leslie  in  1873;  res.  Prestwick,  Scotland. 

83.  Thomas  Clark  Alison  '  b.  at  Leslie  in  1874;  res.  Prestwick,  Scotland. 

84.  Christine  J.  Alison,'  b.  at  Leslie  in  1874;  d.  in  1875. 

85.  Williamina  Alison,'  b.  at  Leslie  in  1881;  at  home. 

86.  Archibald  Leslie  Alison,'  b,  at  Prestwick,  Scotland,  in  1883;  at  home. 

87.  James  Alison,  of  St.  David's  street,  Edinburgh,  is  a  soli- 
citor and  notary  public  in  excellent  standing.  His  father  was 
a  house  and  estate  agent  in  Edinburgh :  was  b.  in  1807,  d. 
1855.  He  was  son  of  James  Alison,  of  Alexandria,  Dumbar- 
tonshire, who  was  b.  1784,  and  who  m.  Henrietta  Crichton. 
The  father  of  Mr.  Alison  was  James  Alison,  of  Renfrew,  who 
m.  Agnes  Colquhoun.  The  father  of  James  (No.  26)  was 
John  Alison  (No.  23),  of  Muirhead,  Avondale.  The  father 
of  John  was  Michael  Alison  (see  No.  8),  of  Windyedge,  Scot- 
land, and  Londonderry,  Ireland. 


CHAPTER  lY. 


EARLY  ALLISONS   IN  AMERICA. 


William  Allison,  aged  25,  left  London  July  27,  1635,  and 
lived  in  Virginia. 

Lawrence  Allison  was  in  Windsor,  Conn.,  in  1643 ;  was 
living  in  Deerfield,  Mass.,  in  1704,  at  the  age  of  84  years ; 
wife  unknown;  had  child,  Richard  Allison. 

James  Allison  was  in  Boston,  Mass.,  in  1644.  He  had  a 
wife,  Christian.  They  had  a  son,  James  Allison,  born  Oct. 
20,  1650,  and  John  Allison,  who  died  April  2, 1653. 

James  Allison,  of  Boston,  Mass.  (perhaps  the  same  as  the 
above,  son  of  James),  married.  May  26,  1674,  Elizabeth 
Vasey,  of  Braintree,  Mass. 

Richard  Allison,  or  Ellison,  was  of  Braintree,  Mass.  He 
had  a  wife,  Thomasin.  Record  of  their  children  as  taken 
from  the  Nexo  England  Historical  Register^  born  Brantrey, 
Mass.: 

Mary  Ellison,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Thomasin  Allison,  b.  15  :  6,  1646. 
Hannah  Ellison.daughter  of  Richard  and  Thomasin  Allison,  b,  24  :  .5, 1648. 
John  Ellison,  son  of  Richard  and  Thomasin  Allison,  b.  20  :  0,  lOoO. 
Sarah  Ellison,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Thomasin  Allison,  b.  4  ;  10,  1652. 
Thomas  Ellison,  son  of  Richard  and  Thomasin  Allison,  b.  1  :  1,  1055. 
Experience  Ellison,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Thomasin  Allison,  b.  2  :  6 

mo,  1057. 
Richard  Ellison,  son  of  Richard  and  Thomasin  Allison,  b.  7.  2m.  1660. 

It  will  be  noticed  that  in  the  ancient  record  the  parents 
are  called  J.llison,  while  the  names  of  their  children  are 
spelled  j&llison. 

Thomas  Allison  in  1645  went  to  America  in  the  ship  Ad- 
venture, and  located  in  Virginia, 

J.  Allison  owned  a  warehouse  in  Charlestown,  Mass.  In 
1657  his  estate  was  sold  by  R.  Arrington. 

One  Lawrence  Allison  (or  Ellison)  removed  to  Hamp- 
stead,  N.  Y.,  and  died  there  in  1665.  His  sons,  Richard, 
Thomas,  and  John,  administered  on  his  estate. 

»In  the  parish  records  of  Kingston-on-Thames,  England,  is  an  item  of 
thirteen  shillings,  four  pence,  paid  in  1003,  to  James  Allison  and  four 
others,  for  carrying  the  armour  at  Conmation. — N.  E.  Illntorical  Regis- 
ter, 1SS2.  . 


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THOMAS   ALLISON,   OP  DEERFIELD,  MASS. 


Ralph  Allison  was  of  Scarborough,  Me.,  in  1673,  and  was 
a  great  landholder.— AS'ava^'e's  Genealogical  Dictionary. 

Thomas  Alison,  on  June  14, 1679,  had  tickets  granted  to 
him  from  Barbadoes,  for  Jamaica,  in  the  ship  John%  Adventure^ 
Edward  Winslow,  commander. 

Thomas  Allison  came  from  Windsor,  Conn.,  and  settled  in 
Deerfield,  Mass. ;  was  constable  in  1692;  called  shoemaker 
that  year,  and  trader  in  1711 ;  sold  his  home  lot  there  in 
1711  to  Rev.  John  Williams.  Thomas  Allison  was  an  inhab- 
itant of  Colchester,  Mass.,  in  1713, — perhaps  the  Thomas  of 
Deerfield. 

Joseph  Allison  was  a  resident  of  Southold,  Long  Island, 
N.  Y.,  in  1721,  and  was  in  Goshen,  N.  Y.,  in  1726. 

Thomas  Allison,  of  Deerfield,  Mass.,  lived  at  Wapping  in 
1710,  and  in  his  old  age  was  cared  for  by  the  town. 

John  Allison,  of  Deerfield,  Mass.,  1698 ;  married,  Aug.  4, 
1698,  Alice,  daughter  of  George  Jeffries,  who  died  Dec.  31, 
1730,  aged  61  years.  No  children  in  1704.  He  was  em- 
ployed in  1712  to  sweep  the  meeting-house. — Sheldon^s  His- 
tory of  Deerfield^  Mass. 

William  Allison  was  of  Windsor  previous  to  1700. 

Samuel  Allison  came  from  the  county  of  Londonderry, 
Ireland,  to  America  in  1718,  and  to  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  in 
1719. 

John  Alliston,  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  purchased  land  there  of 
Samuel  Graham  in  1726. — ffinman's  Settlers  of  Connecticut, 
2d  ed.,  pp.  47,  48. 

Elizabeth  Allison,  Comfort  Allison,  and  Ann  Allison, 
spinsters,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  nieces  of  Madame  Susannah 
Thatcher,  of  Milton,  Mass.,  late  deceased,  received  certain 
sums  left  by  her  will,  of  Rev.  Peter  Thatcher,  May  24,  1725. 
— Suffolk  County,  Mass.,  Records,  Boston,  Mass.  On  the  same 
records  Andrew  Allison,  or  Ellison  (spelled  each  way), 
deeded  land  May  22,  1733. 

"Thomas  Allison,  of  Southampton,  in  Great  Britain,  Gen- 
tleman, and  Susannah,  wife  of  the  said  Thomas  Allison, 
heretofore  Susannah  Caswall,"  and  other  heirs  of  Henry  Cas- 
wall,  late  of  Boston,  Mass.,  sold  property  there  July  24, 1749. 
Thomas  Allison  was  late  of  London. — Suffolk  County,  Mass., 
Records. 


'  From  tlie  church  records  of  the  parish  of  Templemore,  Londonderry, 
Ireland,  •vvliich  are  kept  in  the  a. ^  lent  cathedral  in  tliat  city,  I  took  this 
record:  "William  Allison  had  his  son  Tliomas  Allison  baptized,  Feb.  0, 
1603." 


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ELLISON. 

Under  the  name  of  Ellison  appears  the  following,  and  it 
may  have  a  material  bearing  upon  the  history  of  the  Allison 
family : 

From  John  C.  Hotten's  lists  of  emigrants  to  America, 
1600-1700 : 

John  Ellison,  living  at  Anchor's  Hope,  Jame:  City,  Vir- 
ginia, came  in  the  Prosperous  in  1623.  Ellen,  his  wife,  came 
in  the  Charitie. 

George  Ellison,  a  child,  died  at  Anchor's  Hope,  Virginia, 
in  1623. 

William  Ellison,  servant,  aged  44 ;  at  Elizabeth  City,  1624; 
came  in  the  Swan. 

The  first  settlers  of  Virginia  were  largely  of  English 
descent. 

From  the  Suffolk  county,  Mass.,  unpublished  records :  On 
Sept.  4,  1664,  John  Ellisoww  gave  a  receipt  to  Robert  Willis. 
On  March  25, 1698,  Mary  Ellison  and  others  sold  property. 

Those  who  spell  this  name  Ellison  appear  to  have  come 
entirely  from  England.  The  larger  part  of  those  who  spell 
their  name  Allison  are  from  Scotland  or  the  Scotch  settle- 
ments in  Ireland. 

The  names  Ellison  and  Allison  in  America  have  been  con- 
fused sometimes  through  the  carelessness  or  ignorance  of 
early  transcribers,  or  by  the  choice  of  persons  who  bore  them 
in  later  days.  Some  of  those  who  spelled  theirs  JS/llison  have 
changed  it  to  -4llison.  Never,  to  ray  knowledge,  has  a  single 
Allison  or  his  descendants  changed  the  orthography  of  his 
name  to  Allison. 


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CHAPTER  Y. 


Samuel  Allison,  of  Londoxdeury,  N.  H.,  and  His  Descendants 

FKOM    1690    TO    185)3,    INCLUDING    THOSE    IN    THE    FAMILIES    OF   At- 

wooD,  Holmes,  McAfee,  Moore,  Morrison,  Shepard,  Stinson, 

AND  OTHER  NAMES. 


ALLISONS   OF   NEW    HAMPSHIKE. 

The  ancient  residents  liatl  heroic  souls.    They  "conquered  wood  and 
savage,  frost  and  flame,  and  made  us  wliat  we  are." 

1.  Samuel  Allison,^  of  sturdy  form  and  Presbyterian  faith, 
was  the  progenitor  of  the  Allisons  of  New  Hampshire,  the 
honored  founder  of  their  house.  He  was  of  Scotch  blood,  a 
descendant,  and  probably  a  son  of  one  of  those  men  and 
one  of  those  women  of  heroic  mould  who  fled  from  reli- 
gious persecution  in  Covenanting  times  in  Scotland,  from  the 
military  and  barbarous  executions  of  Claverhouse,  from  other 
fierce  and  persecuting  adherents  of  Catholicism  and  of  the 
English  Established  Church,  to  the  Plantation  of  Ulster  in 
Ireland.  These  persecutions  and  the  scattering  of  the  Scot- 
tish Allisons  are  given  in  chapter  3,  pp.  21-25.  The  speech  of 
Mr.  Allison,  like  that  of  "all  his  tribe,"  was  the  rich  brogue 
of  the  Lowland  Scotch  dialect.  His  people  took  that  with 
them  from  Scotland  to  Ireland,  and  he  brought  it  to  the 
new  settlement  in  Londonderry,  New  Hampshire.  He 
brought  his  Scotch  traits  of  character  with  him, — frugality, 
industry,  persistence,  integrity,  and  elevation  of  sentiment 
and  purpose.  He  was  in  the  splendid  strength  of  his  young 
manhood  when  he  settled  in  the  Granite  State.  He  was  a 
member  of  a  peerless  company  of  emigrants  who,  with  their 
descendants,  helped  to  develop,  mould,  and  fashion  the  laws 
and  institutions  of  this  state.     All  honor  to  that  noble  bandl 

Mr.  Allison  was  born  in  1690,  probably  in  the  parish  of 
Aghadowey,  county  of  Londonderry,  Ireland,  and  in  1718 
he  with  others  accompanied  Rev.  James  McGregor  (who 
was  pastor  of  that  parish  from  1701  to  1718)  to  America, 
and  landed  iii  Boston  in  August  of  1718.  In  the  succeeding 
April  he  with  others  went  to  Nutfield,  now  Londonderry, 
N.  H.,  where  he  was  one  of  the  first  sixteen  settlers,  and  one 


SAMUEL  ALLISON,   OF  LONDONDERRY,  N.   H. 


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of  the  original  grantjees  of  land,  or  those  to  whom  the  char- 
ter of  the  town  was  given  June  22,  1722,  so  he  is  called 
Charter  Samuel  Allison,  and  many  of  the  name  in  Vermont 
and  Massachusetts,  as  well  as  nearly  all  in  New  Hampshire, 
are  descended  from  him. 

Fourteen  of  the  settlers  of  Londonderry,  of  which  he  was 
one,  received  a  grant  of  five  hundred  and  ninety -four  acres  of 
land,  bounding  on  Corbett's  Pond,  in  the  Range,  in  that  por- 
tion of  Londonderry  which  is  now  Windham,  on  May  22, 
1728.  This  Amendment  land,  which  fell  to  Mr.  Allison,  he 
sold  to  Alexander  Park,  the  emigrant  ancestor  of  the  Park 
family  of  Windham,  Oct.  8,  1734,  and  it  is,  in  1893,  the 
homestead  farm  of  George  Franklin  Armstrong. 

In  1758  he  and  his  only  son  signed  a  memorial  asking  the 
number  of  taverns  to  be  restricted.  His  home  farm  was  sit- 
uated about  one  half  mile  south-east  of  the  church  on  the 
hill  in  East  Derry,  N.  H.,  and  between  the  farms  of  two 
other  emigrants,  John  Morison  and  Thomas  Steele.  It  is,  in 
1893,  included  iu  the  large  and  spacious  farm  of  Col.  George 
W.  Lane.  It  was  situated  upon  that  elevated  ridge  and 
swell  of  land  which  can  be  seen  from  distant  points.  He 
married,  in  Ireland,  Katherine  Steele,  presumably  a  sister  of 
his  neighbor,  Thomas  Steele,  who  had  married  Martha  Mor- 
ison, a  sister  of  John  and  James  Morison,  his  neighbors. 
Upon  that  high  elevation,  commanding  a  magnificent  view 
of  the  country  for  miles  around,  for  many  years  Mr.  Allison 
and  these  allied  families  lived  in  the  closest  intimacy  and 
neighborly  communion.  There  he  and  his  wife  died.  His 
will  was  made  Aug.  15, 1760,  he  being  then  very  sick,  and 
proven  Sept.  10, 1760.  Fac-simile  of  his  autograph  as  shown 
in  his  will : 

The  ancient  cemetery  on  the  hill  in  East  Derry,  near 
where  the  first  church  stood,  is  holy  ground  to  descendants 
of  the  first  settlers  of  Londonderry.  Its  memorial  stones  are 
very  rich  in  historic  and  family  lore.  A  few  rods  from  the 
main  entrance,  on  the  north  side  of  the  principal  walk  and 
near  thereto,  Samuel  Allison,  and  his  wife,  Katherine  Steele, 
lie  sleeping.  Near  them  rest  James  and  John  Morison,  Jus- 
tice James  McKean,  David  Steele,  Rev.  James  McGregor, 
who  were  their  friends,  relatives,  neighbors,  and  pastor,  in 


'  -air 


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SAMUEL  ALLISON  S   WILL. 


two  settlements  in  different  hemispheres,  in  Aghadowey,  Ire- 
land, and  Londonderry,  New  Hampshire.  Over  them  is  a 
dark  slate  stone  tablet  bearing  this  inscription : 

"  Here  lies  thebodys  of  Mr,  Samuel  Alison  <&  Mrs.  Katherine  Alison  his 
wife.  He  departed  this  life  6th  Sept.  AD.  1760,  in  ye  70th  year  of  his 
age.  She  departed  this  life  13th  Jany  AD.  1760,  in  ye  77th  year  of  her 
age." 

'John  Morison  Avas  the  ancestor  of  many  of  the  Morisons  of  Peterbor- 
ough, N.  H.,  while  James  Morison  was  the  ancestor  of  tlie  Morrisons  of 
Windham,  being  the  father  of  the  author's  great-grandfather,  Lieut. 
Samuel  Morison,  in  this  line:  James,'  Lieut.  Samuel,'  Samuel,*  Jere- 
miah,* Leonard  Allison  Morrison.s 


I 


CHILDREN. 

2.  Janet  Allison"  (6),  b,  probably  in  Aghadowey,  Ireland,  in  1712  or 

1713:  m.  Samuel,  son  of  John  Morison,  who  d.  in  1736;  res. 
Londonderry,  N.  H.,  and  d.  Jan.  8,  1800,  aged  87  years. 

3.  Rebecca  Allison,' b.  about  1717;  m.  liobert  Gray.    They  apparently 

removed  to  Biddeford,  county  of  York,  Me.  On  Oct.  10,  1757, 
Robert  and  Rebecca  Gray,  of  Biddeford,  sold  land  in  London- 
derry, N.  H.,  to  James  Paul,  of  Londonderry.' 

4.  Martha  Allison'  (irj),  b.   Londonderry,  N.  H.,  March  31,  1720;   m. 

Lieut.  Samuel  Morison,  of  Windham,  N.  H.,  and  d.  there  Dec. 
3,  1761,  aged  41  years,  8  months,  4  days. 
6.    Samuel  Allison*  (21),  b.  in  Londonderry.  N.  H,,  in  1722;  m.  Jennette, 
daughter  of  Andrew  and  Betty  (Christy)  McFarland;  res.  Lon- 
donderry, N.  H.,  and  d.  June  5,  1792. 

John  Gray,  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  was  one  of  the  original  proprie- 
toi's.  His  home  lot  was  in  the  English  Range,  near  the  west  end  of 
Beaver  pond,  and  between  the  lots  of  Joseph  Kidder  and  Benjamin  Kid- 
der. Some  of  his  descendants  are  supposed  to  be  in  Worcester  county, 
Mass. 

There  is  a  tradition  in  the  Xew  Hampshire  family  that  there  were 
three  brothers  of  tlie  name  of  Allison  who  landed  in  1718.  According  to 
this  authority,  Samuel  Allison  located  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  while, 
later,  his  brotliers  went  to  Jamestown,  Va.  One  of  them  went  to  Savan- 
nah, Ga.,  and  there  died  childless.  The  other  remained  in  Jamestown, 
Va.,  and  is  th(% ancestor  of  many  of  the  Allison  name  in  Virginia,  Ten- 
nessee, Kentucky,  and  Ohio. 

1.  The  memorial  stones  to  Thomas  Steele  and  his  wife  record  that  he 

d.  Feb.  22,  1748,  and  that  she  d.  Oct.  9,  17r)9,  aged  73  years. 

2.  John  Morison,'  with  liis  family,  removed  to  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  in 

1750  or  1751,  and  was  one  of  its  first  settlers.  He  n.  there  June 
14,  1776,  aged  98  years.  His  wife,  Margaret  Wallace,  d.  April 
18,  1769,  aged  82  years. 

Aghadowey  is  near  Coleraine,  and  at  the  present  time  the  Morrisons, 
the  Steeles,  and  Allisons  are  living  as  neighbors. 


WILL   OF   SAMUEL   ALLISON. 


In  the  name  of  God  amen  the  fifteen  Day  of  August  one  thousand 
seven  hundred  and  sixty  I  Samuell  Allison  of  Londonderry  within  his 
Maj"'  provance  of  New  hampshir  in  Newingland  Yoman  being  very  sick 
and  weak  in  boday — but  perfite  Mind  and  Memory  thanks  be  given  to 


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God  tlierfore  Calling  to  Mind  to  Mortality  of  my  bodey  and  Knowing 
that  it  is  appointed  for  all  men  once  to  Die  Do  make  and  ordain  tills  my 
last  will  ana  Tastament  that  is  to  say  princapally  and  first  of  all  I  Give 
and  Recommend  my  soul  unto  the  hands  of  God  that  Give  it  and  my 
bodey  I  Recommend  to  the  Earth  to  be  burid  in  a  Desent  Cristen  burill 
at  the  Discraition  of  my  Exac"  Nothing  Doubting  but  at  the  generall 
Resurrection  I  shall  Recive  tlie  same  again  by  the  mighty  power  of  God 
and  as  Touching  such  worldly  estat  wherewith  it  hath  plesed  God  to 
bliss  me  in  this  life  with  I  Give  Demise  and  dispose  of  the  same  in  the 
following  Maner  and  form 

Imprimesis  after  my  Debts  and  funerall  chai-ges  is  payd  I  Give  and 
bcquetli  unto  my  Grand  child  Susanna  Allison  one  single  Johanna 
which  is  six  and  tln)rty  shillings  starling 

I  tam  I  Give  and  bcqueth  unto  my  Daughter  in  Law  Janet  Allison  my 
Cow 

Itam  I  Give  and  bequeth  unto  my  Daughter  Jannet  Morison  for  hir 
own  use  one  single  Johana  of  Gold 

Itam  I  Give  and  bequeth  unto  my  Daughter  Marth  Morrison  for  hir 
own  use  one  single  Johana  of  Gold. 

Itam  I  Give  and  bequeth  unto  my  Daughter  Rebecca  Gray  for  hir  own 
use  one  single  Johanna  of  Gold. 

Itam  I  Give  and  bequeth  unto  my  son  Samuell  Alleson  what  farming 
utenshels  I  am  possesed  of  with  my  Great  bible  and  Grate  pote 

Itam  I  allow  a  tombston  in  Good  order  to  bo  put  over  my  wife  and  me 
out  of  my  Estat  in  Equell  shares  amoungst  my  four  Cltildren  (viz)  Samll 
Allison  Janet  Moreson  Martha  Moreson  and  Rebecca  Gray  and  my  will 
is  for  them  to  to  Destrebute  it  Equilly  amoungst  their  children  and  I 
leekwiso  Constute  make  and  ordeain  my  three  sons  (viz)  Samll  Alleson 
Samll  Moreson  of  Windham  and  Samll  Moreson  of  Derry  to  be  my  sole 
Exacutors  of  this  my  last  will  and  Tastament  and  my  will  is  for  them  to 

five  the  Revt  Will"  Davidson  Six  Dollers  out  of  my  estat  and  I  do  here- 
y  uterly  Disallow  Revock  and  Disanull  all  and  Every  other  Tastaments 
wills  legeces  and  bequeths  and  Exac"  by  me  in  any  wise  before  nameed 
willed  or  bequethed  Reatefying  and  Confirming  this  and  no  other  to  bo 
my  last  will  and  Tastament  in  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  sate  my 
hand  and  sale  the  Day  and  year  above  writen  signed  sealed  Published 
Pronounced  and  Declaired  by  me  the  sd  Samll  Alleson  as  my  last  will 
and  Tastament  in  the  presence  of  us  the  Subscribers 

Samuel  Allison    (l  s) 

Proved  by  the  oath  of  Moses 
Barnett  in  Common  form  the 
10*  Day  of  Sept.  1760. 


David  Steel 
David  Craige 
Mo'  Barnett 


15.  Martha  Allison ^  [4]  (Samuel^).  She  was  born  on 
the  home  farm  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.  (now  Derry),  March 
31, 1720,  and  was  the  first  female  child  of  European  extrac- 
tion born  in  that  town.  She  married  Lieut.  Samuel  Mor- 
ison^  (son  of  James,'^  and  grandson  of  John  Morison^).  He 
was  born  (in  Aghadowey,  Ireland,  probably)  in  1704 ;  came 
to  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  in  1719,  and  his  early  home  was 
under  the  hill,  on  the  farm  owned  by  W.  O.  Noyes  in  1893, 
and  which  was  near  the  house  of  Martha  Allison.  They 
lived  in  Windham,  on  the  Morison  homestead  now  occupied 
by  their  great-grandson,  where  Mrs.  Morison  died  in  her 
comparative  youth,  Dec.  3,  1761.     She  was  a  person  of  good 


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i 


I 


mind  and  many  lovable  qualities.  Mr.  Morison  was  a  lieu- 
tenant in  actual  service  at  Fort  Cumberland,  Nova  Scotia, 
in  1760 ;  an  elder  in  the  church,  the  first  moderator,  and  on 
the  first  board  of  selectmen  of  Windham  in  1743.  He  died 
Feb.  11,  1776,  aged  72  years.  In  the  ancient  burial-place,  at 
the  head  of  Windham  Range,  near  where  the  first  church 
stood,  and  overlooking  the  clear,  bright,  sparkling  waters  of 
Corbett's  pond,  he  and  his  dearly-loved  wife,  Martha  Alli- 
son, rest  together.  The  old  headstones  were  nearly  covered 
with  moss,  and  time  had  nearly  obliterated  the  record  upon 
them. 

Albert  A.  Morrison,  Esq.,  his  great-grandson,  who  occupies 
the  Morrison  homestead  in  Windham,  origiii„:c;d  the  plan  of 
having  a  new  monument  erected  to  their  memory,  and  was 
one  of  the  efficient  managers  in  carrying  it  into  execution. 
So,  on  Dec.  19,  1892,  the  ancient  headstones,  which  for  more 
than  a  century  had  withstood  the  buffeting  storms  of  winter 
and  the  blasting  heat  of  summer,  were  taken  out,  and  four 
stone  posts,  so  as  to  be  below  the  frost,  were  sunk  into  the 
ground  four  feet.  Between  them,  and  flat  upon  the  ground, 
were  placed  the  ancient  stones,  and  covered  with  earth.  On 
these  firmly-planted  posts  was  placed  by  their  descendants 
a  heavy,  substantial  monument  of  Concord  granite.  It  was 
finished  in  the  early  part  of  1893.  On  the  base,  in  raised 
letters,  is  the  name  Morison.    Above  is  this  inscription : 

\  LIEUT.  SAMUEL  MORISON, 

Born  in  1704; 

Died  in  Windham,  Feb.  11,  1776. 


An  inhabitant  of  two  hemispheres,  he  became  one  of  the  Pioneers  and 
Founders  of  Windham.  A  citizen  of  two  governments; — a  lieutenant  in 
tlie  French  and  Indian  War,  he  was  faitliful  to  his  king;  on  the  abolition 
of  Royal  authority,  lie  became  an  adherent  of  Popular  Government.  An 
elder  in  the  Presbyterian  church,  he  was  a  loyal  subject  of  the  King  of 
kings. 

MARTHA  ALLISON, 

His  beloved  wife,  is  here  buried  by  his  side.  She  was  born  March  31, 
1720,  being  the  first  female  child  of  European  extraction  born  in  London- 
derry, N.  H.     She  died  Dec.  3,  1761. 

They  rest  together  till  the  day  of  the  great  awakening. 

(On  the  reverse  side.) 

"I  am  the  resurrection  and  the  life." 
Erected  1893. 


JOHN   MORISON,   OF   WINDHAM,   N.   H. 


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ClIILDUEX  BOUN  IN  WINDHAM,    N.  II. 

10.  John  Morison,'  b.  May  18,  174;l;  m.,  Juno  22,  1781,  Jennet,  daughter 

of  William,  and  sister  of  the  elder  Gov.  Dinsmoor,  of  Wind- 
liani.  She  was  b.  March  8,  1750;  d.  March  13,  1807,  aged  51 
years.  He  d.  Oct.  24,  1824,  aged  81  years.  He  was  in  the 
French  war,  and  War  of  the  Itevolution;  was  town-clerk  for 
thirteen  ye.ars;  had  strong  mental  powers:  was  a  great  reader, 
and  a  good  tsilker.  Children  b.  in  Windham,  N.  H. :  1, 
I.  Samuel  Morrison,*  b.  Nov.  15,1784;  d.  Feb.  1,  1831;  farmer;  res. 
Windham,  on  Morrison  homestead;  was  selectman  two  years. 
He  m.  Betsey,  daughter  of  James  Dinsmoor,  of  Windham;  b. 
Aug.  12, 17!K(;  d.  July  7, 1845.     Children  b.  in  Windham,  N.  H. : 

1.  Catherine  Morrison,"  b.  Dec.   21,  1818;  teacher.    She  m.,  Sept.   27, 

1847,  Charles  L.  Haseltine,  of  Windham,  and  d.  July  4,  1849. 
He  was  b.  Nov.  2(5,  1820;  d.  June  20,  1881.  Children  b.  in 
Windham,  N.  H. :  Catherine  Haseltine,'  b.  July  3,  1848;  d.  Sept. 

14,  1848.     Charles  Haseltine,'  b.  July  3.  1848;"  d.  Sept.  14, 1848. 

11.  James  Dinsmoor  Morrison,"  b.  Nov.  22,  1820;  d.  Sept.  7,  1877;  car- 

penter; res.  Boston,  Mass.  He  m.,  Dec.  27, 1848,  Elizabeth  M., 
daughter  of  Ebenezer  Stevens,  of  Boston,  Mass.  Mrs.  Mor- 
rison res.  Boston,  Mass.  Children:  James  Thornton  Mor- 
rison,'b.  Jan.  10,  18.50;  d.  Aug.  14.  1804.  Minnehaha  Elisabeth 
Morrison,"  b.  Feb.  4,  1850. 

III.  William  Allison  Morrison,"  b.  Sept.  3,  1822;  d.  Knight's  Ferry,  Cal., 

Nov.  10,1887;  miner  and  farmer;  went  to  California  in  1849. 
He  m.,  June  10,  1854,  S.  Gamier,  who  d.  Feb  8,  1870;  he  m., 
2d,  Jan.  14,  1871,  Fanny  Jeffers,  who  d.  Jan.  10,  1882.  Chil- 
dren: Charles  A.  Morrison,"  b.  Sept.  10,  1855;  res.  Camp  Har- 
ney, Oregon;  farmer.  Augusta  Morrison,"  b.  March  11,  1857; 
m.  Edward  Kenney;  res.  Modesto,  Cal.  Three  children.  Will- 
iam H.  Morrison,"  b.  Sept.  19, 1859;  res.  Camp  Harney,  Oregon; 
farmer.  Frank  P.  Morrison,"  b.  March  24,  1801;  d.  April  15, 
1805.  James  A.  Morrison,"  b.  Nov.  15,  1802;  res.  Knight's 
Ferry,  Cal.;  farmer;  m.  Child:  Albert  Allison  Morrison,' b. 
April  21,  1889.  George  F.  Morrison,-)  b.  Dec.  11,  1804;  res. 
Modesto,  Cal.  Edwin  L.  Morrison,"  b.  Nov.  10,  1800;  res.  Mo- 
desto, Cal.  Fred  G.  Morrison,"  b.  Aug.  10, 18(58;  on  home  farm 
at  Knight's  Ferry,  Cal.  Thomas  J.  Morrison,"  b.  April  8,  1872; 
at  home,  Knight' a  Ferry,  Cal.  Anna  Belle  Iklorrison,' b.  Dec. 
11,  1874;  res.  Modesto,  Cal. 

IV.  Hannah  Aurelia  Morrison,"  b.  Jan.  1, 1825 ;  educated  at  Deny,  N.  H. ; 

teacher  in  early  life.  She  m.,  Oct.  3,  1850,  Joseph  Thornton 
Greeley,  of  Nashua,  N.  H.,  where  they  resided.  He  was  b. 
Nov.  19,  1823;  d.  June  3,  1881.  She  res.  in  Nashua.  Children 
b.  in  Nashua,  N.  H. :  Joseph  Greeley,"  b.  Nov.  21, 1852;  d.  Nov. 
10,  1804.  Frederick  Thornton  Greeley,"  b.  Dec.  10,  1859;  d. 
April  5.  1870.    Ellen  Dana  Greeley,"  b.  July  20,  1802;  m.  June 

15,  1887,  Edward  Jones  Cutter,  pliysician;  res.  Leominster, 
Mass.  Katherine  Morrison  Greeley,"  b.  July  7, 1804;  m.,  Oct.  7, 
1885,  Henry  Arthur  Cutior,  lawyer;  res.  Nashua,  N.  H.  Child: 
Janet  Cutter,'  b.  Jan.  20,  1889. 

V.  Albert  Augustine  Morrison,"  b.  Sept.  14, 1827.     He  occupies  the  Mor- 

rison homestead  in  Windham,  on  which  lived  Martha  Allison 
and  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison,  member  of  the  choir  for  forty 
years;  member  of  the  legislature  in  1871  and  1872.  He  m., 
June  7,  1877,  Clarissa,  daughter  of  Pobert  Park  and  Sally 
(Gregg)  Dinsmoor,  of  Windham.  She  was  b.  Jan.  25,  1849;  d. 
Aug.  13,  1878.     One  child  b.  and  d.  Aug.  11,  1878. 

VI.  Martha  Morrison,"  b.  Feb.,  imO;  d.  July  11,  laso. 

2.  William  Morrison,*  b.  Oct.  18,  1780;  d.  Jan.  23,  1812. 

3.  Hannah  Morrison,*  b.  Nov.  8,  1788;  d.  March  21,  1825. 


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CATHERINE  M0RI80N,   OF   WINDHAM,   N.   H. 


(I. 
7. 


I. 


11. 


Ill, 


IV. 

17. 


I. 
II. 


Allison  Morrison,*  b.  Jan.  31,  1702;  d.  May  7.  18iJ0. 

Naomi  Morrison,*  1).  Oct.  12,  1704.  "Aunt  Naomi"  resided  on  the 
homestead  until  her  death  in  Dec,  188<).  Her  life  was  quiet 
and  full  of  good  works. 

Tennant  Morrison,*  b.  .June  24,  1707;  d.  April  27,  IKW. 

Eliza  Morrison,*  b.  Nov.  24,  1700;  a  teacher  in  early  life.  She  m., 
Oct.  4,  1827,  Dea.  Theodore  Dinsmoor,  of  Windham,  N.  H.,  and 
there  resided.  He  was  b.  April  22,  1708;  d.  Aug.  20,  1870; 
farmer.    Children  b.  in  Windham,  N.  H. : 

Samuel  Morrison  Dinsmoor,"  b.  May  iU,  1831;  carpenter;  res.  Yon- 
kers,   N.  Y,     He  m.  Adelia  II.  Banta,   of  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Child:  Theodora  IJelle  Dinsmoor,"  b.  April  11,  1872. 
Edwin  Orville  Dinsmoor,"  b,  Sept.  23,  18;}4;  farmer  and  musician; 
res.  on  homestead  in  Windham;  was  organist  in  church  and 
member  of  choir  for  about  forty  years;    has  been  auditor, 
supervisor,  and  representative,  1887-'80;  single. 
Martha  Amanda  Dinsmoor,"  b.  Oct.  10,  1830;  m.,  July  5,  1877,  Hor- 
ace Anderson;  res.  Windham,  N.  IL,  where  she  d.  July  IK, 
1880;  she  was  much  beloved,  and  at  her  departure  was  much 
mourned. 
Aurelia  .Jennette  Dinsmoor,'  b.  May  10, 1844;  res.  on  the  homestead 

in  Windham,  N.  II. ;  single. 
Catherine  Morison,"  b.  Sept.  20,  174.5;  d.  May  5,  ISl.'i;  m.  Benjamin, 
son  of  William  Thom,  the  emigrant;  res.  in  Windham,  N.  H., 
on  farm  owned  in  1800  by  Joseph  W.  Dinsmoor  in  the  Range. 
He  was  b.  in  Windham  in  1747;  d.  June  2,  1811.  Children  b. 
in  Windham,  N.  II. : 

Samuel  Thom,*  b.  Aug.  29,  1775;  d.  Denmark,  Iowa,  Nov,  22,  180."). 
Removed  to  Ohio  in  1816,  to  Denmark,  Iowa,  in  1840;  ship- 
builder and  farmer;  m.,  1801,  Elizabeth,  d.Tughter  of  William, 
and  sister  of  the  elder  Gov.  Dinsmoor;  she  was  b.  Dec,  1778. 
She  was  strong  and  vigorous,  and  retained  her  faculties  until 
her  death,  Jan.  17,  1808,  aged  90  years.  Children  b.  Salem, 
Mass. : 

Catherine  Thom,"  d.  young. 

Eliza  Thom,ob.  June  2,  1802;  m.,  Jan.  15,  1820,  Dr.  Joseph  P.  Stev- 
enson, of  Meigs  county,  Ohio;  removed  to  Denmark,  Iowa, 
where  he  died.     She  d.  there  Oct.  22,  1842.     Children: 

Samuel  T.  Stevenson,"  b.  Oct.  11,  1821;  m.,  April  20,  1842,  Therese 
Guthrie,  b.  Dec.  14,  1822;  res.  near  Oneida,  Kansas.  Children 
b.  Denmark,  Iowa:  Charles  G.  Stevenson,'  b.  March  16,  1844; 
res.  Oneida,  Kansas;  m.,  July  21,  1808,  Eliza  J.  Porter,  b.  Dec. 

0,  1843.  Children:  Amelia  A.  Stevenson,"  b.  Oct.  10,  1870: 
Charles  H.  Stevenson,"  b.  Nov.  7, 1871 ;  Hanasy  J.  Stevenson,' b. 
April  19,  1873;  Therese  S.  Stevenson,"  b.  May  28,  1877.  Eliza 
Thom  Stevenson,'  b.  July  10,  1845;  m.,  Dec.  31,  18(55,  Nathaniel 
M.  Fox,  of  Denmark,  Iowa;  res.  in  Denmark  until  1881,  since 
then  in  Seneca  and  Oneida,  Kansas.  Children  b.  Denmark, 
Iowa:  Charles  W.  Fox,"  b.  March  18,  1807;  teller  in  bank;  res. 
Oneida,  Kansas.  Luella  F.  Fox,"  b.  Sept.  17,  1808;  m.,  Oct.  8, 
1880,  William  Allison  Fox;  res.  Hinsdale,  111.;  he  was  b.  July 

1,  1804.  Samuel  E.  M.  Stevenson,'  b.  April  28,  1848;  m.,  1872, 
Celia  Allen,  b.  1854;  res.  near  Oneida,  Kansas.  Children  b. 
Denmark,  Iowa:  Dora  Stevenson,"  b.  Jan.,  1873.  Celia  Steven- 
son," b,  Dec,  1874;  d.  Jan.,  1875.  Timothy  Stevenson,"  b.  Dec, 
1875.  Nannie  E.  Stevenson,'  b.  Nov.  23,  1849;  d.  Jan.  20,  1877. 
Seldon  Stevenson,'  b.  Aug.  5,  1802;  d.  Aug.  18,  1862.  George 
E.  Stevenson,"  b.  Dec.  8,  1822;  res,  near  Oneida,  Kansas,  m., 
March  20,  1844,  Julia  A.  Rice,  b.  Aug.  31,  1824.  Children  b. 
Denmark,  Iowa:  Joseph  P.  Stevenson,'  b.  June  20,  1845;  m., 
Feb.  3, 1870,  Sarah  Fox,  b.  Jan.  7,  1844;  George  W.  Stevenson',, 
b.  April  8,  1860. 


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49 


'  1).  July  1,  18;M>.    Slierman  E.  Stev- 
,  Sept.  11,  1880,  Abhlo  H.  Woolraiin, 


I. 
II 
III. 

IV. 


VI. 
VII 


II. 


John  Dlnsmoor  Stevenson,*  b.  July  11,  182.'5;  m.,  Sept.  24,  1846,  Celia 
A.  Ulce,  h.  AuR.  .'U),  1821>;  roH.  near  Oneida,  KanHas.  Chil- 
dren b.  Denmark,  Iowa:  Amanda  E.  Stevenson,'  b.  Aag.  24, 
1847;  d.  Oct.  14,  18«W.  Jonas  K.  Stevenson,'  b.  Feb.  1,  1849; 
m.,  June  17,  I88(t,  Lizzie  Priest.  Child:  MyrtaP.  Stevenson,' b. 
Oct.  4,  1882.  Eliza  J.  Stevenstm,'  b.  Jan.  18,  ia')l;  m.,  May  11, 
1871,  Cliarles  IJ.  Humphrey,  b.  July  1,  1847.  Cliildren:  Selden 
1).  Hiimphrt-y,'  b.  Feb.  2."),  1872.  Sarah  L.  Humphrey,"  b.  Aur. 
4,  1875.  Lewis  E.  Humphrey,'  b.  June  25,  1878.  Augusta  C. 
Humnlney,'  b.  Sept.  18,  1881 ;  d.  Dee.  :W,  1882.  Julia  A.  Steven- 
son,' b.  Nov.  4,  18.52;  m.  Joseph  Alter.  Clara  I).  Stevenson,'  b. 
Feb.  11,  18.55;  d.  Nov.  26,  1857.  John  D.  Stevenson,'  b.  May  23, 
18.57;  m.,  Dee.  18,  1!>78,  Eliza  B.  De  Lashmutt,  b.  Nov.  :},  18.54. 
Children:  f^ornelia  D.  Stevenson,'  b.  Sept.  21,  187«.  Walter  P. 
Stevenson,"  b.  June  28,  1881.  Alma  G.  Stevenson,'  b.  Ajpril  30, 
1885.  Lewis  E.  Stevens<m, 
enson,'  b.  Nov.  2.5,  1801;  m. 

b.  Oct.  IS,  l8<n.  Ciuldrcn:  Koy  Stevensim,'  b.  April  4,  1887! 
Herman  A.  Stevenson,"  b.  Oct.  25),  1880.  Clara  E.  Stevenson,'  b. 
Nov.  21,  18t!4;  m.,  Aup.  23,  1885,  Edwin  J.  Humphrey,  b.  Nov. 
2«,  18<W.  Cliildren:  George  S.  Humplirey,"  b.  Aug.  11,  imi. 
Everett  E.  Humplirey,'  b.  Nov.  11, 188it.  Ada  B.  Stevenson,'  b. 
Oct.  27,  18(MJ.  Nellie  I.  Stevenson,'  b.  Feb.  7, 1870.  Sumner  S. 
Stevenson,'  b.  June  10,  1870. 

Joseph  E.  Stevens(m,«  b.  Feb.  11,  1828;  m..  May  5,  1840,  Eva  C.  Bolin; 
res.  Ft)rt  Madison,  Iowa.  Children:  George  E.  Stevenson,'  b. 
Jan.  24,  1851;  d.  Jan.  20,  18(50.  John  P.  Stevenson,'  b.  Mareh 
25,  1852;  m.,  Oct.  15,  1878,  Laura  B.  Bush:  res.  Fort  Madison, 
Iowa.  Child:  Omillie  B.  Stevenson,'  b.  April  7,  1880.  Eva  W. 
Stevenson,'  b.  Nov.  24, 1854;  m.,  Feb.  25, 1874,  William  L.  Bruce. 
Children:  Joim  E.  Bruce,'  b.  Jan.  28.  1877.  Mabel  J.  Steven- 
son.' b.  March  7,  1880.     Glen  N.  Stevenson,'  b.  March  24,  1880. 

William  Wear  Tbom,«  b.  Dec.  20,  1777;  d.,  Dec.  10,  1870,  at  Mt.  Des- 
ert, Mt'.;  ship-builder  and  farmer;  served  live  terms  in  Maine 
legislature;  m.,Sept.  10,  1807,  Eliza  Somes,  of  Mt.  Desert,  Me., 
b.  Jan.  31,  1771;  d.  May  27,  18<}2.     Children: 

Catheiine  Morrison  Thoni,»  b.  July  3,  1809;  d.  Aug.  8,  1833. 

Ann  SoiucB  Thorn,'  b.  May  9,  1811:  d.  April  7,  1812. 
Ann  Someo  Thorn,"  b.  July  3,  1813;  m.,  Jan.  12,  ISU,  Elisha  Was- 

gatt,  of  Mt.  Desert,  Me. 
Julia  Maria  Thorn,"  b.  Feb.  28, 1810;  m.  Thomas  Mayo,  Oct.  4, 18.^:); 
d.  Dec.  22,  1855. 

Benjamin  Thorn,"  b.  April  9,  1819;  res.  Mt.  Desert,  Me.;  d.  iaS9; 
m.,  April  23,  1850,  Emeline  Smith,  of  that  place,  b.  Jan.  21, 
1833;  nine  children. 
William  Wear  Thom,»  b.  Dec.  0,  1824;  d.  Dec.  19,  1824. 
Charlotte  S.  L.  Thorn,'  b.  Aug.  1,  1826;  m..  May,  1871,  Daniel  G. 
Somes,  b.  Sept.  15,  1825;  res.  Compton,  Los  Angeles  county, 
Cal. ;  four  children. 

Isaac  Thom,<  b.  Jan.  31, 1780;  d.  Jan.  29, 1832,  at  South  Boston,  Mass. ; 
manufacturer;  member  of  city  council;  m.,  Apiil  10,  180;>, 
Sophia  Senter,  of  Windham,  N.  H.,  b.  Feb.  29,  1789;  d.  March 
3,  1849.    Children: 

Eliza  Thorn,"  b.  Mareh  3,  1810;  m.,  Dec.  0,  18131,  Franklin  F.  Blood,  b. 
June  28, 1852.  She  died  July  10,  1830.  Child:  Clarinda  Blood, 
b.  Sept.  20,  18:^2;  m.  D.  E.  Fifield,  of  Janesville  City,  Wis. 
George  Senter  Thom,"  b.  Dec.  14,  1811;  res.  Boston,  Mass.;  had 
chai'ge  of  the  electric  michinery  in  the  fire-alarm  dei)artmenf. 
audi  luceased;  m.,  Nov.  25,  1841,  Mary  B.  Blaney.  Children: 
Mary  Frances  Thorn,"  b.  Oct.  10,  1842;  m.,  Aug.  29,  1859,  Will- 
iam C.  Babbitt,  who  d.  1890;  res.  Dighton,  Mass.    Four  chil- 


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60  CATHERINE  MORRISON   THOM. 

dren:  Caroline  E.  Tliom,«  b.  July  5,  1845;  d.  Jan.  31,  1859. 
GeorKe  H.  Thom." 

III.  Mary  Pinkerti.n  Thom,»  b.  Sept.  28,  1813;  m.,  Dec.  3,  1834,  William 

Aiken,  b.  Deering,  N.  H.,  Jan.  4,  1805;  d.  Worcester,  Mass., 
April  18,  18(S8;  she  died  at  Newton,  Mass.,  June  28, 1859.  Chil- 
dren: James  S.  Aiken,°  b.  Dec.  4,  1K^5.  Marv  F.  Aiken,"  b. 
Sept.  10,  1839.  William  H.  Aiken,"  b.  May  16,  1849;  graduated 
at  Harvard  college ;  res.  Somerville,  Mass. 

IV.  Catherine  Morrison  Thom,"  b.  Aug.  30,  1820;  m.  Lucius  Greenslit, 

b.  April  Irt,  18;M;  res.  Hampton,  Conn.  Child:  Edward  Green- 
slit,"  b.  April  3,  1843.  Winslow  Lewis  Thom,'b.  June,  1823; 
d.  Dec.  21, 1824.  Isaac  Thom,"  b.  Aug.  6,  1825;  d.  Aug.  4, 1830. 
Sophia  Thom,"  b.  Sept.  20,  1827;  d.  Oct.  7,  1828.  Artemus  S. 
Thom,"  b.  Feb.  5,  1830;  d.  Jan.  5,  1832. 

4.  Benjamin  Thom,<  b.  June  14,  1782;  m.,  and  lived  in  Charlestown, 

Mass.  He  lost  his  wife  and  two  children.  He  soon  afterward 
went  West  and  was  never  heard  from. 

5.  Elizabeth  Thom,<  b.  Feb.  20,  1785;  d.  in  Windham,  N.  H.,  February, 

1839;  m.,  1807,  John  Hughes,  of  Windham,  b.  August,  1781;  d. 
March  31,  1851.     Children  b.  Windham,  N.  H. : 

I.  Olivia  Grey  Hughes,"  b.  Jun*)  20,  1808;  m.,  May  1,  18.34,  David  Jones, 

of  Lunenburg,  Mass.,  and  d.  July  4,  1852.  He  d.  July  31, 1839. 
Children:  Mary  Elizabeth  Jones,"  m.  Enoch  Merrill,  of  N'ew- 
buryport,  Mass.  B'our  children :  Charles  Moulton  Jones;"  res. 
Dover,  N.H.;  m.,  Sept.  11,  1867,  Lydia  Blaisdell.  Frances  Ann 
Jones,"  b.  Sept.  15,  1857;  d.  aged  18  years. 

II.  WMliam  Campbell  Hughes,"  b.  Jan.  12,   1810;    m.   Lettice  Merri- 

weather  Smith,  of  Dunnsville,  Va. ;  res.  Windham,  N.  H.  ^Te 
d.  Sept.  23,  1875;  she  d.  July  11,  1880. 

III.  M-rtha  Ann  Hughes,"  b.  Jan.  20,  1812;  m.  Nathaniel  Pillsbury,  of 

Newburyport,  Mass.  She  ni.,  second,  Caleb  Pike,  of  Salisbury, 
Mass.,  who  d.  February,  1882.  Children:  Emily  Wood  Pills- 
bury,"  Harry  Hughes  Pillsbury,"  M  iry  Evelyn  Pillsbury." 

IV.  Benjamin  Harvey  Hughes/' b.  Aug.  10,  1814;  res.  Windham,  N.  H.; 

m.,  Nov.  29,  18.38,  Betsey  Jane  Cochran;  was  selectman  in 
1860-'6i;  d.  about  1888.  Children  b.  Windham,  N.  H.:  Ella 
Frances  Hughes,"  b.  Jan.  27,  1845;  m.,  June  19,  1867,  John  B. 
Pike;  res.  East  Salisbury,  Mass.;  sevsral  children.  Kate 
Elizabeth  Hughes,"  b.  July  23,  1847;  m.  Granville  E.  Plum- 
mer;  res.  Londonderry,  N.  H.;  no  children.  Charles  Harry 
Hughes,"  b.  Jan  30, 1853;  d.  March  14, 18(M.  Florence  ^^  -delle 
Hughes,"  h.  Feb.  20,  1857;  d.  Oct.  1.  1871. 

V.  John  Milton  Hughes,"  b.  Aug.  10,  1814;  d.  1831. 

VI.  Hannah  Patterson  Hughes,"  b.  Aug.  11,  1816;  m.,  April  26,  1848. 

William  S.  Jones,  of  Lunenburg,  Mass.,  b.  Dec.  6,  1813.  Chil- 
dren: Herlcrt  Mortimer  Jones,"  b.  Feb.  13,  1849.  Nellie  Ger- 
trude Jones,"  1).  Aug.  3, 1851.  Clara  Adalaide  Jones,"  b.  March 
10,  18.'j3.  Martha  Eldora  Jo^^cs,"  b.  March  12,  1855.  Lizzie 
Frances  Jones,"  b.  March  11,  1859. 

VII.  Jacob  Ne'imith  Hughes,"  b.  April  20,  1818;  v.  Dec.  3,  18^)7. 

VIII.  Cathciine  Hughes,"  b.  April  20,  1818;  d.  in  infancy. 

IX.  Elii..ri)eth  Thom  Hughes,"  b.  Nov.  8,  1S21;  m.,  April  27,  185:',  Sam- 

uel Ilartwell,  of  Lunenburg,  Mass.,  b.  Concord,  Mass.,  1820. 
Children:  Hattie  Ann  Hartwell,"  b.  September,  1S77;  d.  aged 
24  years.  Arthur  Clarence  Hartwell,"  d.  1857.  Kate  Alice 
Hartwell,"  d.  January,  1881.    Charlotte  Elizabeth  Hartwell." 

X.  Sarah  Adelaide  Hughes  "b.  March  23,  IS'.St;  m.,  Oct.  8,  1846,  James 

Cochran;  res.  Windham,  N.  II.  He  wash.  July  4, 1820;  farmer; 
has  been  clerk,  post-master,  and  member  of  tlie  constitutional 
convention.  Children:  James  A.  Cochran,"!).  June  27,  1847; 
m.,  January,  1873,  Ella  Lowd,  of  PlyTnouth,  Mass.;  merchant; 
res.  East  Boston,  Mass.;  several  chihlren.     Mary  Alice  Coch- 


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ran,"  b.  Nov.  11, 1848;  m.,  January,  1878,  Leroy  A,  Barker;  res. 
Windham,  N.  H.  Several  children.  John  B.  Cochran,"  b. 
Jan.  29, 18.')0;  res.  Boston,  Mass. ;  merchant.  William  B.  Coch- 
ran," b.  Sept.  .'),  18."52;  res.  East  Boston,  Ma.s8.  Sarah  A.  Coch- 
ran," b.  March  10,  1854;  m.  Joseph  Currier;  res.  Salisbury, 
Mass.  Cb.ra  A.  Cocliran,"  b.  July  26,  18.")6;  d.  Oct.  3,  1859. 
Emma  M.  Tochran,"  b.  March  8,  1858.  Ellen  R.  Cochran,*  b. 
Sept.  1«,  1800.    Charles  H.  Cochran,"  b.  Oct.  10,  1865. 

XI.  Samuel  Orlando  Hughes,"  b.  Oct.  23,  1805;  m.  Eunice  Heckles;  res. 

California.     Children:  Henry  Huglies,"  Mattie  Hughes." 

XII.  Isaac  Winslow  HuRhes,"  b.  Dec.  25,  1829;  m.,  Sept.  7,  1858,  Mary 

Merrill,  of  Newburyport,  Masf. ;  res.  Merrimac,  Mass.  Chil- 
dren: John  William  Hughes,"  o.  Oci.  25,  1800;  Hattie  Little 
Hughes,"  1).  Aug.  28,  1802.  Martha  A'jn  Hughes,"  b.  Aug.  24, 
1864.  Charles  Harvey  Hughes,"  b.  Lee.  14,  1866.  Henry  Mer- 
rill Hughes,"  b.  Feb.  16,  1809. 

XIII.  James  Barnet  Hughes,"  b.  Nov.  27,  18.32;  res.  Kalamazoo,  Mich. 

0.  Martha  Thom,*  b.  Sept.  24,  1787;  m.  Robert  Boyd  Dinsmoor;  res. 

Windham,  N.  H.  Tliey  died  soon  after  marriage. 
18.  Samuel  Morison.'  b.  Sept.  28,  1748;  d.  Jan.  2,  1816;  res.  on  the  farm 
in  Windham,  N.  H..  owned  in  1890  by  his  grandson,  Leonard 
Allison  Moirison.  He  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  an  elder 
in  tlie  church;  was  moderator,  town-clerk,  selectman,  and 
representative.  He  m..  May  20,  177f,  Sarah,  daugliter  of  Rob- 
ert Park,  of  Windham,  b.  Sept.  4,  1757;  d.  Dec.  27,  1789;  six 
children.  He  m.,  Aug.  31,  1792,  second,  Mrs.  Margaret  (Dins- 
moor)  Ai  mor,  diiughter  of  William  Dinsmoor,  and  sister  of  the 
elder  Gov.  Samuel  Dinsmoor,  and  widow  of  John  Armor,  of 
Windham.  She  was  b.  Oct.  14,  1759;  d.  Sept.  18,  1837.  Chil- 
dren b.  Windham,  N.  H. : 

1.  Martha  Morrison,*  b.  Feb.   14,   1780;    m.   Dea.   Jesse  Anderson,   b. 

Windham,  July  7,  1777;  res.  Windham,  and  d.  Aug.  10,  1859. 
She  d.  Jan.  23,  1859,  after  an  tactive  and  useful  life.  No  chil- 
dren. 

2.  J.^ne  Morrison,*  b.  Oct.  22,  1781;  m.  Joseph  Thom,  of  Salem,  N.  H., 

where  she  d.  Aug.  24,  1^10. 

3.  Samuel  Morrison,*  b.  March  21,  1783;  d.  April  27,  1827! 

4.  Robert  Morrison,*  b.  May  22,  1785;   d.  Nov.  3,  1800;  res.  Windham, 

N.  H. ;  farmer.  He  was  an  intelligent  and  strong-minded  man. 
He  m.  Niincv  McClearv,  b.  April  21,  1792;  d.  Oct.  14,  1870. 
Children  b.  Windham,  N.  II. : 

I.  Robert  Park  Morrison,'  b.  Dec.  27,  1828;  lived  on  the  liome  farm  till 

1873;  since  tlien  in  Lawrence,  Mass.;  grain  merchant.  He 
was  clerk  nnd  selectman.  He  m.,  Nov.  24,  1S.")9,  Harriet  Ann 
Kelley,  of  Windham,  b.  May  21,  1835.  Cliildron  b.  Windham, 
N.  II.:  Hattie  Frances  Moirison,"  b.  July  2,  1802;  res.  Law- 
rence, Masx.  Sherman  Howard  Morrison."  b.  Dec.  4,  1864;  d. 
Aug.  24,  1870. 

II.  Rev.  Sauuiel  Morrison,"  b.  April  22,  18.30;  clergyman;  res.  Charlton, 

Mass. ;  graduated  at  Amherst  college  in  18.59  and  Bangor  Theo- 
logical Seminary  In  1804.  Ho  is  an  author  of  music,  "Car- 
mlna  Centum,"  publislied  in  1882.  He  m.,  Sept.  17,  1884,  Mrs. 
Racliel  Frances  (Hughes)  Collins,  Vvidow  of  William  Thomas 
Collins.    She  was  b.  at  North  Truro,  Mass.,  Sept.  17,  1834. 

III.  Rufus  Anderson  Morris(m,"  b.  March    10,  18;{4;    res.  Washington, 

D.  C. ;  graduated  at  Amherst  college  in  1859,  and  at  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary  in  1802.  His  healtli  failed,  and  he 
entered  business  life;  is  now  an  examiner  in  the  Patent  OiHce 
at  Wasliiiigtcm,  I).  C. ;  single, 

IV.  John  Morrison, U).  Oct.  22,  18:17;  res.  Wasliington,  D.  C;  prepared 

for  college;  tlien  gave  his  attention  to  music  for  several  years; 
member  of  22d   Regiment  N.  J.  Vols.,  and  is,  in  1893,  In  the 


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62        STEPHEN  A.  MOE BISON,  OF  SAUGATUCK,  MICH. 

second   auditoi-'f,  office,  Tieasury  Department,  Washington, 

D.  C.  He  m.  Delvidere  Dodge,  at  Mount  Joy,  P^nn.  Chil- 
dren: Helen  Dodge  Morrison,"  b.  Mount  Joy,  Penn.,  Dec.  14, 
1873.    Bertha  Jd'orrison,"  b.  Washington,  D.  C,  Jan.  5, 1877. 

5.  James  Morrison,*  b.  Fov.  17,.  178«;  d.  Aug.  1,  1871;  res.  Plymouth, 

N.  H. ;  farmer,  elder  in  the  church,  and  selectman  of  the  town. 
Hu  m.  Miriam,  daughter  of  Nathnn  Bean,  of  Candia,  N.  H. ; 
she  d.  Sept.  6,  184.5.  He  m.,  second,  in  1850,  Mrs.  Betsey 
Brown,  of  Orford,  N.  H.    Children  b.  Plymouth,  N.  H. : 

I.  Hannali  Morrison,"  b.  Marci\  26,  1810;  m.  Chester  F.  Ellis.    She  d.  in 

Haverhill,  Mass.,  Jan.  U,  1886.  Children :  Sarah  L.  Ellis."  Otis 
C.  Ellis;*  res.  Michigan.  Albert  O.  Ellis;*  res.  Haverhill, 
MaKs.    John  M.  Ellis;"  res.  Haverhill,  Mass. 

II.  Sarah  Morrison,'  b.  Nov.  4,  1812;  m., George,  who  d.  Jan.  1, 

1849.  She  m.,  second,  Lewis  L.  Hill;  res.  Plymouth,  N.  H. 
Three  children:  Amanda  J.  Hill,"  Henry  Hill,"  Amanda  N. 
Hill." 

III.  Miriam  Jane  Morrison,"  b.  Nov.  29,  1814;  d.  in  Haverhill,  Mass., 

March  6,  1886. 

IV.  James  Otis  Morrison,"  b.  July  18,  1818;  d.  Oct.  2.3,  1824. 

V.  Martha  Anderson  Morrison,"  b.  December,  1819;  m.,  Feb.  18,  1842, 

Charles  L.  Hobart,  who  d.  July  4,  1802;  res.  Plymouth,  N.  H. 
Four  children:  Abbie  Adams  Hobart,"  Emma  Jane  Hobart," 
Willie  C.  Hobart,'  Julia  Eliza  Hobart." 

VI.  John  Jay  Morrison,"  b.  March  22,  1822;  d.  Nov.  6,  1840. 

VII.  Maria  M.  Morrison,"  b.  Feb.  23,  1825;  m.,  Nov.  28,  18-5.3,  Damon  G. 

Dearborn,  who  d.  Jan.  2,  18.57;  res.  Plymouth,  N.  H.  Child: 
Annie  M.  Dearborn." 

VIII.  Cyrena  Morrison,"  b.  May  14,  1827;  d.  Nov.  .3,  1840. 

IX.  Eliza  Ann  Morrison,"  b.  April  14,  1830;  res,  Haverhill,  Mass. 

X.  James  Morrison,"  b.  April  14,  18:i0;  res.  De  Sniet,  South  Dakota; 

was  in  3flth  Regiment- la.  Vols.  He  m.,  Sept.  29, 1852,  Amanda 
Shaw,  b.  Salisbury,  N.  H.,  May  28,  18;«.  Children:  Edward 
A.  Morrison,"  b.  June  13,  1853.  Clara  A.  Morrison,"  b.  May  9, 
ia50.  John  A.  Morrison,"  b.  Aug.  18,  1858;  d,  in  California 
August,  1890.  George  A.  Morrison"  and  Mary  A.  Morrison,"  b. 
Feb.  8,  1860.  Everett  A.  Morrison,"  b.  Oct.  .5,  1863.  James  W. 
Morrison,"  b.  Jan.  17,  1865.  Estelle  A.  Morrison,"  b.  July  22, 
1866.  Sidney  A.  Morrison,"  b.  Feb.  22,  1868.  Joseph  G.  Mor- 
rison," b.  March  27,  1871. 

6.  Stephen  Morrison,*  b.  July  26,  1788;  d.  at  Saugatuck,  Mich.,  about 

1884.  He  res.  at  Barre,  Vt.;  m.,  Marcli  31,  1812,  Euridice 
Earle,  b.  1806;  d.  Oct.  27,  1867.    Children: 

I.  Stephen  Augustus  Morrison,"  b.  Mav  18, 1815;  res.  Sauffatuck,  Mich.; 

m..  May  7, 1842,  M.  E.  Parkman,  who  d.  1880.     Children:  Julia 

E.  Morrison,"  b.  July  2,  1845;  m.  John  Francis,  April  13,  1870. 
Jessie  S.  Morrison,"  b.*Oct.  2-3,  1853;  m.,  Dec.  6,  1875,  T.  W. 
Leland;  res.  Saugatuck,  Midi.  Martlia  Mori'ison,"  b.  Oct.  28, 
1848;  (1.  Jan.  15,  1849.  Stephen  Morrison,"  b.  Dec.  3,  1849;  d. 
1849.     Ilattie  Morrison,"  b.  Sept.  5,  1856;  d.  Dec.  10,  18.56. 

II.  Samuel   Moniscm "  b.  Sept.  28,1818;  d.   in  Topeka,  Kan.,  in  1881. 

He  m.,  Ai>ril  28,  1845,  Lucia  Harrington,  who  rl.  Nov.  15,  1854. 
He  m.,  second,  Mrs.  Delia  W.  (Trowbridge)  Wliite,  of  Chicago, 
111.,  wlio  d.  Dec.  0,  1876.  Children:  Lowson  H.  Morrison,"  b. 
June  26,  1847;  m.  Daidec  Cowan,  of  Topeka,  Kan.  Martha  E. 
Morrison."  b.  Nov.  21,  1850.  Lulu  Morrison,"  b.  November, 
1867;  d.  Jan.  1,  1802.    Annie  L.  Morrison,"  b.  Jan.  10,  1862. 

III.  Cyrus  Morrison,"  b.  Juno  29,  1820;  d.  April  4,  1821. 

IV.  Miles  Morrisim."  b.  April  18,  1822;  farmer;  res.  Barre,  Vt.     Hem., 

Jan.  25,  1S47,  Sabrina  E.  G;ile,  who  d.  Sept.  19,  1862.  He  m., 
second,  Feb.  25,  1864,  Emma  M.  Taft.  (Miildren  b.  Barre,  Vt. : 
M.  Eugene  Morrison,"  b.   Nov.   22,   1847;  m.  Minerva  Allen. 


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JEREMIAH  MORBISON,  OF  WINDHAM,  N.  H. 


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John  Gale  MoiTison,^  b,  Nov.  7,  1854;  res.  Barre,  Vt.  Maud 
Myra  Morrison,"  b.  Aug.  28,  1871. 

V.  Martha  Morrison,"  b.  March  2,  1824;  d.  Sept.  22,  1847;  ra.  Jan.  7, 

1847,  Isaiah  C.  Little. 

VI.  Myra  Morrison,"  b.  Marcli  2,  1824;  m.  Jan.  7,  1847,  L.  B.  Walker; 

res.  Chicago,  111.  Cliiklren:  Stephen  L.  Walker,"  b.  Dec.  6, 
ia51.  Ida  M.  Walker,"  b.  Sept.  4,  ISTw;  m.  F.  Dennis;  res. 
Chicago,  111.  Willis  P.  Walker,"  b.  April  12,  1862.  George  L. 
Walker,"  b.  April  7,  1865. 

7.  Margaret  Morrison,*  b.  Aug.  11,  1793;  d.  April  14,  1864;  res.  Belfast, 

Me.  She  m.,  Nov.  10,  182S,  Cant.  Andrew  W.  Park,  b.  Wind- 
ham, N.  H.,  June  11, 1785,  and  d.  in  Belfast,  Sept.  4,  1864.  She 
was  a  person  of  superior  mind  and  conversational  powers,  and 
was  lield  in  high  regard.    Children  b.  Belfast,  Me. : 

I.  Agnes  Park,"  b.  Dec.  22,  1824;  d.  Dec.  29,  1824. 

II.  Agnes  Park,"  b.  Jan.  8,  1826;  d.  Nov.  23,  1832. 

III.  Margaret  Mary  Park,"  b.   Jan.  11,  1828;  m.  Sept.  19,  1852,  Isaiah 

Dinsmoor  of  Windham,  N.  H.,  who  was  b.  Sept.  19,  1824;  res. 
Windham,  where  he  d.  Sept.  20,  1881.  She  has  been  a  writer 
for  the  VouWs  Companion  and  other  periodicals.  Children  b. 
Windham,  N.  H.:  Arthur  Wallace  Dinsmoor,"  b.  Jan.  niS,  1854; 
m.  May  13,  1876,  Anne  Donegan,  of  Reading,  Mass.;  cabinet- 
maker; res.  Boston,  Mass;  he  d.  Nov,  27,  1892.  Children: 
Florence  Edith  Dinsmoor,'  b.  Aug.  26,  1877 ;  Wallace  Park  Dins- 
moor,'  b.  Feb.  20,  1881 ;  Jennie  Louise  Dinsmoor,'  b.  Dec.  28, 
1883;  Lillie  May  Dinsmoor,'  b.  July  22,  1886;  d.  October,  1886; 
Arthur  Dinsmoor,'  b.  June,  1887.  William  Weare  Dins- 
moor," b.  Sept.  14,  1859;  res.  Boston,  Mass.  He  m.,  Sept.  14, 
1883,  4nne  Maria  Macdonald,  daughter  of  John  Macuonald,  of 
Jamaica  Plain,  Mass.;  res.  Boston,  Mass.  Children:  Willie 
Bell  Dinsmoor,'  h.  July  29,  1886;  Clarence  Macdonald  Dins- 
moor,' d.  Mai'ch  3,  1891.  Allen  Park  Dinsmoor,'  b.  Jan.  5, 
1890;  d.  Aug.  11,  1890.  Charles  Henry  Dinsmoor,"  b.  March 
21,1862;  artist;  res.  Windham,  N.  H.  Horace  Park  Dinsmoor," 
b.  May  3,  1863;  res.  Windham,  N.  H.  He  m.  Helen  Louise 
Wheeler,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Adaline  (Gregg)  Wheeler  of 
Windham,  N.  H.  She  was  b.  Derry,  N.  H.,  April  22,  1864. 
Children:  Sybil  Louise  Dinsmoor,'  b.  Jan.  1,  1889;  d.  Febru- 
ary, 1890.    Sylvia  Dinsmoor,'  b.  Dec.  18,  1890. 

IV.  Martha  Jane  Park,"  b.  May  17,  1832;  res.  Windham,  N.  H. 

V.  Louise  Park,"  b.  Sept.  24,  1834;  res.  Windham,  N.  H. 

VI.  Horace  Park,"  b.  Feb.  20,  18;J7;  m.,  Jan.  29,  1808,  Margaret  Eliza- 

beth Morrison,  daughter  of  Jeremiah  Morriscm  of  Windham, 
N.  H.  He  is  a  farmer,  and  res.  on  home  farm  in  Belfast,  Me. ; 
has  been  a  member  of  the  city  council.  Sl»e  was  b.  in  W'nd- 
ham,  Deo,  25,  18:58,  educated  at  academy  in  Bradford,  Mass.; 
teacher.  Children  b.  Belfast,  Me. :  Mabel  Agnes  Park,"  b. 
July  18,  1875.     Edward  Horace  Park,"  b.  Aug.  9,  1877. 

8.  Jeremiah  Morrison,*  b.  April  20,  1795;  d.  Nov.  24,  1802.     He  m.,  Jan. 

27,  18:^6,  at  Bradford,  Mass.,  Eleanor  Reed,  daughter  of  Job 
and  Elizabeth  Reed  Kimball,  of  Peacham,  Vt.  She  was  b.  Jan. 
8,  1808;  d.  of  consumption,  at  Windham,  Aug.  5,  1866.  Her 
life  of  gentleness  was  crowded  with  denial  of  self,  full  of  good 
works.  Mr.  Morrison  possessed  excellent  judgment  and  an 
untarnished  reputation;  was  active  in  the  cliurch,  town,  and 
religious  society;  was  a  justice  of  tlie  peace  many  years,  select- 
man, representative,  member  of  constitutional  convention,  and 
filled  otlier  offices.  He  rco.  Windham,  N.  H.,  and  d.  there 
Nov.  24,  1862.  Children  b.  Windham,  N.  H. : 
I.  Christopher  Merrill  Morrison,"  b.  Dec.  2,  1836;  litted  for  college,  and 
while  life  was  full  of  brightness  and  hope,  he  d.  of  consump- 
tion Dec.  22,  1857,  aged  21  years,  20  days. 


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JOHN   MORRISON,   OF   LAVrRENCE,   MASS. 


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Margaret  Elizabeth  Morrison,"  b.  Dec.  25,  1838;    m.,  Jan.  28,  1868, 

Horace  Park;  res.  Belfast,  Me.     (See  I'ark  family,  p  .'S.) 
Edward  I'ayson  Morrison,"  b.  Jan.  28,  1840;  fitted  for  college  at  six- 
teen years  of  age;  was  a  teaclier;  his  powers  of  mind  were  the 
best.     While  life  had  so  much  apparently  iiwaiting  him,  con- 
^  sumption  laid   its  wasting  hand  upon  him,  and  lie  died  at 

Peacham,  Vt.,  Aug.  .5,  18r)8,  aged  18  years,  0  montlis,  8  days. 
Roderick  Donahl  Morrison,"  b.  Aug.  21,  1841;  d.  Sept.  li),  1841. 
Hon.  Leonard  Allison  Morrison,"  b.  Feb.  21, 184;5;  educated  at  Tilton, 
N.  H.  Seminary;  has  served  as  moderator  tifteen  years,  and 
selectman  of  his  town,  representative  188o-'87,  state  .senator 
1887-89,  chairman  of  committee  on  education  in  botli  branches; 
traveled  in  Europe  in  1884  and  in  1881).  Is  autliorof  "History 
of  the  Morison  or  Morrison  family,"  published  in  1880;  "His- 
tory of  Windham  in  New  Hampshire,"  published  in  18K^; 
"Rambles  in  Europe,  with  historical  facts  relating  to  Scotch - 
American  Families  gathered  in  Scotland  and  the  North  of  Ire- 
laud,"  published  in  1887;  "Amon'.*  the  Scotch-Irish  and  tlu-ough 
Seven  Countries,"  published  in  1891 ;  "  Biograpliy  and  Lineage 
of  the  Norris  Family,"  publislied  in  1892;  tlie  "  History  of  the 
Kimball  Family  "in  preparation,  and  tins  "History  of  the 
Allison  Family,"  also  "Supplement  to  the  History  of  Wind- 
ham in  New  Hampshire,"  and  "History  and  Pioceedings  of 
the  Celebration  of  the  150th  Anniversary  of  the  Incorporation 
of  Windham,  N.  H.,  held  June  9,  1892,"  published  1892;  de- 
gree of  A.  M.  from  Dartmouth  college  in  1884.  Res.  Wind- 
ham, N.  H. 

John  Morrison,*  b.  June  19,  1796;  d.  Sept.  12,  1865;  res.  Danvers  and 
Lawrence,  Mass.  He  d.  in  t)ie  latter  place,  Sept.  12,  1865.  He 
ni.j  May  24,  1820,  Mary  Ann  Nuttin",  of  Danvers,  Mass.,  who 
d.  in  Lawrence,  Nov.  — ,  1880.    Children: 

Mary  Elizabeth  Morrison,"  b.  July  18,  1827;  res.  Lawrence,  Mass.;  d. 

1887. 
Dennison  Wallis  Morrison,"  b.  March  8,  1830;  treasurer  of  Warren's 
Chemical  Manufacturing  Co.,  New  York  city.  He  m.,  Nov.  4, 
1857,  Mary  Jane,  daughter  of  Luke  Whitney,  of  Ashland,  Mass.: 
res.  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y. ;  no  cl''ldren. 
Sarah  Marcia  Morrison,"  b.  March  2.^  1834;  teacher.  She  m.,  May 
21,  1857,  Dr.  A.  D.  Ulanchard,  o.  Medford,  Mass.,  March  4, 
1823;  res,  Melrose,  Mass.  Children  b.  Lawrence,  Mas.s. :  Lucy 
Stanwood  Blanchard,"  b.  March  4,  1858;  artist;  m.  L.  J.  Bridg- 
man,  an  artist;  res.  Melrose,  Mass.  She  d.  Jan.  20,  1862.  Chil- 
dren: Blanchard  Bridgman,'  Neal  Bridgman.'  Andrew  Den- 
man  Blancliard,"  b.  June  17,  18()0;  cashier  of  bank;  res.  Mel- 
rose, Mass.  He  m.  Lucy  Nutting,  of  I^ynn,  Mass. ;  one  child. 
Mary  Anna  Blanchard,"  b.  Aug.  21,  1864.  Annie  Rea  Blanch- 
ard," b.  July  29,1869. 
Anna  Wallis  Morrison,"  b.  March  8, 1837;  teacher  in  public  schools 

of  Lawrence,  Mass. 
Susan  Cottran  Morrison,"  b.  Nov.  8,  18.39;  teacher  in  public  schools 
of  Lawrence,  Mass. 
John  Henry  Morrison,"  b.  June  6,  1844;  d.  July  14,  1845. 

Christopher  Morrison,*  b.  Feb.  10,  1798;  res.  Plymouth,  Salem,  and 
Windham,  N.  H.;  represented  Salem  in  the  legislature;  filled 
offices  in  Windham,  where  he  died  Jan.  17,  1859;  single, 
Sarah  Morrison,*  b.  Oct.  7,  1800;  m.  Dr.  Milton  Ward,  May  7,  1832. 
He  was  b.  Plymouth,  N.  IL,  Sept.  1808;  d.  Detroit,  Mich., 
March  2,  1S74;  was  an  Episcopal  clergyman.  She  had  one 
child:  Sarali  ,Iane  Morrison  Ward,"  b.  Windham,  N.  H.,  May 
12,  1833:  was  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  at  Lawrence, 
Mass. ;  res.  Lawrence,  Mass. 
Robert  Morrison,'' b.  Feb.  6,  1758;  d.  April,  1808;  m.,  Feb.  6,  1783, 


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Agnes,  dauRlitor  of  .lainos  Hetton.    Slie  was  b.  June  26,  1700; 

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Feb.  7,  1854.    Children: 
ni.  Abel  Uow,  and  died  in 
He  d.  Oct.  23,  1824.    Chil- 

30, 1870.  Sarah 
111.  Children: 
d.  July  28, 1878;  m.  Nelson 
Ella  Mary  Khines,'  Sadie 
Oilman  Corninji;  Dow,'  b. 
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d.  July  1,  1792.    Five  children. 

Eunice  Dow,  b.  Oct.  20,  1770;  d. 
Elizabeth   Morrison,*  b.  Dec.  12,  178;i: 

Windham,  X.  H.,Sept.  28,  1805. 

dren : 
Alva  Dow,''  b.  Feb.  13,  1812;  d.  Nov,  7,  1877;  m.,  Nov. 

Eumnev,  f)f   Biddeford,  Me.;    res.   Alarseilles, 

Vermeiia  C.  Dow,"  b.  May  19,  18;W; 

Rhines,  of   Marseilles.     Children: 

Bell  Rhines,'  Alva  Dow  Rhines.' 

Jan.  4,  1840;  res.  Lynn,  Mass.;  m. 

Kelley.    Children:  Alva  N.  Dow,'  Willie  C.  Dow,' Frank  H. 

Dow  '  Lillian  A.  Dow.'    Sarah  E.  Dow,"  b.  J'cb.  18,  1844;  m., 

No\ .  7,  1808,  W.  J.  Burnett,  of  Marseilles,  HI.    Children:  Aleda 

B.  Burnett,'  William  T.  Burnett,'  Lizzie  M.  Burnett.'  Charles 
A.  Dow,"  b.  Sept.  21, 1840;  d.  April  30, 1850.  Emma  F.  Dow,«  b. 
July  6,  1855;  d.  July  19,  1855. 

II.  Robert  M.  Dow,"  b.  Sept.  3,  1813;  res.  Bellevuc,  Sarpy  Co.,  Neb. 

He  m.,  Oct.  3,  1841,  Ann  W.  Bennett,  of  Salem,  N.  IL,  b.  Aug. 
19,  1813;  d.  June  10,  1850.  He  m.,  second.  May  4,  1855,  Emily 
R.  Lane,  b.  March  2,  1827.  Children:  Olive  II.  Dow,"  b.  July 
12,  1842;  Robert  II.  Dow,",  b.  May  19,  1844;  d.  April  11,  1805; 
Willard  W.  Dow,«  b.  July  20,  1840.  Infant  son  d.  July  10,  1850. 
Lizzie  J.  Dow,«  b.  Aug.  31,  1850.  Jessie  F.  Dow,"  b.  Jan.  13, 
1858:  d.  Oct.  30,  1805.     Cora  L.  Dow,"  b.  Aug.  13,  1800.    Nellie 

C.  Dow,"b.  July  18,  1802.  Infant  daughtei,  b.  Dec.  13,  1863. 
Jessie  L.  Dow,«  b.  Aug.  13,  1805. 

III.  Nancy  Betton  Dow,'  b.  Jlaroh  30,  1815;  m.,  Dec.  31,  1835,  Jonathan 

Massey,  of  Salem,  N.  IL;  res.  Morris,  111.  She  d.  April  18, 
1875.  He  d.  June  10,  1800.  Children:  Stillman  E.  Massey,"  b. 
Oct.  28,  18:50;  res.  Morris,  111;  m.,  Julv  31,  1872,  Miriam  R.  Bar- 
stow.  Adeline  B.  Massey,"  b.  June  12,  1841 ;  m.,  Oct.  18,  1801, 
J.N.  Raymond;  res.  Morris,  111.  Children:  Edward  S.  Ray- 
mond,' Howard  Raymond.'  MvraS.  Massey," b.  June,  1844;  m., 
Jan.  30,  1873,  Joseph  II.  Pctti'tt;  res.  Morris,  111.  Child:  Mur- 
rell  Pettitt.'  Horace  S.  Massey,"  b.  Aug.  10,  1851.  Lizzie  II. 
Massey,"  b.  Sept.  24,  1852. 

IV.  Lucinda  Dow,"  b.  Oct.  22,  1810;  m  ,  Dec.  27,  1^38,  Oilman  Corning, 

of  Salem,  N.  H. ;  res.  Haverhill,  Mass.,  where  she  died  in  1889. 
He  res.  Salem,  N.  II.,  1893.  Child:  Albian  James  Corning,"  b. 
Nov.  7,  1841;  an  apothecary;  res.  Baltimore,  Md.;  m.,  Nov.  12, 
1871,  ilargaret  Shepard  Woodside,  of  Baltimore.  Children: 
•  John  Woodside  Corning'  and  Cliarles  Francis  Corning,'  b.  Dec. 
10,  1872.     Abram  Janus  Corning,'  b.  July  27,  1870. 

V.  Betsey   Dow,"  b.  June   26,  ISIS;  d.  Dec.  27,  1854;  m.  (second  wife), 

Aug.  29,  1S49,  Ebenezer  T.  Abbott,  of  Windham,  X.  IL.b.  May 
27,  1804;  d.  March  2,  185:^.  (^hild:  Jacob  Abbott,"  b.  June  17, 
1850;  d.  Sept.  20,  1S.")7. 

VI.  Philena  Dow,"  b.  Sept.  8,  1820;  m. 

J(»rdan,  of  Kennebunk,  Me.,  b. 
She  d.  Sept.  7,  ISSO.  Children: 
May   15,  1S41;  d.  Jan.  11,   1844. 


Dec.  20,  18:W,  Samuel  Carter 
Jan.  20,  1818;  res.  Morris,  111. 
P^lizabeth  Hannah  Jordan,"  b. 
Alvah   Reynolds  Jordan,"  b. 


Dec.  13,  1842;  m. 
res.  Morris,  111. 

VIT.     Hannah  Dow,"  b.  Dec.  27.  1822:  d.  Sept.  1842. 

VIII.     Abel   Dow,"  b.    Dec.    12,    1S24;    m.,  Sept.  28, 

daughter  of  Samuel  Plummer,  of  Salem,  N.  »..,  .»o.  ,,  w.^......,.. 

N.  H. ;  the  owner  and  nii'.npger  of  Granite  .State  Grove  anci 
boats  on  Canobie  lake;  was  representsitive  in  1877,  and  agfvin 
in  1879  and  1880.  Children  b.  Windham,  N.  IL :  Martha  Mor- 
rison Dow,"  b.  Dec.  15,  1850;  d.  Aug.  27,  1852.    George  Plum- 


June  18,  18(>9,  Sarah  D.  Parmelie;  lawyer; 


1849,  Rlioda  Ann, 
11. ;  res.  Windham, 


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ASA   MORRISON,  OF   POKAGON,   MICH. 


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mer  Dow,«  b,  Nov.  2.3,  1^52;  res.  Windham,  N.  H.  Charles 
Allison  Dow,"  b.  Dec.  24,  ISTA;  m.,  Dec.  24,  1878,  Ada  Dow, 
daughter  of  William  Colby,  of  Salem,  N.  H.;  res.  Windham, 
N,  H.  Children:  Charles  Abel  Dow,'  b.  Marcli  15,  1880.  Lura 
Edna  Dow,'  b.  April  24,  1881.  Willard  Elbridge  Dow,"  b.  Oct. 
0,  1856;  m.,  Dec.  14,  1880,  Alice  Heath,  daufjliter  of  Lorenzo 
and  Sarah  Elizabeth  (Heath)  Fairbanks,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  b. 
'July  11,  1801;  is  in  electric  light  business;  res.  Braintree, 
Mass.  Cliildren:  Alice  Rebecca  Dow,'  b.  Dec.  8,  1881,  Alvah 
Morrison  Dow,'  Clarence  Dow.'  Lizzie  Lucinda  l)ow,»  b.  July 
27,  18.5S>;  m.,  Dec.  30,  1880,  Albert  Onslow  Alexander,  of  Wind- 
ham, N.  II.,  where  he  was  b.  May  22, 1857;  store-keeper,  post- 
master, and  station-agent  at  Canobie  Lake,  N.  H.  She  d.  Feb. 
17,  1893.  Children:  Hannah  May  Alexander,'  b.  Dec.  14,  1892. 
George Alexander.'  Marion  Louise  Dow,"  b.  Aug.  13, 1876. 

Martha  Morrison,*  b.  April  24,  1785;  d.  Oct.  3,  1802. 

Silas  Morrison,*  b.  March  4,  1787;  d.  April  7,  1814. 

Samuel  Morrison,*  b.  July  1,  1789;  d.  aged  10  months. 

Robert  Morrison,*  b.  June  5,  1791;  d.  aged  4  months. 

Asa  Morrison,*  b.  Feb.  10,  1795;  d.  June  3,  1871.  He  m.,  Feb.  18, 
1820,  Lydia  Allen,  b.  Salem,  N.  IL,  Jan.  28,  1828.  He  m.,  sec- 
ond, Nancy  Scully,  in  18:^8;  res.  Hopkinton,  N.  H.,  and  Poka- 
gon,  Mich.    Children: 

Martha  Ann  Morrison,"  b.  Aug.  12,  1821;  m.,  Nov.  7,  1838,  B.  F.  Sil- 
ver, b.  Hopkinton,  N.  H.,  Nov.  8,  1808;  res.  Pokagon,  Mich. 
Child:  Helen  Adalaide  Silver,  b.  Sept.  3, 1845;  d.  May  27, 1874; 
m.  A.  J.  Sammon;  res.  Pokagon,  Mich. 
Nancy  Morrison,"  b.  Aug.  22,  1823;  m.,  1842,  James  Sullivan,  grand- 
son of  Gen.  John  Sullivan,  of  Revolutionary  fame,  b.  Exeter, 
N.  II.,  Dec.  6,  1811;  lawyer;  d.  at  Dowagiac,  Cass  Co.,  Mich. 
She  d.  Mav  6,  1848.  Cliild:  Clara  Sullivan,"  b.  April,  1843;  d. 
Sept.  22,  1862. 

,  Lydia  A.  Morrison,"  b.  Jan.  21, 1828;  m.,  Nov.  13, 1847,  Henry  Lind- 
sev  Itudd.  She  is  dead.  Res.,  1882,  Peoria,  Oregon.  Children: 
Ellen  N.  Rudd,'  b.  June  17,  18.j5;  d.  Oct.  21,  1857.  Lura  Allen 
Rudd,'  b.  May  9,  1860.    Harry  /.  Rudd,'  b.  Aug.  27,  1862. 

Nancy  Morrison,*  b.  Aug.  17,  1796;  m.  Rev.  Abraham  Dow  Merrill, 
Feb.  14,  1817.  She  d.  Jan.  29,  1860.  She  possessed  brilliancy 
of  thought  and  expression,  and  with  I'emarkable  fidelity  per- 
formed the  arduous  duties  of  a  Methodist  clergyman's  wife. 
He  was  b.  March  7,  1896,  and  was  one  of  the  noted  men  of  his 
denomination.     He  d.  April  29,  1878.     Children: 

Martha  Meliitable  Merrill,"  b.  Salem,  N.  H.,  1817;  m.,  18:M,  Samuel 
Richardson  Allen,  who  d.  in  Somervillc,  Mass.,  Jtvn.  22,  1852. 
She  d.  there  May  13,  18.50.  Children:  Susan  Amelie  Allen,"  b. 
1840:  d.  Feb.  8,  1860.  Benjamin  Franklin  Allen,"  b.  1842;  d. 
March  8,  1860.  Edward  Everett  Allen,"  b.  Aug.  5,  1845;  m., 
June  6,  1872,  Fannie,  daughter  of  Isaac  Robbins,  of  Watertown, 
Mass.  Is  connected  with  Downer  Kerosene  Oil  Works,  Water- 
town,  Mass.;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 
John  Milton  Merrill,"  b.  Salem,  N.  IL,  1819;  m.  Mary  Bassett  Par- 
tridge Hills,  of  Holliston,  Mass.,  b.  Dec.  15,  1810.  He  was  a 
clergyman,  15  years  in  the  ministry;  his  health  failing,  he 
entered  business  life,  andd.  March  17, 1881.  Children:  Martha 
R.  Merrill,"  b.  April  20,  1843.  Mary  S.  Merrill,"  b.  Dec.  25, 
1844;  m.,  April  26,  1871,  Frederick  Ernest  Boden,  of  Corry 
Plain.  Children:  John  Merrill  Boden,' b.  Nov.  2.5,  1872;  Fred- 
erick Ernest  Boden,  Jr.,'  b.  Aug.  4,  1874.  Abraham  D.  Mer- 
rill," b.  July  15,  1847;  d.  Aug.  12,  1847.  Abram  D.  Merrill,"  2d, 
d.  in  infancy.  John  J.  Merrill,"  b.  Nov.  :{0,  1848;  m.,  Nov.  20, 
1875,  Alice  Ratclitfe,  of  Belmont,  N.  Y.  He  d.  April  25,  1876, 
(::hild:  John  Joshua  Merrill,'  b.  Sept.  1,  1876.     Rufus  B.  Mer- 


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rill,'  b.  March  16,  ia'j2.  Alva  Morrison  Merrill,'  b.  May  15, 
1854.  Nathaniel  C.  Merrill,"  b.  Juno  17,  iai5.  Wilhelmina 
Arabella  Merrill,' b.  Jan.  2a,  18«51;  m.,  July  18,1881,  Nathan 
Bushnell,  of  Bradford,  Penn.  Child :  Rosalia  Bushnell,'  b.  Jan. 
13   1883 

III.  Jacob  S.  Merrill,"  b.  Oct.  17,  1321 ;  m.  Harriet  D.  Barnes,  of  Boston, 

Mass.,  Sept.  1,  1842,  who  d.  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Nov.  15, 1873, 
and  was  b.  in  Newton,  Mass.,  Sept.  23,  1814;  res.  Wakefield, 
Mass.  Children:  George  A.  B.  Merrill,'  b.  Boston,  Mass.,  Jan. 
(5,  1844;  m.  Eliza  Isabel  Peabodv,  of  Salem,  Mass.,  b.  Juno  17, 
1862;  res.  Wakefield,  Mass.  Child:  Morrison  Merrill,'  b.  Dec. 
8,  1881.  Harriet  E.  Merrill,"  b.  CambridRe,  Mass.,  Dec.  31, 
1847.  Martha  E.  Merrill,"  b.  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Feb.  23,  1849. 
Caroline  F.  Merrill,"  b,  April  20,  1851 ;  d.  Jan.  2i),  1860. 

IV.  Diantha  F.  Merrill,'  b.  Oct.  2,  1824;  d.  March  2,  1827,  in  Barre,  Vt. 

V.  William  B.  Merrill,'  b.  Barre,  Vt.,  Aug.  15,  1826;  m„  June  9,  1853, 

Mary  B.  Dyer,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1830.  Ho  is  a  direc- 
tor and  partner  in  the  Downer  Kerosene  Oil  Co.,  of  Boston, 
Mass.;  res.  147  West  Concord  St.,  of  that  city.  (Muld:  Ade- 
laide Snow  Merrill,"  b,  June  22, 18.54;  m.,  June  26, 1876,  Thomas 
E.  Tuttle;  res.  Boston,  Mass.  Cliildren:  William  Merrill  Tut- 
tle,'  b.  April  15,  1879.  Lizzie  Holmes  Tuttle,'  b.  Nov.  12, 
1888. 

VI.  Joshua  Merrill,»  b.  Duxbury,  Mass.,  in  1828;  m.  Amelia  S.  Grigg, 

of  Boston,  Mass.,  June  13,  184!i,  b.  Boston,  Dec.  25,  1830.  Is 
permanently  ccmnected  with  Downer  Kerosene  Oil  Co.:  res. 
East  Chester  Park,  Boston,  Mass.  Children:  Isabella  Morri- 
son Merrill,"  b.  April  10,  1850;  m.,  Feb.  10,  1868,  George  H. 
Richards,  Jr.,  of  Boston,  merchant;  res.  Boston,  Mass.  Chil- 
dren: Herbert  Wilder  Richards,' and  George  H.  Richards,' d. 
in  infancy.  Joshua  Merrill  Richards,'  b.  Jan.  12,  1883.  Will- 
iam Bradley  Merrill,"  b.  Dec.  10,  1852;  d.  Oct.  9,  1853.  Amelia 
Grigg  Merrill,"  b.  March  17,  18.54;  m.,  June  2,  1S75,  Mark  Hol- 
lingsworth;  res.  Boston,  Mass.  Nellie  G.  Merrill,"  b.  Sept.  22, 
1&58;  d.  Sept.  19,  18t«.  Gertrude  B.  Merrill,"  b.  Dec.  11,  1862. 
Joshua  Merrill,"  b.  June  21,  1871. 

Vn.  Abraham  H.  Merrill,"  b.  in  Lynn,  Ma«s.,  March  8, 1831;  m.  Martha 
A.  B.  Forbes,  of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Dec.  25,  1851,  b.  July  4, 
18M;  farmer,  literateur,  artist;  res.  Salem,  N.  H,  Children: 
Alice  E.  Merrill,"  b.  Feb.  21,  1858.  Annie  M.  Merrill,"  b.  March 
28,  1864;  d.  June  19,  1864. 

VIII.  Rufus  S.  Merrill,"  b.  Lowell,  Mass.,  Jidy  5,  18:53;  m.  Mary  A. 
Stoddard,  of  Boston,  Oct.  7,  1851;  connected  witli  the  Downer 
Kerosene  Oil  Co.,  and  has  made  many  noted  inventions;  res. 
Arlington  Heights,  Boston,  Mass.  Cliildren:  Charles  S.  Mer- 
rill," b.  March  27,  1853;  m.,  June  27.  1878,  Emma  J.  Abbot,  of 
Hvde  Park.  Child:  Mary  Augusta  Merrill.'  Rufus  F.  Mer- 
rill," b.  Dec,  31,  1855;  m.,  Oct.  16,  1869,  Cora  E..  daughter  of 
Horatio  II.  Hubbard,  of  Hyde  Park,  Mass.  Willis  C.  Mer- 
rill," b.  May  27,  18(U.  Walter  E.  Merrill,"  b.  July  23,  1866. 
Mary  A.  Merrill,"  b.  April  29, 1869.  Nancy  Merrill,"  b.  Dec.  30, 
1872. 

8.  Ira  Morrison,*  b.  July  18,  1798;  d.  March  10,  1870;  res.  Ripley,  Me., 
Salem,  N.  II.,  and  d.  in  Braintree,  Mass.  He  m.  Sophia  Colby, 
of  Hopkinton,  N.  11.,  b.  March  3,  1801;  res.  Braintree.  Shed. 
Oct.  16,  1891.     Cluldren: 

I.  Catherine  Colby  Morrison,"  b.  Jan.   10,  1825;  m.  John    Whittaker, 

April  3,  18.50;  res.  Braintree,  Mass.  Children:  Horace  F. 
Whittaker,"  b.  May  31,  1851;  d.  March  30,  1881.  Luella  E. 
Whittaker,"  b.  Nov.  29,  1853;  m.,  Jan.  16,  1876,  Francis  French, 
of  Brockton,  Mass.    She  d.  Feb.  2,  imi. 

II.  Benjamin  Lyman  Morrison,"  b.  March  28,  1828;  m.,  Nov.  22,  1855, 


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Lydia  Pennimau;  woollen  manufacturer;  res.  Braintree, 
Mass. ;  <1.  Oct.  1880.  Children:  Lyman  Willard  Morrison,"  b. 
Nov.  2,  1858;  m.  Cora  I.  Bates,  of  Braintree,  Mass.,  Nov.  20, 
1883.  Helen  Maria  Morrison,"  b.  Sept.  7,  1867;  res.  Braintree, 
Mass. 

III,  Nancie  Todd  Morrison,"  b.  Dec.  26,  1836;  teacher  and  artist;  res. 

Rowley,  Mass. 

IV.  IraPliimmer  Morrison,"  b.  April  22,  1842;  m..  May  10,  1871,  Mary 

Smith,  of  Weymouth,  Mass.;  res.  Braintree,  Mass.  Children: 
Franklin  Morrison,"  b.  May  17,  1872;  d.  May  16,  1877.  Grace 
Morrison,"  b.  .Ian.  20,  187r). 

9.  Mary  Morrison,*  b.  March  25,  1800 ;  m.  Dea.  Jonathan  Cochran ;  res. 

Windham,  N.  H.,  and  after  1842,  in  Melrose,  Mass.,  where  she 
d.  March  18,  1885.  Ho  was  b.  June  i),  1781,  and  d.  in  Mel- 
rose, Mass.,  Jan.  0,  1885.    Children  b.  Windham,  N.  H. : 

I.  Silas  Morris  Cochran,"  b.  June  24,  181»;  d.  Dec.  10,  1866;  lawyer; 

res.  Baltimore,  Md.,  and  was  an  associate  justice  of  the  court 
of  appeals.  He  m.  Mary  Needham,  of  Baltimore.  S4ie  d.,  and 
*  he  m.,  second,  Dec.  28,  18.59,  Charlotte  Kockwood,  of  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.,  who  res.  at  Newton,  Mass.  Children:  Arthur 
Cochran,"  b.  Aug.  27,  1864.  Agnes  Langdon  Cochran,"  b.  July 
4,  1866. 

II.  Linus  Cochran,'  b.  Jan.  8,  1821 ;  d.  Aug.  25,  1843. 

III.  Nelson  Cochran,"  b.  Fob.  3, 1824;  m.,  Jan.  24,  1850,  Emily  Green,  b. 

Maiden,  Mass.,  May  24,  1829.  He  d.  in  Melrose,  Mass.  Chil- 
dren: Maurice  G.  Cochran,"  b.  Feb.  8,  1850.  Clarence  Coch- 
ran," b.  Feb.  26,  1858.     Mary  E.  Cochran,"  b.  March  18,  1868. 

IV.  Isaac  Augustus  Cochran,"  b.  Nov.  21,  1826 ;  d.  May  24,  1841. 

V.  Emily  Jane  Cochran,"  b.  Aug.  29,  1832 ;  m.  Asa'  Dow,  a  business 

man;  res.  Chicago,  111.  Children:  Alice  Cochran,"  Harold 
Cochran." 

10.  Benjamin  Morrison,*  b.  July  22,  1802;  d.  March  31,  1815. 

11.  Leonjird  Morrison,*    b.  May  4,  1804;  d.  April  20,  1875;  a  woollen 

manufacturer,  iind  a  man  of  much  excellence  of  character ;  res. 
Salem,  N.  IL,  Lawrence,  Mass.,  and  Byfield,  Mass.;  d.  in  lat- 
ter place.  He  m.,  April  8,  1827,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Arthur 
Bennett,  of  South  Middleboro,  Mass.  She  d.  in  1882,  in  Brain- 
tree,  Mass.     Cliildren: 

I.  Maria  Elizabeth  Morrison,"  b.  Nov.  10,  1828;  m.,  April  20,  1849,  Amos 

Dow ;  res.  Salem,  N.  H.    She  d.  Dec.  22,  1859.     He  d.  Sept.  22, 
I  1855.     Cliildren:  Alvin  Edson  Dow,»b.  March  15, 18.52 ;  d.  Sept. 

11,  1852.  Maria  Lizzie  Dow,"  b.  Nov.  10,  1853;  m.,  Sept.  19, 
1875,  George  W.  Adams,  of  Newbury,  Mass.  Child:  Raymond 
Morris  Adams,'  b.  Oct.  30, 1876.  Lu'ra  Amanda  Dow,"  b.  March 
15,  18.50. 

II.  Leonard  Almy  Morrison,"  b.  Oct.  29,  1885;  m.,  April  5,  18.57,  Amanda 

liegina  Huse,  of  Manchestei-,  N.  H.  He  d.  July  2,  1872.  She 
married  again.  Cliildren:  Almy  Edson  Morrison,"  b.  June  11, 
18.58.  William  Huse  Morrison,"  b.  May  5,  1861.  Ina  Blanche 
Morrison,"  b.  May  8,  1871. 
12.  Hon.  Alva  Morrison,*'b.  May  13, 1806;  d.  May  28,  1879.  He  was  a 
woollen  manufacturer;  res.  Braintree,  Mass.  He  possessed 
great  energy  of  chaiiicter  and  business  cap.acity ;  was  a  member 
of  the  Massachusetts  house  and  senate.  He  m.,  July  11,  1830, 
Myra  South  worth,  of  Stoughton,  Mass.,  b.  Nov.  3,  1810,  and 
she  d.  (181)0)  in  Braintree,  Mass.     He  d.  there.    Children: 

I.  M.  Lurette   Morrison,"  b.  Dec.  4,  1833;  m.,  April   15,  1853,  Horace 

Abercrombie;  res.  Braintree,  Mass.  Cliildren:  Helen  M. 
Abercrombie,"  b.  June  13,  1855.  Elmer  Ellsworth  Abercrom- 
bie," b.  April  27,  1861 ;  m.,  June  6,  1889,  Annie  L.  Coleman,  of 
Boston,  Mass. 

II.  Alva  S.  Morrison,"  b.  Nov.  9,  1835;  m.,  Nov.  9,  1857,  Lizzie  A.  Cur- 


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tis,  of  Weymouth,  Mass.,  who  d.  Jsin.  7,  1S74.  He  m.,  second, 
Kcbecca  Ilolyoke,  of  Marlborough,  Mas.s.,  June  13,  187").  He 
is  the  senior  member  of  tlie  firm  of  A.  S.  Morrison  &  Bros., 
manufacturers  ;  was  a  member  of  the  legislature  in  18«3 ;  res. 
Braintree,  Mass.  Children:  Frank  Hussell  Morrison,"  b.  Ai)ril 
6,  im);  d.  Aug.  10,  1800.  Anna  Gertrude  Morrison,"  b.  Sept. 
23,  1802;  m.,  Oct.  21),  1884,  Aubry  Hilliard;  res.  Braintree, 
Mass.  Children:  Carrie  G.  Hilliard,'  b.  Sept.  7,  1885.  Curtis 
M.  Hilliard,'  b.  Aug.  5,  1887.  Kuth  Hilliard,'  b.  May  2.'),  1888; 
d.  Dec.  10,  188i).  Walter  Ellis  Morrison,"  b.  May  16,  1804 ;  m. 
June  14,  1887,  Edith  A.  Follansbee,  of  Brt)okline,  Mass. ;  res. 
Braintree,  Mass.  Child:  Ibrahim  Morrison,'  b.  Feb.  0,  1881). 
Fred  Gilbert  Morrison,"  b.  April  20,  1800;  m.  Anna  Isabella 
Johnson,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  Feb.  2,  1888;  res.  Braintree,  Mass. 
Children:  Norma  Grace  Morrison,' b.  Oct.  10,  1888.  Blanche 
Morrison,'  b.  Feb.  24,  1890.  Mira  Isabel  Morrison,"  b.  Nov.  14, 
1807;  m.,  June  25,  18«0,  Albert  E.  Kingsbury,  of  Holbrook, 
Mass.  Grace  Curtis  Morrison,"  b.  Dec.  30,  1870;  d.  Sept.  27, 
1872.  Alice  Southwortli  Morrison,"  b.  May  20,  1878. 
Mary  C.  Morrison,' b.  March  10,  18;J8;  d.  Dec.  20,  18:50. 
E.  Adelaide  Morrison,"  b.  Dec.  21),  18;W;  m.,  Jan.  15,  1802,  Lewis 
Bass,  Jr.,  of  Quincy,  Mass;  res.  Quincy,  Mass.  Children: 
Lewis  Morrison  Bass,"  b.  May  4,  1803;  d.  Aug.  20,  1863.  Lewis 
Bass,"  b.  May  27,  1871.  Alva  M.  Bass,"  b.  July  12,  1874. 
Robert  Elmer  Morrison,"  b.  May  12, 184ii ;  res.  Braintree,  Mass. ;  firm 
of  A.  S.  Morrison  &  Bros,  He  m.,  Jan.  5,  1870,  Sarah  U. 
Gregg,  of  Quincy,  Mass.  Children  b.  Braintree,  Mass.:  Mabel 
S.  Morrison,"  b.  Sept.  3,  1871.  Lizzie  Curtis  Morrison,"  b.  Jan. 
14,  1875.  Joseph  Gregg  Morrison,"  b.  Feb.  24,  1886. 
Augustus  M.  Morrison,"  b.  Dec.  7,  1840 ;  d.  Nov.  17,  1875. 
Ibrahim  Morrison,"  b.  Oct.  21, 1848;  res.  Braintree,  Mass. ;  woollen 
manufacturer  of  the  firm  of  A.  S.  Morrison  &  Bros.  He  m., 
Jan.  20,  1870,  Mary  L.  Rodgers,  of  East  Marshfield,  Mass. 
Martha  Morrison,^  b.  Nov,  17,  1701 ;  d.  in  Newl)uryport,  Mass.,  Aug. 
23,  ISm ;  m.  Rev.  Gilbert  Tennent  Williams.  He  d.  in  Fra- 
minghani,  Mass.     Children: 

Simon  Tenneni,  Williams,*  b.  May  20,  1790;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

Martha  Williams,*  b.  July  21),  171)2;  m.  Alfred  W.  Pike.  Four  chil- 
dren: Martha  L.  Pike,"  Alfred  W.  Pike,"  Samuel  J.  Pike,"  Jo- 
seph G,  W,  Pike." 

Samuel  Morrison  Williams,*  b.  Nov,  24,  1707 ;  res.  Lowell,  Mass ;  d. 
about  18iH). 

John  Adams  Williams,*  b.  Oct.  17,  1799;  d.  Aug.  0,  1805,  in  Boston, 

Constant  Floyd  Williams,*  b.  Nov.  11,  1801 ;  d.  Albany,  N.  Y.,  in  18:52. 


6.  Janet  Alison 2  [2]  Samuel.^  She  was  b.,  probably,  in 
the  parish  of  Aghadowey,  county  of  Londonderry,  Ireland,  in 
1712,  and  came  to  America  in  1718,  and  settled  in  the  town- 
ship of  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  in  1719,  with  her  father's  family. 
She  m.  Samuel  Morison,^  son  by  a  late  marriage,  of  John 
Morison  ^  and  Janet  Steele,  the  patriarchal  ancestor  of  the 
Morisons  of  Peterborough,  the  Morrisons  of  Windham,  and 
many  of  the  Morrisons  of  Derry  and  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  and 
Londonderry,  Nova  Scotia.  This  Samuel  Morison  was  a 
half  uncle  of  Lieut.  Samuel  Morison  of  Windham,  who  m. 


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Martha  Alison,  the  sister  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  Sam- 
uel Morison^  was  b.,  probably,  in  the  i)arish  of  Aghadowey, 
Ireland  (from  which  came  Rev.  James  McGregor,  and  a  por- 
tioji  of  his  flock,  who  settled  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.),  in 
1719,  and  came  with  his  father  previous  to  1723  (but  not  in 
1719)  and  settled  on  the  farm  which  had  been  deeded  to 
their  "honored  father,"  John  Morison,'  by  Charter  James 
Morison,'^  ancestor  of  the  Morrisons  of  Windham,  and  Char- 
ter John  Morison, 2  ancestor  of  the  Morisons  of  Peterborough, 
N.  H.,  and  of  Londonderry,  Nova  Scotia.  On  this  farm, 
Samuel  Morison^  and  his  wife,  Janet  Allison,  spent  their 
lives.  It  is  an  exceedingly  pleasant  farm  and  locality,  in 
Derry  (Dock),  N.  H.,  owned  by  Charles  Day.  They  lived 
to  a  rare  old  age,  she  dying  Jan.  8,  1800,  at  87  yrs.  He  d. 
June  21,  1802,  at  92  yrs. 

[For  fuller  record  of  Janet  Allison's  descendants,  see  pp.  246-254,  "  His- 
tory of  the  Morisoii  or  Morrison  Family."] 

CHILDKKN  BOKN  IN  LONUONDERHY   (NOW   DEUIIV),    N.    II. 

7.  Joseph  Morrison,"  b.  1742;  single;  lived  on  the  homestead  in  London- 

derry, N.  H.,  where  he  died  April  16,  1814,  at  72  yrs. 

8.  Samuel  Morison,'  moved   to   Walpole,  N.  H.,  and  d.  there  Dec.  8, 

1833. 

CHILDKEN. 

1.  Jane  Morrison,*  b.  April  10,  1780;  m.  John  Cooper  in  1808,  who  was 
b.  Dec.  23,  1775,  and  d.  in  Alstead,  N.  H.,  April  1,  1854.  She  d. 
there  July  12,  1857.     Children: 

1.  Charles  Lewis  Cooper,"  b.  March  5,  1809;  d.  June  8,  1868. 

II.  Laura  A.  Cooper,"  b.  June  30,  1810;  d.  Aug.  22,  1847;  m.  in  Lang- 

don,  N.  H.,  Esdras  Smith. 

III.  George  W.  Cooper,"  b.  Oct.  21,  1818;  m.  Katherine  Buchanan;  res. 

St.  James,  N.  B. ;  d.  Dec.  18,  187S.     Four  children. 

IV.  James  S.  Cooper,"  b.  Oct.  18,  1820;  res.  St.  James,  N.  B. ;  m.  Janet 

Cameron.    Nine  children. 

V.  Mary  Ann  Cooper,"  b.  Nov.  1.5,  1820;  m.  William  F.  Kennedy;  res. 

St.  James,  N.  B.    Eight  children. 

VI.  Margaret  E.  Cooper,"  b.  Nov.  23,  1823;  m.  William  Barbour;  res.  St. 

James,  N.  B.    She  d.  April  12,  1857.    Three  children. 

VII.  Robert  C.  Cooper,"  b.  Dec.  8,  1828;    m.  Sarah  J.  Allen;  res.  St. 

James,  N.  B.    Ten  children. 

2.  Samuel  Morrison,*  lived  and  d.  in  Walpole,  N.  H. ;  single. 

3.  Robert  Morrison,*  b.  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  Jan.  27,  1786;  d.  Alstead, 

N.  H.,  in  1847;  m.  Sally  Prouty.    She  d.  Somerville,  Mass., 
Aug.  30,  1856.     Children: 

I.  Solon  D.  Morrison,"  b.  June  30,  1816;  res.  Alstead,  N.  H. 

II.  Samuel  J.  Morrison,"  b.  Oct.  27,  1817;  d.  Boston,  Mass. 

III.  Sarah  Ann  Morrison,"  b.   Dec.  28,  1818;  m.  John  S.  Winn;  d.  Bos- 

ton, A)ig.  2,  1870. 

IV.  Joseph  H.  Morrison,"  b.  Jan.  14,  1820;  res.  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


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V.  Fanny  Morrison,' b.  Sept.  13,1821;  m.  George  Case;  res.  S.in  Praa- 

cisco,  ('al. 

VI.  Milton  I).  Morrison,'  b.  Doc.  21,  1822;  d.  Aug.  20,  1S24. 

VII.  Mary  D.  Morrison."  b.  Dec.  21,  1822;  d.  Jan.  10,  1823. 

VIII.  Margaret  E.  Morrison,"  b.  Dec.  28,  182:j;  d.  Doc.  24,  1824. 

IX.  CliarlcH  W.   Morrison,"  b.  Dec.  23,  1824;    d.  Jan.  H),  1870,  in  San 

Francisco,  Cal. 

X.  Caroline  N.   Morrison,"  b.  Dec.  23,  1824;  m.  L.  K.  Whitcoinb;  res. 

Boston,  Mass. 

XI.  Margaret  C.  Morrison,"  b.  May  16,  1827;  d.  Dec.  28,  1807,  in  San 

Francisco,  Cal. 

XII.  Betsey  J.  Morrison,"  b.  April  Ifi,  1829;  d.  1840. 

4.  Mary  H.  Morrison,*  b.  Marcli  7,  178l»;  m.  James  C.  Christie  of  New 

Boston,  N.  H.;  res.  St.  James,  N.  B.  where  she  d.,  Aug.  21), 
1858. 

5.  Josepli  Morrison,*  d.  in  Wisconsin. 

6.  John  Morrison,*  d.  in  Walpolc,  N.  11. 

7.  Betsey  Morrison,*  b.  17l)'>;  m.  Luther  Fay,  who  d.,  and  she  m.,  second, 

Calvin  Cliapnian.  of  Keene,  N.  11.,  and  d.  Oct.  18,  1878. 

9.  Thomas  Morlson,"  b.  1747;  d.  April  2,  1804,  in  Londonderry,  N.  II.; 

single. 

10.  Catherine  Morison.'    She  m.  Jolm  Reed,  of  Londonderry,  N.   II. 

She  d.  April  14,  1820.    Seven  children. 

11.  William  Morison,'  b.  174.");  removed  to  Walpolc,  N.  II.,  and  d.  in 

Reading,  Vt.,  in  1833,  at  88  yrs.  He  m.  Margaret  Tliompson, 
of  Alstead,  N.  II.,  who  d.  Dec.  27,  1804,  in  Reading,  Vt.  Cliil- 
dren: 

1.  Priscilla  Morrison,*  b.  June  27,  1802;  m.  Hiram  Rice;  res.  Reading, 

Vt. 

2.  Calvin  Morrison,*  b.  Jan.  29,  ISOJi;  d.  Cavendish,  Vt.,  April  25,  ISTA. 

Four  children. 

3.  Prudy  MorrLson,*  b.  Nov.  21,  1805;  d.  July  21,  1821. 

4.  Mary  Morrison,*  b.  Jan.  21,  1807;  d.  Rockingham,  Vt.,  June,  1881. 

5.  Sherburne  Morrison,*  b.  1H09;  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

6.  George  W.  Morrison,*  b.  June  11,  1811;  a  prominent  business  man; 

res.  Rockingliam,  Vt.  He  m.  Betsey  Emery,  b.  July  23,  1812;' 
d.  April  15,  1871.  Three  children:  George  W.  Morrison,"  b. 
Sept.  7,  1840;  res.  Rockingliam,  Vt. ;  m.  Hattie  Wetherbee; 
Three  children.  Mary  J.  Morrison,"  b.  Aug.  20,  18.")0;  m. 
Norman  G.  Gould,  who  d.  July  31,  1874.  Child:  Melissa  B. 
Gould.  Sherburne  C.  Morrison,"  b.  Sept.  1,1854;  res.  Mabel- 
ton,  la. 

7.  William  L.  Morris(m,*  b.  1813;  m.,  April  11,  184.3,  Sarah  II  itch;  res. 

Cavendish,  Vt. 

8.  Jane  H.  Moirison,*  b.  1810;  m.  John  Monroe,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  and 

d.  Sept.  10,  1854. 

12.  John  Morison,''  b.  and  d.  in  Wali>ole,  N.  II. ;  single. 

13.  Jane  Morison,''    b.  Oct.  20,    1755;  single;  d.  L(mdonderry,  Dec.  0, 

1843. 

14.  Mary  Morrison,'  b.  1757;  lived  on  the  homestead  in  Londonderry, 

N.  H.,  aufl  d.  Nov.  13,  1S;}5,  aged  78  yrs. 

21.  Capt.  Samuel  Allison^  [5],  Samuel  K  He  was  born 
in  Londonderry,  N.  II.,  in  1722  ;  married  Janet,  daughter  of 
Andrew  and  Betty  (Christy)  McFarland.*    She  was  born  in 

*  Andrew  and  Betty  (Christy)  McFarland  fled  from  the  troubles  in  Scot- 
land to  Londonderry  (county  or  city),  Ireland,  and  emigrated  later  to 
America,  landing  <at  Boston,  Mass.,  probably  between  1718  and  1722, 
where  they  weie  married.  She  is  said  to  have  been  very  beautiful,  and 
those  of  her  descendants  who  possess  that  charming  quality,  attribute  it 


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62       CAPT.   SAMUKL    ALLISON,   OK    LONDONDERKY,    N.   H. 

Rowley,  Mass.,  in  17-24;  d.  Oct.  16,  1800,  in  Wcathcrsiield, 
Vt.  (at  the  homo  of  her  son,  Jaiues  AUison,  where  she  lived 
the  latter  jiart  of  her  life),  at  85  years,  and  is  buried  there; 
there  is  no  stone  at  Weathersfield  to  mark  her  jjjrave.  Cap- 
tain Allison  died  in  Londonderry,  June  T),  1792.  ffe  siic- 
eeeded  his  father  upon  the  home  farm  near  Derry,  East 
Vlllaij^e,  and  was  prominent  and  aetive  in  town  atTairs ;  was 
intelli<;ent  and  intellectual,  and  one  of  the  host  r!xtem|)ore 
speakers  reared  in  that  town.  In  their  town  meeting  he  was 
sure  to  he  pitted  against  Jonathan  Moriso;',  an  equally  fluent 
sj)eaker  and  ready  talker.  After  one  of  their  wordy  encoun- 
ters, when  M(M'ison  had  been  rather  worsted  in  the  intel- 
lectual combat,  ho  turned  to  Allison  with  the  [»ithy  remark, 
spoken  in  his  rich  Scotch  brogue,  '•  Ye  are  a  l)raw  speaker, 
but  ye  dinna  tell  the  truth."  When  a  young  man  of  twenty 
two  years,  on  July  ;5,  1744,  he  was  one  of  the  "Lon(h)nderry 
troopeis"'  in  ('apt.  John  MitchelTs  company  raised  for 
defence  agaitist  the  French  and  Indians;  he  served  again  in 
August,  1745.  lie  served  (»n  the  board  of  selectmen  1752, 
*5J5,  '64,  'Cib,  ''bi),  '57,  58,  and  '75,  and  was  a  signer  of  the 
Association  Test  in  1776,  and  was  aj'pointed  coroner  for 
Rockingham  county  in  the  Ir.tter  year.     His  name  appears 

as  a  loijacv  from  her.  Tlu'y  roinovi'd  to  Uowlcy,  Mass.,  and  it  is  stip- 
post'il  tliiit  'It  a  later  dati-  tlioy  settled  in  Londonderry,  X.  II.  Their  son, 
Andrew  MeFarland.  1».  I7:i4,  d.  17")4,  and  is  bnried  mnir  the  tablets  of  the 
Allisons,  in  the  old  eenietery  on  the  hill,  at  East  Dorry.  Major  !Moses 
MeFarland,  with  his  wife,  lei't  thcMr  home  in  Ijondonderry,  X.  II.,  before 
ITtU),  and  lived  in  Haverhill,  Mass..  and  it  is  thought  kept  a  tavern 
tliere.  'I'lieir  children,  Robert  MoFarlan<l,  Nancy  MeFarland,  Katherino 
MeFarland,  were  left  in  cliar<xe  of  the  home  in  Londonderry.  Fnnico 
MeFarland,  dantjhtor  of  Major  Moses  MeFarland,  r.iarried  in  17S7  at  eigh- 
teen years  of  a.^e,  and  lived  in  ("ambridjie,  Vt.  She  was  tiie  {irandnntther 
of  Mrs.  .lanu's  Little  of  Tottenvillc,  Uielimond  eonnty,  N.  V.,  who, 
in  Febrnary,  IS!*:!,  had  <'ollecred  material  relntin";'  to  the  McFarlands. 
The  elan  MeFarland  oiiee  oeenpied  Loeh  Sloy,  on  the  north-western 
shore  of  Loeh  Lomond,  in  Scotland,  and  were  neiirldtors  of  the  "  Hob 
lloy  "  Mc(ire<::ors  of  its  sonth-eastern  shores. 

'I'he  proprietors  of  Suncook,  now  I'end)roke,  X,  II,,  chose,  in  174S, 
Andrew  MeFarland  one  of  a  board  of  commissioncis  t.»  settle  certain 
claim''  of  the  town  of  How.  It  is  ]>rob:d)le  tiiat  this  .\ndrew  is  the  same 
as  the  settler  of  Kowley  and  Londondi'rry. 

Hev.  Asa  MeFarland,  1).  1).,  i>f  Concord,  X.  11. ,  was  son  of  James,  of 
Worcester,  Mass..  who  was  a  son  of  Andrew.  .Vbont  tlie  time  the 
Lon<londerry,  X.  II.,  settlers  (Mui^rated  to  Anierica.  .Vndrcw  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  .Scotch  colonv  in  I'lster,  Ireland.  (V,  II.  Hist.  Tol.,  vol.  1,  p. 
lli.'t.)  It  lookx  as  tliou<;h  these  three  Andrews  were  one  and  the  same 
person,  bnt  it  is  not  proven. 


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CHIM>UKN    Il()li\    IN    I.ONDONDKUMY    (NOW    KKItUV),    N       ;. 

Katlifiint!    Allison,''  b.    November,    1747;    <1.    Feb.    I,   1S4S,   :if,'e(l  ;J 

IIIOIltllH. 

.Siiinuol  AllisDii'  (;J4),  b.  Ai)ril  2,  17411;  in.   .Vfolly  Jtiiir;   ich.  Diinbar- 

ton,  .\.  11.,  and  <1.  tlicrc  Auf,'.  27,  IHOO. 
.Janet  Allison'' (4ti),  !i,    July    l-i,  I7.'">2;   ni.  .Janics  Stinison;   irn.  Dun- 
barton,  N.  H..a.i.l  (l."tb(ir(!  Dec.  10,  184.!,  at  i)2  \vh. 
Andniw  Allison'  (.■")4),  b.    \'\h.  2(i,    I7">4;  ni.  Sarali,  dan.  of  Dea.  Ell 

M(>ore,  who  (1.  ISOl.     lie  ni.  se(M)nd,   IS()2,  Mrs.   IJetsey  Evans, 

of  Dublin,  N.  II.,  wlu're  he  d.  .May  2S,  IS4I. 
Marj^'ari't  Allison '(()()),  b.  Ai)ril  I,  17r)(l;  m.  David  ^uinton,  of  VVal- 

j.ole,  N.  II. 
f^..sannali  Allison,^  b.  Auj;.  ."),  I75S;  d.  Auj;.  (i,  17").s. 
Susannah  Alison"  ("•').  •>•  <><'^-    '■!;  '"■'>'■';  '"•   l-ifnt.  .John  .Moor<\  of 

Jjondondeiry.  N-  I'.     SIkmI.  in  Jjondonderry,  /Vpril  2H,  ISOK. 
Kalhreen  Allison''  (71),  b.  April  1,  I7li2;  in.,  I7N."),  Xatlianiel  Holmes, 

of  I'eterborouKli,  N.   11.,  where  she  (1.  Ajnil  it,    Ih:!!,  aged  (l!) 


years 


John  Allison''  (81),  b.  Au<(.   IT.,  I7<>4;  d.  before  Sept.  24,  IKOO;   res. 

Jjondonderry,  N.  II. 
•Fames  Allison  '  (8<i),  b.  Feb.  22,  !7(i7;  removed  to  Weatlicrslield,  Vt., 

and  d.  theri^  Feb.  2:5,  18().j. 
Sarah  Allison  '  (!Mt),  b.  Dee.  17,  17()(»  or  1770;  m.,  .Inly  r,,  1788,  Daniel 

Abbot,  of  I'eterborouKli,  N.   II.     Slu!  <1.  in  New   Voi'k,  N.  Y., 

Nov.  22,  i8:!7. 
Stei)lien  .Mlison."  b.  ,Iuly  10,  1772;   ni.  his  eousin,  lietsey  .McFiirland. 

It  was  n(pt  a  happy  inarria<,'e  and  they  sep:uatcd,  and  lie  went 

to   Nortii    Carolina,  w'lere  ho  d.  al  tlu;  age  of  :!0  yrs.     Cliild: 

Fanny  .Mlison.* 

34.  Sanuiel  Allison'^  [28],  (Captain  Saninol,^  SanuieP). 
He  was  born  in  Londonderry,  N.  II.,  Apiil  27,  1749;  in. 
Molly  liarr,  and  removed  to  Dunbarton,  N.  11.;  became  one 
of  its  first  settlers,  residing  upon  a  farm  a  mile  from  the  cen- 
ter of  the  said  town,  and  said  farm  was  owned  in  1892  by 
John  Ireland.  (Joiiig  there  when  a  young  man,  he  became 
thoroughly  identilied  with  the  interost.s  of  the  place  and  com- 
munity. On  March  14,  1775,  he  and  several  others  entered 
their  protest  on  the  town  book  against  the  proceedings  of  a 
tow^n  meeting,  believed  by  them  to  be  illegal.  When  the 
Revolutionary  war  was  calling  for  earnest  etforl  on  the  part 
of  the  patriotic  peo[)le.  he  was  chosen,  in  1777,  one  of  a  town's 
committee  to  hire  sohliers  for  the  war.  He  was  interested 
in  the  religious  matters  of  the  town,  and  on  May  20,  1789,  he 
jiaid  £1 :  2s  for  i)ew  number  22,  in  the  gallery  of  the  mecling- 
liouse  "to  be  built."     He  died,  in  the  prime  of  life,  .\ug.  *.i7, 


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JANET   ALLISON,   OF   LONDONDERRY,   N.   H. 


1800,  and  is  buried  in  the  cemetery  at  Dunbartou.     He  was 
51  years  4  mouths  of  age. 

CHILDltEX. 

;55.    Samuel  Allison/  d.  younp. 

86.    John  Allison*  (1)")),  b.  March  23,  1770;  res.  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  and 

(1.  there  Aur.  1:{,  1704,  aged  88  yrs.,  4  mo. 
;}7.    William    Uavidscm   Allison*   (103),  b.   December,   1777;    m.   Amey 

Adlington;  res.  Boston,  Mass.,  and  d.  1H42. 

38.  Elizabeth  Allison*   (113),  b.   Auff.  3,  1780;    d.  Manchester,  N.  II., 

Aug.  2!),  18.')0;  res.  Manchester,  N.  IT.    She  m.  Daniel  Hall. 

39.  Andrew  Allison*  (123),  b.  Sept.   18,  1782;  d.  Feb.  12,  1822;  res.  Dun- 

barton,  N,  H. ;  m.  Sarali  IJronson. 

40.  Polly  May  Allison,*  m.  David  Culver;  res.  Weathersfield,  Vt.     They 

had  children:  one  was  named  Eliza  Culver." 

41.  James  Allison*  (130),  b.  May  24,  1784;  d.  Feb.  2,  1807;  res.  Dunbar- 

ton,  X.  II. 

42.  David  Clinton  Allison*  (140),  b.  April  27,  1787;  m.  Mary  Bronson,  a 

sister  to  Andrew's  wife;    res.  Concord,  X.    II.,  and  d.  there 
July  1,  18.")1. 

43.  Margaret  Barr  Ailiscm*  (lo8),  b.    178i);    m.  Samuel  Evans,  and  d. 

Sei)t.  2.-),  1823. 

44.  Jane  Allison.*    She    was  never  married,  but  lived  to  an  advanced 

age,  and  d.  in  Wtirner,  X'.  II.,  and  is  there  buried.     Her  home 
was  with  her  brother,  .James  Alliscm. 
4.").     Walter  Harris  Allison*  (102),  b.  Dec.  30,  1702;  m.  Sarah  Allen;  res. 
Brooktield  and  Boston,  Mass.     He  d.  June  13,  is,">4. 

46.  Janet  Allison  ^  [24],  (Captain  Samuel,^  SamueP). 
She  was  born  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  July  13,  1751.  She 
married,  about  178:2,  James  Stiuson,  of  Dunbartou,  N.  H., 
born  March  21, 1745.  He  was  of  Scotch  descent,  and  his  lan- 
guage clearly  indicated  his  descent  '"from  the  land  of  Wal- 
lace, Bruce,  and  the  bonny  Dundee."  He  was  noted  for  his 
honesty,  uprightness,  and  integrity.  He  was  a  farmer,  and 
the  farm  which  he  cleared,  and  in  which  he  delighted,  wit- 
nessed his  closing  days.  "»"  died  April  5,  1827.  Mrs.  Stiu- 
son located  with  her  husband  in  Dunbartou  about  1775,  and 
survived  him  some  sixteen  years,  and  received  a  pension  for 
his  Revolutionary  services,  which  were  rendered  under  Gen- 
eral Stark  at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  She  was  a  st'ong- 
miuded  and  sensible  woman,  had  a  rem.irkably  retentive 
memory,  and  her  convcrsatioiuil  powers  were  good.  She 
retained  her  mind  to  the  last  of  life,  ami  died  in  Dunbartou, 
N.  H.,  Dec.  10,  1843. 


(  iiii,i)Hi:.\  nouN  Ks  Di.vKAmoN,  .\.  n. 

47.  William  Stinson,M).  Oct.  0,  1783;  d.  when  about  23  yrs.  ot'nge;  single. 

48.  Mary  Stinscm,*  b.  Nov.  30,  178.');  u.  Dunbartou,  X.'ll..  ISi'm. 


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49.    Samuel  Stinson,*  b.  Sept.  17,  1787;  d.  when  a  young  man;  single. 
.50.     John  Stinson*  (KKi),  b.  Nov.  13,  1780;  res.  Dunbarton,  N.  II. 

51.  Archibald  Stinson  <(170),   b.   March  14,   17i)];  res.   Hammond,  St. 

Lawrence  county. 

52.  James  Stinson  <  (181),  b.  July  20,  1794;  res.  Harbour  Creek,  Penn. 

53.  Jeremiali  Page  Stinson*  (18!)),  b.  July  20,  1798;  d.  Sept.  5,  1827. 

54.  Andrew  Allisoa^  [25]  (Captain  Samuel,'^  SamueP). 
He  was  born  in  what  is  now  East  Derry,  N.  H.  (then  Lon- 
donderry), on  Feb.  26,  1754.  He  married,  Feb.  5,  1784, 
aruh,  daughter  of  Dea.  Eli  and  Sarah  (Chenery)  Morse,  of 
Dublin,  N.  H.  She  was  born  in  1769,  and  died  July  2, 
1799.  In  1783,  he  located  in  that  town  on  lots  Nos.  16  and 
17,  in  the  Sixth  range,  which  had  been  purchased  by  his 
father,  ^...iiuel  Allison.  '  The  home  first  established  was  on 
lot  16.  Mr.  Allison's  second  wife  was  Mrs.  Betsey  (Carter) 
Evans,  of  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  whom  he  married  in  Octo- 
ber, 1802.  In  early  life,  in  his  father's  home  in  London- 
derrr,  Mr.  Allison  listened  with  delight  to  the  stories  and 
anecdotes  told  by  Dr.  Matthew  Thornton,  who  was  a  visitor 
there,  and  he  recounted  them  to  his  Dublin  friends  in  the 
years  of  his  mature  life.  He  was  large  in  size,  fleet  of  foot, 
hot  tempered,  quick  to  take  offence.  In  the  town  of  his 
adoption  he  became  a  prominent  actor,  and  frequently  filled 
public  positions;  was  moderator  of  the  annual  meetings  in 
1802  and  1810;  town  clerk  in  1794,  '95,  '96,  and  '97,  and 
selectman  in  1795,  1802,  1803,  and  1808 ;  representative  in 
1808  and  1818.  His  death  occurred  in  Dublin,  May  28, 
1841. 


cniLmtKN  iioitx  i.v  diiu-ix,  x.  ir. 

55.  Sarah  Allison,*  b.  March  13.  1787;  d.  May  5,  1878,  aged  01  yrs.,  2 
nios.,  8  days.  In  young  womanhood  she  engaged  to  marry  a 
young  man,  a  neighbor.  Her  liousehold  goods  wore  ready; 
but  consumption  seized  her  lover.  Slie  tenderly  eared  for  liim 
during  liis  sickness;  she  was  faithful  to  her  early  lo»'e,  and 
during  a  long  life  slie  waited  in  ^iie  joyous  Iiojjc  of  nu  ting 
him  in  a  land  where  there  is  no  nu)re  death,  and  wliere  part- 
ings are  unknown. 

50.  Ebenezer  Allison*  (i:»2),  b.  Marcli  18,  1789;  m.  Phebo  "i'helps,  in 
181(!;  n>s.  Hrownville,  N.  Y. ;  son,  Ilarlow  Alli8on,J  res.  Lan- 
aik,  JelTcrson  county,  N.  Y. 

57.  Eli  Allison*  (204),  b.  Dec.  25,  179' ;  res.  Dublin.  N.  H.;  d.  March  25, 

1800. 

58.  Samuel  Allison,*  b.  Marcli  20,  179."<;  m.,  Jan.  28,  ia")7,  Mrs.  Maria 

Piper,  widow  of  Artemus  Piper,  dau.  of  Benjamin  and  Phebe 


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MARGARET    ALLISON,   OF   WALPOLE,    N.  H. 


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(Xorcross)  Mason,  of  Dublin,  X.  IT.  Slie  was  b.  March  fl,  1804. 
IIo  was  K«!le<'tinan  of  Dublin  in  1842,'43,  '44;  removed  to  M.arl- 
boroupli,  X.  II.,  and  d.  (lierc  July  :!1,  1880;  no  children. 
59.  Abigail  Alli.s()n,M).  April  :i(),  1S()4;  m.,  Xov.  2"),  182:?,  Cyrus  Mason, 
son  of  Ik'iijaniin  Mason,  of  Dublin,  and  was  his  second  wife. 
He  was  b.  Oct.  18,  1700;  she  d.  Jan.  4,  1888.     Children: 

1.  Betsev  Evans  Mason,'=  b.  Aug.  22,  1824;  m.,  Feb.  8,  1849,  Silas  Pierce 

Frost,  of  Dublin,  X.  II.;  son  of  Benjamin,  and  b.  Feb.  0,  1820; 
res.  Dublin,  X.  II.  She  d.  April  ;3,  1887.  Children:  Walter 
Clarence  Krost,"  b.  March  11, 1851;  res.  Colorado  Springs,  Col.; 
m.,  July  :!,  1878,  ilary  Ella,  dau.  of  John  Caldwell  Ilildreth, 
She  was  li.  Xew  Ipswich,  X.  II.,  Oct.  7,  18");l  He  graduated  at 
Dartmouth  college  in  1870,  taught  at  Woodstock,  Vermont, 
and  at  Xcwton,  Mass.;  organized  Gloln'  Investment  Co.;  went 
to  Colorado  Springs,  Col.,  in  1888,  to  regain  his  health,  where 
he  now  resides.  His  wife  Wiis  a  teacher  in  Xewton,  Mass. 
Children  1,'orn  in  Xewton,  Mass. :  Hildreth  Frost,'  b.  Jan.  2, 
1880;  Hester  Frost,'  b.  Juno  0,  1884.  Alfred  Clinton  Frost,"  b. 
March  28,  I8.V2;  res.  Dublin,  X.  H.  He  m.  Henretta  Frances, 
dau.  of  Alonzo  Patterson,  of  Ilenniker.  Children:  Edith  C. 
Frost,"  b.  Dublin,  X.  II.,  July  20,  1884;  Henry  Walter  Frost,'  b. 
IJublin,  X.  H.,  May  1(>,  1880.  Charles  Mason  Frost,"  b.  Sept. 
24,  18")8;  d.  May  28,  1870.  He  was  a  young  man  of  line  quali- 
itics  of  mind  and  heart.  He  had  just  commenced  his  career  as 
a  teacher  when  he  d.  of  pneumonia. 

2.  David  Mason,"  b.  Jan.  2:>,   1820;    single;  farmer.     He  served  three 

years  in  a  X'ew  Hampshire  regiment  in  the  late  war,  and  was  a 
highly  rcsi)ected  soldier  and  man;  is  now  in  Concord,  X.  H. 

3.  Cliarlcs  Mason,"  b.  Xov.  ■'),  1830;  d.  Dec.  2."),  18.')0. 

4.  Allison  Zeman  Mason,"'  b.  Aug.  13,  1830;  res.   Boston,  Mass.,  busi- 

ness othcc,  10  ^lilk  St.  He  m.,  Xov.  28,  1S07,  Emeline  Sophia 
Learned,  b.  Dvc.  31,  1842;  d.  Jan.  10,  1883.  She  was  dau.  of 
Calvin  Learned,  of  Dublin,  X.  II.  He  m.  second,  June  17, 
188"),  Mary  Frances,  dau.  of  Janies  Brown,  of  Boston,  ]Mass. ; 
b.  June  17,  1S.")1.  Children:  Lucelia  Learned  Mason,"  b.  July 
0,  1870;  Irene  PHizabeth  Whitney,  b.  and  adopted  March  14, 
1880.  She  was  the  only  child  of  Mrs.  Allison's  youngest  sister. 
Her  ])arents  d.  at  the  time  of  her  birth. 

5.  Henry  Clay  ]Mnson,"'  b.  Feb.  22,  1842;  d.  Sept.  0,  1843. 

0.  John  Henry  ^Mason,"  b.  Aug.  2."),  1840;  ni.,  April  !>,  1807,  Abbie  Smith, 
of  Jlarlborough,  X.  H.;  res.  Dublin,  X.  II.  Children:  Fred 
Leslie  Mason,"  b.  IMarch  20,  1808.  Fannie  Evalina  Mason,"  b. 
Dee.  20,  1800;  d.  Oct.  24,  1880. 


60.  Margaret  Allison''  [26]  (Captain  Samuel,^  SamueP). 
She  was  born  in  Londonderry  (now  Derry),  N.  H.,  near  the 
church  in  the  Eust  Village,  and  on  the  land  now  included  in 
the  farm  of  George  W.  Lane.  Her  dale  of  birth  was  April  1, 
1756.  She  married  David  Quinton,  of  Walpole,  N.  IL,  where 
they  a  long  time  resided,  but  she  died  in  Ohio. 

CIULDllKX. 

01.  Betsey  Quinton,*  d.  unmarried. 

02.  Samuel  Quinton*  (211), 


SUSANNA  ALLISON,   OF   LONDONDERRY,   N.   H. 


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63.  Susanna  Allison^  [28]  (Capt.  Samuel,^  Samuel^). 
She  was  born  Oct.  13,  1759,  and  married,  as  his  second  wife, 
Lieut.  John  Hohnes,  eldest  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth 
(Moore)^  Holmes,  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.  He  succeeded  to 
the  home  farm  in  Derry  Lower  Village.  He  was  born  in 
1747,  and  died  Nov.  2,  1794.  ,  She  died  April  28,  1809.  His 
first  wife  was  his  own  cousin,  Martha,  daughter  of  Col.  Rob- 
ert Moore.  (See  p.  77.)  She  died  Sept.  5,  1778,  leaving  a  son 
who  died  young,  and  a  daughter,  Molly  Holmes,  who  mar- 
ried   ,  living  somewhere  in  Hillsborough  Co.,  N.  H. 

CIIILDREX   DOItN    1\   I-OSDONDEKRY,   N.    II. 

64.  Martha  Holmes/ b.  in  17S1;  il.  Dec.  2"),  1834,  a'jced  .")3  years;  in., 
about  170S,  Col.  William  Moore » (Col.  Daniel  Moore, =  of  Bed- 
ford, N.  IL),  who  wiis  first  cousin  of  her  fatlier  on  tlie  Moore 
side.  He  d.  March  '25,  lS;i!),  and  was  1).  in  Bedford,  Sept.  12, 
1773.  He  and  his  first  wife  were  married  at  Bedford  Centre, 
N.  II.  He  was  a  brick  manufacturer  in  Kedfiu'd;  was  a  farmer 
and  a  colonel  in  the  militia;  selectman  in  IS.'};}  and  18;}.j,  rep- 
resentative in  18;!2  and  18:!:!.  He  m.,  second,  Sus;in,  dau<?hter 
of  Thomas  Wallace,  of  (Joffstown,  in  May,  18:1.").  .She  d.  at 
Henniker,  Feb.  14,  188i»,  and  is  buried  beside  her  lirst  husband 
at  (iotl'stown,  X.  11.     'JMii^ir  c]iil<lren  were, — 

1.  Daniel  Moore,'-  b.  Bedford,  X.  If.,  Feb.  2:i,  ISOl;  m.,  April  1,  1828, 
:Marv  Sbirlev  McC^ucstcn,  of  Litclilield.  She  was  his  cousin. 
He  d.  AuJ,^  i:!,  Is.-)0.  She  d.  Feb.  29,  1840,  ai.il  he  m.,  secrond, 
April  1,  1841,  Sarah  Stevens,  of  Xew  Boston,  X.  H.,  wlu)  d. 
Jan.  i:!,  ISori,  a<i,ed  :>!)  vcars.  Tlicy  are  buried  at  Bedfoid  Cen- 
tre, X.  II.  He  was  selectman  of  Bedford,  is;;2,  18:17,  l.s;i8,  and 
18;!!),  clerk  18:!."),  and  clerk  of  :Mcrrimack,  X.  II.,  in  18")(),  at 
time  of  his  death.  Cliildren  b.  IJedford.  X.  II.,  except  Erviu  J. 
Jloore: 

I.  William  Clinton  jNIoore,"  b.  .Tan.  :!.  1S20;  rn.,  March  2.5,  1854,  Martha 

Jane,  daughter  of  William  Moon  .  She  was  his  cousin.  Ho 
d.  Au^\  l(i,  18")4,  aj;ed  2.")  years,  7  tuontlis,  1:^  days. 

II.  James  Clifton  Moore,"  b.  April  8,  JSiO;  m..  Nov.    It'j,  18.")2,  Mary  A. 

Ho<ly;man,  of  Bedford,  N.  II.  He  removed  to  Scranton,  Fenn., 
in  lS»i(),  and  m:umfnclured  brick.  He  enlistt'd.  Feb.  13,  1Stl4, 
in  the  ath  X.  Y.  Heavy  Artillery;  w;is  taken  prisoner,  (HI  lit, 
]Sti4,  iit  the  battle  of  Cedar  liapid-,  Va.,  iiul  d.  in  Libby  Fri>on, 
Piichmond,  Va.,  Dec.  2."),  ISCt.  His  wife  returned  to  Bedford, 
N.  H.:  m.,  second,  WiUiaui  H.  Gaf,'e.  who  d.  Julv,  1879.  Chil- 
dren: Mary  Kmeline  Moore,'  b.  Bedford,  N.  il.*,  Oct.  9.  1N")3: 
in.,  Oct.  24,  1^72,  (;e(u-<re  A.  Powers,  of  Milford,  X.  H.;  res. 
Mllford.  X.  H.  Child:  Frederit  k  F.  Powers."  (icorse  Leroy 
Moore,  b.  Jan.  PI,  IS.jS;  d.  at  I'ittston,  Penn..  Xov.  7,  1803. 
Sadie  .Iaii<'  Moore,'  b.  Scranloiv.  Penn.,  .Iune:>i».  isci. 

ITT.     Martha  Jane  M-ore,"  b.  June,  IS".',  d.  .Ian.  .",  18.U. 

IV.  Daniel  Leroy  Moore."  b.  Xov.  27,  is:;4;  m..  Sarah  F.  Chadwii  k,  of 
Xasliua,"  X^.  H.  Tliev  lived  in  Nashua,  and  Wheelings  W.  Va. 
Ues.    Cleveland,   Oliio.    She  d.  at  Clevetand,  March   2,  1S72. 


'She  was  the  daujihter  of  Jolm<  and  JiimM  Moore,  Nvho  came  in  1723- 
'24  from  county  Antrim,  Ireland,  tu  L*nid<»uderry,  N.  11. 


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ERVIN  J.    MOORE,   OF    CONCORD,   N.   H. 


lie  was  a  band-master  in  the  late  war.  Cliildren  b.  Cleveland, 
Oliio:  Helen  Leon  Moore.  Walter  Lerov  Moore,'  b.  180C. 
Mildred  Moore,'  b.  1808.    Alton  Clifton  Moore,'  b.  1871. 

V.  George  Burnliam  Moore,8  b.  in  Bedford,  N.  II.,  Nov.  20,  1837;  was  a 

soldier  in  the  Union  Army;  enlisted  and  served  three  enlist- 
ments; taken  prisoner,  confined  in  Libby  Prison,  never  recov- 
ered from  the  starvation  process  indicted  by  the  rebels.  He 
d.  at  the  Soldiers'  Home  at  Togus,  Me.,  March  7,  1886,  aged  48. 

VI.  Joseph  Harrison  Moore,"  b.  Feb.  4,  1840;  m.,  July  15,  1875,  Georgi- 

anna  Ansell,  of  ^lanchestcr,  N.  II. ;  no  children.  He  served 
through  the  war,  and  is  now  an  engineer  on  the  Boston  & 
Maine  Kailroad. 

VII.  Ervin  Jay  Moore,"  b.  Nov.  24, 1844,  in  Merrimack,  N.  II. ;  m.,  March 

28,  1K72,  Lydia  Quimby,  of  Concord,  N.  II.  Children:  Frank 
Ervin  Moore,'  b.  March  14,  1873,  at  Concord,  N.  H.  Walter  H.. 
Moore,'  b.  Concord,  N.  H.,  Dec.  10,  1875;  d.  Oct.  22,  1878. 
Sarah  Florence  Moore,' b.  Charlestown,  Mass.,  March  27,  187'.); 
d.  Dec.  2,  1880.  Mr.  Moore  served  through  the  war;  was  taken 
I)risoner,  and  escaped;  returned  to  Wcare,  N.  II.,  after  his 
term  had  expired;  then  was  in  Conoord,  N.  II.,  an  engineer  on 
Concord  and  B.  cfe  M.  railroads.  Three  of  these  four  broth- 
ers were  wounded  in  the  war  (all  save  Daniel  L.  Moore).  They 
were  great-grandsons  of  Col.  Daniel  Moore,  of  Bedford,  N.  H.\ 
who  was  a  captain  at  Bunker  Hill  under  Gen.  Stark  and  col- 
onel of  a  New  Hampshire  regiment  througli  the  Revolutionary 
War,  and  was  at  Saratoga  under  Gen.  Gates  and  in  Rhode 
Isl.and  under  Gen.  Sullivan. 
2.  Nancy  Cox  Moore,"  b.  Feb.  10,  1803:  m.  her  cousin,  Thomas  W. 
Moore,  of  Litchfield,  N.  li.  She  d.  Feb.  8,  18G0.  He  was  b. 
April  12,  1792.  He  d.  in  Nashua  on  Feb.  10,  1878.  He  was 
representative  from  Bedford  in  1853,  selectman  in  1844.  Chil- 
dren : 

I.  William  Moore,"  b.  Bedford,  N.  H.,  Oct.  10,  1824;  d.  Aug.  20,  1882; 

m.,  Nov.  27,  Caroline  A.  Gage,  of  Bedford;  no  children.  He 
was  a  captain  in  the  militia  and  lieutenant  in  an  independent 
company  in  Bedford  during  the  war. 

II.  Martha  Jane 'Moore,"  b.  Feb.  21,  1830;  d.  Sept.  11,  ia32. 

III.  Annis  Jane  Moore,"  b.  April  15,  1834:  d.  March,  1836. 

IV.  Thomas  Wallace  Aloore,"  b,  Bedford,  N.  IL,  Oct.  10,  18.37;  m.,  Feb. 

10,  1801,  Lura  Smith,  of  New  Boston,  N.  H.  They  were  divorced 
in  1870,  and  she  m.,  second.  May  15,  1871,  Nathaniel  H.  Weston, 
He  m.,  second.  May  6,  1880,  Ella  C.  Edwards,  of  Dordiester, 
N.  II.;  res.  Bedford,  N.  II.  Child:  Clara  Ann  Moore,-  b.  Bed- 
ford, N.  H.,  Dec.  27,  1800;  went  to  Michigan  with  her  mother, 
and  m.,  Dec.  25,  1885,  I'rod  B.  Dusett,  of  New  Haven,  Mich. 
They  res.  at  Armada,  Mich.,  in  1801.  Children:  Margie  Moore 
Dusett,"  b.  New  Haven,  Mich.,  June  0,  1880.  Harry  Smith 
Dusett,"  b.  Armada,  Mich.,  Aug.  0,  18'.K). 
Margaret  Aan  Moore,"  h.  Ott.  10,  1830,  in  Bedford,  N.  IT.;  m.,  June 
27,  li^JJ,  Luther  Kittridge,  of  Merrimack,  N.  H.,  and  lived  in 
Nashua,  N.  H.,  till  1885;  since  then,  at  Reed's  Ferry,  Merri- 
mack ;  no  children. 
Olive  Widlace  Moore."  b.  Nov.  2.  1841;  d.  Aug.  28,  1843. 
Joseph  Colhy  Moore,"  h.  A]>ril  7,  1805;  d.  Nov.  21,  1887.  He  m.,  1832, 
Martlia  McQue«ten.  Ids  cousin,  of  Litchfield,  N.  IT.  She  d.  in 
(Jon'stown,  N.  H.,  April  .30,  tS87,  aged  75  years.  Children: 
T.  Mary  Slurley  Moore,"  b.  Bedford,  N.  If.,  Dec.  16,  18;J3;  m.,  April 
10,  1851,  Ziba  A.  Iloyt,  df  GoU'stown,  N.  II.;  res.  Goffstown, 
N.  II.  Children:  Martlia  A.  Hoyt,'  b.  Merrimack,  N.  H., 
Aug.  13,  18.53;  m.,  April  lo,  I'STl,  Edward  Gove,  of  Weare, 
N.  II.     Children  b.  at  Weare.  N.  II. :    Charles    A.   «Jove,'  b. 


V. 


VI. 
3. 


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WILLIAM   W.    MOORE,   OF   SCRANTON,  PENN. 


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IV. 


V. 


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6. 


II. 


Ill 


IV 
V. 


March  9,  1877;  Gussie  E.  Gove,'  b.  June  28,  1880.  Ella  J. 
Hoyt,'  I).  Weare,  N.  II.,  Aug.  24, 18r>7;  m.,  Aug.  20, 1877,  Charles 
S.  Parker,  of  Goffstown,  N.  II.,  and  d.  Feb.  ;!,  1878,  at  Goffs- 
town,  aged  21  years;  no  children.  Frank  lloyt,'  b.  at  Weare, 
X.  II.,  Jan.  9,  1802;  is  a  physician;  res.  Manchester,  N.  H., 
and  in  18!)1  in  New  York  city.  IJelle  M.  Iloyt,'  b.  Sept.  4,  1867, 
in  Weare,  X.  11. ;  m.,  June  4, 1S!H),  George  F.  Bartlett,  of  Weare, 
N.  H.;  res.  Goffstown  West  Village,  N.  H.  Adelie  L.  lloyt,'  b. 
at  Weare,  N.  II.,  April  1,  1872;  d.  Jan.  10,  1888. 
Susan  Jane  Moore,"  b.  Aug,  22,  188(5;  d.  18;58. 

Martha  Ann  Moore,"  b.  Aug.  22,  1830;  m.,  June  29,  1801,  Nathan  F. 
Hunkins,  of  Plaistow,  N.  H.  Child:  Mary  Ella  Ilunkins,'  b. 
April  29,  1805.  lie  d.  at  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Feb.  21,  1880,  aged 
21  years.  Mrs.  Ilunkins  and  daughter  reside  on  Jackson  St., 
Haverhill,  Mass.  Mary  Ella  Ilunkins,'  ni.,  June  4,  1890,  Fred 
Rumcry  Moore,  of  Haverhill. 
Abel  Fletcher  Moore,'  b.  Juno  12,  18:17;  ni.,  Aug.  4,  1801,  Eliza  A. 
Simons,  of  Weare,  N.  II.;  moved  to  Concord,  N.  H.  He  was 
roadmaster  of  the  Concord  Railroad  from  18()()  to  1877; 
resigned,  and  is  now  at  Minneapolis,  Minn.  Children  b.  at 
Concord:  Marietta  Moore,'  b.  Aug.  25,  18(W;  m.,  Dec.  26, 
188;5,  Frederic  B.  Luscomb,  of  Portland,  Me.  Children:  Sadie 
Baker  Luscomb,'  b.  Oct.  21, 1884.  Horace  Simons  Luscomb,' b. 
Aug.  28,  1888.  The  familv  reside  at  Goffstown,  N.  H.  Lena 
May  Moore,'  b.  Aug.  2,  1808;  d.  March  30,  1871.  Helen  Frank 
Moore,'  b,  Oct.  30,  1872. 

David  Rollins  Moore,"  b.  Feb.  4,  1843;  m.,  Oct.  10,  1880,  Margaret 
Heskett,  of  Boston,  Mass.  Tlujy  res.  Amherst,  N.  H.  Chil- 
dren: Joseph  Harrison  Jloore,'  b.  Goffstown.  N.  IL,  Oct.  29, 
1882;  d.  April  19,  1883.  Martha  Ann  Moore,'  b.  Aug.  31,  1884, 
Infant  son,'  b.  and  d.  Fel>.  Ki,  1S80.  Jennv  Frances  Moore,'  b. 
Sept.  10,  1&S7.  Carrie  Belle  :S[oore,'  b.  New  Boston,  N.  IL, 
Feb.  4,  1891.  Mr.  Moore  was  a  nu^nber  of  Co.  E,  4th  Regt. 
X.  H.  Vols.;  was  in  many  battles;  severely  wounded;  re- 
enlisted;  was  in  the  service  4  years,  7  montlis,  and  14  days; 
is  a  pensioner;  res.  New  Boston,  X.  IL 

Susannah  Moore, f' b.  Feb.  3,  1800;  d.  April  23,  1807. 

John  Holmes  Moore,"  b.  June  15,  1807;  d.  Jan.  23,  1812. 

Timothy  Fuller -Moore,-^^  b.  Bedford,  N.  H.,  June  10,  1809;  m.,  Clar- 
issa E.  Emery,  of  Xewburv,  N.  IL,  Jan.  9,  1838.  She  d.  Oct. 
14,  1885.  Ho  d.  Jan.  28,  18S9;  res.  Bedford,  N.  IL  Children 
b.  Bedford,  N.  IL : 

William  Wilson  Moore.o  b.  Bedford,  N.  IL,  June  17,  1839;  m.,  Jan.  1, 
1874,  Soi)hia  IL  Babcock,  of  (iroton,  Mass.,  b.  in  Wilmot,  X.  IL, 
May  1,  1851.  They  res.  in  Scr:inton,  I'enn.  He  is  superinten- 
dent of  B.  Sweetser's  brickyard.  He  is  the  compiler  and 
author  of  this  genealogical  record  of  the  Moore  family.  Child: 
Marian  Moore,'  b.  Concord,  X.  11.,  April  10,  1875;  d.  Bed- 
ford, X.  IL,  Dec.  1,  18S8,  aged  13  years," 7  months,  21  days. 
Sarah  Jane  Moore,"  b.  May  22,  1841;  in.,  Feb.  17,  1873,  Cliarles  II. 
Wheeler;  res.  20  Dunsier  St.,  Cambridge,  ^lass.  Cluldi'en: 
Ch;»rlos  Perley  Wliceler.'  b.  July  17,  1874.  Carrie  N.  Wheeler,' 
1).  March  18,  is70. 

,  Charlotte  Ann  Moore,"  b.  Oct.  13,  1842:  m.,  Aug.  12,  1873,  Edward 
E.  Priest,  of  CJambridge,  .Mass.;  res.  90  Wintlirop  St.,  Cam- 
liridtfe,  5[ass.  Cjiihl:  Clarissa  A.  M.  Priest,'  b.  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  Nov.  23,  1874;  m.,  Nov.  2:?,  181)2,  P^verett  Percy  Ireland, 
i»f  Corinna,  Me.:  re.s.  Cambridge,  Mass. 
I'iiiJlips  Quincv  Moore,"  b.  Sept.  1.  1844;  d.  Jidy  4,  1840. 
Amos  Harvev  Moore,"  b.  April  10,  1,840;  d.  June  15,  1848. 

Elizabetli  Moore,'"' b.  Dec.  2!>,  1810;  m.,  Sept.  27,  1^*31.  i-ancey  Weston, 
>'f  Antrim,  X.  H.     He  d.  at  Mt.  Clemens,  Mich.,  Dee.  9,  1877, 


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aRed  77  years.  Slie  res.  Mt.  Clemens,  now  at  Richmond, 
Mich.     ChiUhen  b.  Antrim,  N.  H. : 

I.  Nathaniel  Holmes  Weston,"  b.  Antrim,  N.  11.,  July  21, 1833;  m.,  Dec. 

2'.),  lSrj4,  Hannah  Hoit,  of  Wearo,  N.  H.  Child:  Willie  Holmes 
Weston,'  1).  Goffstown,  X.  H.,  April  16,  18(50;  m.,  Feb.  29, 1888, 
Eva  A.  Fuller,  of  Chesterfield,  Mich.,  and  res.  Richmond,  Mich. 
They  res.  Jan.,  18',»1,  at  Osceola,  Mich.  Child:  Jessie  May 
Weston,"  b.  July  10,  188'J;  d.  July  28,  181K).  Mr.  N.  II.  Weston 
removed  to  Detroit,  where  Mrs.  Westtm  d.  June  30,  1862.  He 
ni.,  second,  1871,  Mrs.  Lura  (Smith)  Moore,  the  divorced  wife 
of  Thomas  W.  Moore,  Jr.  She  d.  March  19,  1889.  Child  by 
second  marriage,  Harvey  Weston,'  b.  Detroit,  Mich.,  Aug.  19, 
1872. 

II.  Leonard  C.  Weston,"  b.  Dec.  13,  18:54;  d.  Oct.  14,  1839. 

III.  Harrison  C.  Weston,"  b.  Dec.  7,  18:J9;  m..  May  4,  1872,  Mattie  A. 

Ketchum.  He  res.  at  La  Crosse,  Wis.  Children:  Fred  Wes- 
ton,' Frank  Weston,'  b.  in  Michigan,  Feb.  10,  1S74. 

IV.  Clark  W.  Weston,"  b.  Doc.  8, 1842;  d.  Dec.  4,  1861.     He  was  a  soldier 

in  Co.  I,  9th  Regt.  Mich.  Vols.,  and  d.  of  typhoid  fever  at  West 
Point,  Ky. 

V.  George  W.  Weston,"  b.  Aug.  4,  1846;  m.,  Dec.  29,  1875,  Jenny  Bow- 

man, of  Chesterfield,  Mich.  Children:  Charles  C.  Weston,' b, 
March  2,  1881;  d.  Oct.  18,  1881.  Winifred  J.  Weston,'  Jvdy  2, 
1882.  Clinton  C.  AVeston,'  b.  Feb.  23,  1887.  Mr.  Weston  res. 
Richmond,  Mich.;  a  sash  and  blind  manufacturer. 
8.  Nathaniel  Holmes  Moore,"  b.  Bedford,  N.  H.,  Dec.  24,  1812;  m..  May 
9,  1837,  Jane  Smith,  at  Bedford,  X.  H.,  and  in  184()  removed  to 
Cambridge,  Mass.,  where  she  d.  Jan.  6,  1847.  He  m.,  second, 
July  28,  1852,  Susan  E.  Spencer,  of  Cambridge,  Mass.  He  d. 
Nov.  25,  1880,  at  Manchester,  N.  H.,  to  which  he  removed  in 
1876,  and  is  buried  in  Cambridge.  Children  b.  Cambridge, 
Mass. : 

I.  Henry  Holmes  Moore,"  b.   Feb.  23,  18.')0;   m.,  Jemima  Stewart,  of 

Boston,  Mass.     Children:  Elizabeth   Marion  Moore,'  b.  Man- 
chester, N.  H.,  Julv   1,   1885.     Walter  Alexander  Moore,'  b. 
March  9,  1887.     Lillian  Stewart  Moore,'  b.  Dec.  11,  1888;  d. 
April  18,  1889.     Tliey  res.  in  Manchester,  N.  H. 
Lizzie  Si)enccr  IMoore,"  b.  June  29,  1853;  d.  Dec.  1,  1S63. 
Adelaide  Frothingham  Moore,"  b.  Sept.  9,  1860;  d.  March  28,  1862. 
Ida  Weston  Moore,"  b.  March  6,  1863;  m.,  Juno  15,  1887,  Alpheus 

Gray,  of  Dover,  N.  II.;  res.  Manchester,  N.  H. 
Ada  White  ]Moore,"  b.  March  6,  1863;  m.,  June  10,  1888,  William  F. 
Brent,  of  Jianchester,  N.  II.    Children :  Ford  Spencer  Brent,'  I). 
Dec.  21,  1888.     Percy  Gray  Brent,'  b.  March  12,  1890.     Arthur 
Thompson  Brent,'  b.  Dec.  8.  1891. 

A/illiam  Moore,''-  b.  May  20,  1815;  d.  Oct.  20,  1880.  He  m.  in  1830, 
Mary  A.  Kendall,  of  Merrimack,  N.  H.;  res.  Bedford,  N.  H.; 
was  selectman  in  1849,  and  a  brick  manufacturer.  She  d.  Jan. 
15,  1892,  aged  77  years,  7  months,  22  days.    Children  b.  Bedford : 

Martha  Jane  Mooro,"  b.  July  ),  18;{6;  m.  her  cousin,  William  C,  son 
of  Daniel,  who  d.  Aug.  10,  1854.  She  m.,  second,  1800,  Aaron 
Q.  Gage  of  Bedford,  N.  H.  Children  b.  Bedford,  N.  II. :  Car- 
rie E.  Gage,' b.  Feb.  26,  1861;  m.,  Oct  14,  1885,  Andrew  Mc- 
Dougall;  res.  Manchester,  N.  H.  Child:  Roy  Gage  McDou- 
gall,"  b.  Feb.  3,  1891.  Annie  Gertrude  Gage,'  b.  Jlarch  14,  1868. 
Mary  Jane  Gage,'  b.  July  28, 1870.  Mr.  Gage  is  superintendent 
of  the  Horse  Railw.ay  Co.;  res.  Manchester.  N.  II. 

II.  Elizabeth  Marion  Moore,"' b.  March  14,  1839;  d.  Dec.  20,  1841. 

III.  Sarah  Elizabeth   JMoore,"  b.  Dec.  9,  1849;  m.,  Dec.  24,  1873,  George 

F.  Barnard,  of  Bedford,  N.  II.;  res.  Bedford,  N.  II.  He  has 
been  selectman  and  representative.  Children:  Henry  George 
Barnard,'  b.  Sept.  18,  1878.  Alice  Leone  Barnard,'  b.  Oct.  7, 
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IV.  Estclla  M.    Moore,"  b.  Dec.  1.'),  W>4\  m.,  Dec.  24,  187.5,  John  W. 

IFoitt,  of  (rotl'stown,  N.  II.;  res.  Goffstown,  X.  II.  Child: 
Ralph  Henry  Iloitt,'  b.  June  2t5,  1888. 

10.  Martha  Jane  Moore,"  b.  1817;  tl.  March  :](),  1821. 

11.  Margaret  Morrison  Moore,"  b.   May  20,    1820;    m.,  Dec.   20,  1842, 

Ej)liraini  White,  of  Londonderry,  N.  II.  He  was  a  brick  maker 
in  Phiistow,  N.  II,,  where  he  d.  April  12,  18.">4,  a^cd  !)l  years. 
Jlrs.  White  m.,  second,  May  2,  18()."),  Gamaliel  Gleason,  of 
Andover,  M.ass.,  and  res.  in  Andover,  Mass.     He  d.  March  24, 

1870.  She  d.  Dec.  21,  180(»,  aged  70  years,  7  months,  1  day. 
Children: 

I.  Moores  Ephraim  White,"  b.  Bedford,  N.  II.,  Oct.  20,  184.j;  was  a  sol- 
dier in  1st  N.  11.  IJattery;  res.  Andover,  Mass. 

IL     George  (i.  White,"  b.  Plai.stow,  X.  II.,  March,  1840;  d.  Jan.  ."),  1851. 

III.  Mary  Ella  White,"  b.  I'laistow,  X.  II.,  Feb.  6,  18.j4;  d.  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  July  .5,  1802. 

12.  Robert  Cox  :SIoore,"  b.  ]SIay  20,  182:J;  m.  Xov.  20,  184.'),  Jane  Sweet- 

ser,  of  Ilooksett,  N.  II.  She  d.  Sept.  0,  1887,  aged  ()2  years. 
He  lived  in  Plaistow  and  Manchester,  X.  II.,  till  1851;  res. 
Scranton,  Penn.     lied.  Aug.  25,  1800.     Children: 

I.  Georgianna  Moore,"  1).  Plaistow,  X.  II.,  July  28,   18.')0;  m.,  July  4, 

1871.  I^evi  S.  Ilacki  tt,  of  Scranton,  Penn..  and  res.  there.  Chil- 
dren: Rurton  Corbin  Ilackett,'  b.  Plymouth,  Penn.,  June  25, 

1872.  Frank  Day  Hackett,'  b.  at  Scranton,  Penn.,  Feb.  20, 1874. 

II.  Joseph  Addison  JlooVe,"  b.  at  Scranton,  Penn.,  Dec.  20,    18.52;  m., 

July  5,    1870,  Josephine   A.  Snow,   of  Hartford,   Penn. ;  res. 
Scranton,  Penn.,  and  removed  to   Binghanit(jn,  N.  Y.,  April 
1,  1801.     Children  b.   Scrantim,   Penn.:  Jessie  M.   Moore,' b. 
Feb.  *27,   1877.     Harry  B.   Moore,'  b.  March  15,  1880.     Ilattie 
Irene  Moore,  b.  Sept.  25,  1802. 
Edward  A.  Moore,"  b.  Jan.  10,  1855;  d.  March  20,  18.55. 
Harry  G.  :Moore,«  b.  Jan.  20,  1800;  d.  June  15,  1800. 
Jennie  Ruth  Moore,"!).  Feb.  21,  1870;   m..  May,  1888,  Louis  S.  Ship- 
man,  of  Scranton,  Penn.,  and  res.  there.    He  is  superintendent 
of  a  button  manufactory. 
David  McGregor  Moore,"  b.  July  20,  1825;  m.,  Aug.  0,  1851,  Char- 
lotte E.  CJuesten,  of  Ame.sbury,  Mass.;  res.  Lawrence,  Mass. 
Children: 
Edward  S.  Moore,"  1..  Bedford,  X".  11. ,  Dec.  2, 18.5.'5;  he  m.  Laura  Anna 
Clark,  of  Lawrence,  Mass.,  Sept  10, 1874;  res.  Lawrence,  Mass. ; 
no  children. 
Frank  E.  Moore,"  b.  Bedford,  Aug.  IS,  18.55;  d.  Sept.  27,  1856. 
Marian  Elizabeth   :Moore,"   b.    Bedford,  Aug.   i:i,  1857;    m..  1880, 
George  H.  Chandler,  of  Manchester,  X.  IL;  res.  Manchester, 
X.  IL     Child:  Jennv  Maud  Cliandler,'  b.  Xov.  24,  1884. 
Ellen  Gertrude  Moore,"  b.  Bedford,  X.  II. ,  Sept.  14,  18.50;  m.,  Xov. 
4,  1880,  Oscar  Brown,  of  Lawrence,  Mass.     Children:   Eiirnest 
Brown,'  b.   July    21,    1887,   at  Lawrence,   ^lass.     Elmer  Ray 
Brown,'  b.  Aug.  2S,  1880,  at  Lawrence,  Mass. 

V.  Elma  A.  Moore,"  b.  Manchester,  X.  11. ,  Sept.  5,  180;};  d.  July  4,  1865. 

VI.  Martha  Ann  Moore,"  b.  Manchester,  X.  II.,  Xov.  JO,  1805. 

VII.  Bertha  Isabella  Moore,"  b.  Manchester,  X.  II. ,  Aug.  20,  187:5. 

14.  Albert  Wallace  Moore,'  res.  Wasliiiigtt)n,  I).  C. ;  the  son  by  the  sec- 
ond wife  of  his  father,  Mrs.  Susan  (Bowman)  W^allace,  widow 
of  Thomas  Walhuie.    She  d.  in  Ilenniker  in  1885. 

05.  Janet  Holmes,*  daughter  of  Susanna  Allison  and  Lieut.  John 
Holmes,  was  b.  1782  or  178:);  m.  her  cousin,  Robert  Holmes,  son 
of  Jonathan  and  Alary  (iloore)  Holmes  of  Londonderry,  X.  H. 
They  went  to  Louisville,  Ky.,  where  they  lived  and  died.  She 
became  insane  in  her  last  years.  Children  (two  daughters  died 
young) : 

1.     Robert  Holmes,  Jr."    He  was  adopted  by  his  great  uncle,  Robert 


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Holmes,  of  Elmgrove,  near  Georgetown,  Scott  Co.,  Ky.,  and  at 
his  (leatli  received  a  sum  of  money  and  a  considerable  estate. 
He  m.  Matilda  Jenkins,  of  Kentucky,  and  died  at  Natchez, 
Miss.,  leaving  an  only  child:  Edwin  Augustus  Holmes,"  now  a 
prosperous  trader  at  Mt.  Sterling,  Ky.  He  was  b.  in  1845;  m. 
Eliza  Tarleton  Bowman,  of  that  state.  Children:  Edwin  A. 
Holmes,'  Mabel  Holmes,'  Mary  J.  Holmes,'  George  B.  Holmes,' 
Eliza  T.  Holmes,'  Anna  G.  Holmes.' 
06.  Elizabeth  Holmes,*  daughter  of  Susannah  (Allison)  and  Lieut.  John 
Holmes,  was  b.  May  11,  1788;  m..  May  10,  1811,  Thomas  Shep- 
ard,  of  Bedford,  and  res.  in  Bedford.  She  d.  Oct.  18,  ia5:3, 
aged  05  years.  He  d.  Feb.  23,  1857,  aged  77  years,  and  they 
are  buried  at  Bedford  Center.  Children  b.  Bedford,  N.  H. : 
1.  John  Holmes  Shepard,"  b.  March  11,  1812 ;  d.  May  13,  1850;  m.,  Dec. 
21,  1841,  Lucy  Piersons,  of  Tewksbury,  Mass.  She  d.  April  9, 
1845,  He  m.,  second,  her  sister,  Sarah  A.  Piersons,  who  d. 
July  20,  1870.     Children  b.  Bedford,  N.  H. : 

John  P.  Sliepard,"  b.  Nov.  21,  1844;  d.  Jan.  23,  1801. 
William  P.  Shepard,"  b.  June  21,  1847,  m.,  Nov.  21,  1871,  Sophronia 
.J.  Farley,  of  Bedford,  and  res.  there,     (/hildren:  Jennie  Louise 
Shepant,'  b.  Nov.  25,  1872.    Florence  May  Shepard,'  b.  March 
11,  1881). 
Lucy  A.  Shepard,"  b.  May  21,  1840;  d.  Sept.  21,  1853. 
Lizzie  A.  Shepard,"  b.  :Mav  5,  1851;  m.,  Jan.  31),  1868,  Charles  P. 
Farley,  of  Bedford,  N.'^H.    She  d,  Aug.  0,  1887,  aged  30  years, 
3  months,  4  days.    Cliildren:  John  Hurlbert  Farley,'  b.  Nov. 
20,  1808;  d.  July  10,  1870.     Annie  Mabel  Farley,'  b.  Oct.  12, 
1871.     Gracie  Natalie  Farley,'  b.  April  30,  1873. 

Henrietta  Shepard,"  b. ;  d.  June  20,  18.53. 

Arthur  M.  Shepard,"  b. ;  d.  Dec.  13,  1885. 

Charles  Franklin  Shepard,"  b.  Oct.  17,  1813;  ni.,  Feb.  20,  18:38,  Louisa 
A.  Perry,  of  Amherst,  N.  II.     Children : 

Charlotte  A.  P.  Shepard,"  b.  Dec.  27,  18:38;  d.  March  21,  1849. 
Nancy  J.  Shepard,"  b.  June  11,  1842 ;  d.  Sept.  30,  1842. 

,  George  F.  Shepard,"  b,  April  20,  1845;  m.,  Dec.  1,  1809,  Delphina 
Jane  Edwards  Smilh,  of  North  Wayne,  ^le.  She  d.  April  18, 
1880,  aged  43  years,  0  months,  20  davs.  He  was  selectman  of 
Bedford,  N.  IL,  1880-'00.  Children'b.  Bedford,  N.  H.:  Edith 
li.  Shepard,'  b.  June  21,  1874.  Hattie  C.  Shepard,'  b.  Nov.  14, 
1875.  Charles  F.  Shepard,'  b.  Feb.  24,  1878.  Nellie  F.  Shep- 
ard,' b.  Aug.  7,  1880. 

3.  George  Shepard,"  b.  Jan.  20,  1810;  d.  Sept.  21,  1845 ;  single. 

4.  James  S.  Shepard,''  b.  Sept.  24,  1818;  d.  Sept.  28,  180<);  m.,  July  14, 

1842,  at  Nashua,  Gratia  A.  Moore,  of  Hancock,  N.  H.  He  d.  at 
Huntsville,  Ala.     Children: 

I.  Gratia  Eloda  Shepard,"  b.  Nashua,  N.  IL,  Jan.  11,  1845;  d.  Aug.  2, 

1845. 

II.  Ann  .Jane  Shepard,"  b.  Nashua,  N.  H.,  Dec.  21, 1840 ;  d.  Dec.  31,  1846. 

III.  James  Albert  Shepard,"  b.  Nashua,  N.  H.,  Nov.  22,  1848;  m.,  Jan. 

1,  1872,  Annie  Gove,  of  Winchester,  Mass. ;  res.  Charlestown, 
Mass.  Children:  Annie  Lois  Shepard,'  b.  Oct.  8,  1874.  Guy 
Albert  Shepard,'  b.  Jan.  10,  1876.  Kalph  Myrick  Shepard,'  b. 
Feb.  1,  1878. 

IV.  William  Monroe  Shepard,"  b.  Nashua,  June  25,  1851 ;  m.,  Nov.  4, 

1885,  at  Winchester,  Mass.,  Abbie  De  Forrest,  of  Sand  Lake, 
Rensselaer  (."o.,  N.  Y. ;  res.  Boston,  Mass. ;  no  children. 

V.  Eugene  Everett  Shepard,"  b.  Manchester,  N.  H.,  June  2,  1854;  m., 

Dec.  4,  1877,  at  Winchester,  Mass.,  Carrie  Ilolton;  res.  21  Bos- 
ton ave.,  Medford,  Mass.  Child:  Everett  Holton  Shepard,'  b. 
Nov.  1,  1881. 

VI.  Frederick  Carroll  Shepard,"  b.  Lawrence,  Mass.,  Aug.  18,  1856;  m., 

Nov.  27,  1878,  Clara  Antoinette  Pratt,  b.  Chelsea,  Mass. ;  res. 


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Chelsea,  Mass.  Children:  Frederick  Stanley  Shepard,' b.  Feb. 
27.  1S80.  Marion  Siiepard,'  b.  Dec.  2;J,  IHSI.  Charles  Gordon 
8hei)ard,'  b.  Aug.  28,  1880.  Helen  Antoinette  Shepard,'  b.  Jan. 
2,  1S8!). 

VII.  Judson  Shepard,"  b.  Lawrence,  Mass.,  May  25,  IS.'iO;  d.  Dec.  12, 

1875. 

VIII.  Harry  Elmer  Siiepard,"  b.  Lawrence,  Mass.,  Jan.  15,  1862;   m., 

Sept.  14,  1881,  Nellie  (iertrude  Teele,  of  Ailington,  Mass. ;  res. 
Arlin<,'ton,  Mass.  C'liildren:  Elmer  Shepard,' b.  June  5,  1883; 
d.  June  14,  188:3.    Marion  Leslie  Shepard,'  b.  Oct.  1«,  1886. 

IX.  Lillie  Winnie  Bell  Sliei):ird,»  b.  Feb.  3,  18(15 ;  d.  Sept.  8,  18(55. 

r>,  Mary  Jane  Shepard,' b.  Nov.  9,  1820;  d.  Oct.  22,  18(J4;  m.,  Oct.  27, 
1842,  Hugh  R.  Frencli.  She  d.  Oct.  22,  18(14.  He  was  m.  three 
times  after  her  deatli,  and  d.  Dec.  0,  1888.     They  had  one  son. 

I.     George  M.  Frcncli,"  b.  Jan.  (>,  J840,  in  Bedford.  N.  II. ;  m.,  Oct.  10, 

1807,  Mary  F.  (Jlllis,  of  Hudson,  N.  H.  Children:  Ervin  R. 
Frencli,'  b.  Sept.  16,  1809.  Lizzie  E.  Frencli,'  b.  Sept.  25,  1870. 
Leon  F.  French,'  b.  July  27,  188:5.  Mr.  French  d.  Aug.  2,  1886, 
aged  40  years,  0  months,  27  days. 

6.  Nancy  P.  B.  Shepard,"  b.  Aug.  15,  1822;  d.  June  19,  1880.     She  m., 

November,  18.50  (see  below),  Alfred  McAfee,  her  first  cousin. 

7.  Thomas  S.  Shepard,"  b.  Aug.  5,  1826;  m.,  Aug.  6,  1845,  M.  A.  :Moore, 

of  Hancock,  N.  H.  She  d.  Oct.  4,  1850,  aged  25  years.  He  m. 
sectmd,  Mary  II.  Eames,  of  Lowell,  JIasa. ;  res.  Winchester, 
Mass.     Cliild:  James  Shepard,"  b   1850 ;  d.  18.50. 

8.  William  M.  Shepard,"  b.  Oct.  15,  1828;  n   some  years  since.     He  was 

m.  but  hail  no  children.     His  wido\  ■  lives  in  Manchester,  N.  H. 

0.  N'ancy  P.  B.  (Shepard)  McAfee.     Her  husoand  was  Alfred  McAfee, 

of  Bedford,  N.  H.  She  d.  June  9,  1880,  at  .57  years,  10  months, 
4  days.  He  d.  April  8,  1887,  aged  71  years.  Children  b.  Bed- 
ford, N.  H. 

1.  Emma  .lane  McAfee,"  b.  Dec.  11,  1851 ;  d.  .     She  m.,  Jan.  1,  1874, 

George  (Chapman,  and  went  to  Point  de  Butte,  New  Bruns- 
wick. She  is  deceased.  Children:  Ellen  Amelia  Chapman,' b. 
Sept.  14,  1870.  Charles  Alfred  Chapman,'  b.  Sept.  20,  1877. 
George  William  Chapman,'  b.  May  10,  1880. 

II.  Charles  A.   McAfee,"  b.  April  7,  1855;  m.,  Nov.  27,  1879,  Susie  E. 

Drucker,  of  Amherst,  \.  H. ;  res.  Londonderry,  N.  11.  Chil- 
dren: Alfred  H.  McAfee,'  b.  Nashua,  N.  H.,  June  4,  1882. 
Lizzie  M.  McAfee,'  b.  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  April  18,  1884. 
Carl  A.  McAfee,'  b.  Londonderry,  N.  IL,  May  14,  1887. 

III.  John  A.  McAfee,"  b.  May  4,  1861 ;  single  ;  res.  Bedford,  N.  H. 

IV.  Thomas  E.  McAfee,"  b.  Marcli  2,  18^3 ;  m.,  April  2:3,  1885,  Mary  A. 

Pate,  of  St.  John,  N.  B. ;  res.  Nashua,  N.  H.  Children:  Wil- 
liam Shepard  McAfee,' b.  Nashua,  N.  IL,  Aug.  28,  1887;  d. 
Aug.  20,  1888.  Hazel  May  McAfee,'  b.  Nashua,  N.  IL,  Sept.  2, 
1888. 
67.  Susannali  Holmes <  [dau.  Susannah  (Allison),  and  Lieut.  John 
Holmes],  was  b.  in  Londonderrv,  N.  IL,  March  11,  1790;  m., 

1808,  Thomas  Atwood,  who  was'b.  in  Bedford,  N.  IL,  July  22, 
17S0.  After  marriage  they  resided  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  until 
1819,  then  moved  to  Bedford,  N.  IL,  and  in  1840  removed  to 
Nunda,  N.  Y.,  and  in  1800  he  removed  to  Canasaraga,  N.  Y., 
and  d.  there  Jan.  19,  1805,  aged  79  years,  0  months.  After  hia 
death,  Mrs.  Atwood  moved  to  Hornellsville,  N.  Y.,  and  d.  there 
April  25,  ]8()().     Children: 

Worcester,  Mass.,  June  2.3,  1810;  m.,  August, 
D.  Collev,  of  Bedford,  N.  H.  He  d.  Aug.  31, 
Beloit,  AVis.     Children: 

1.    Atwood," a  dau.,  b.  18.3:5;  d.  in  Beloit,  Wis.,  in  1841,. aged  8  years. 

II.    Atwood,"  b.  18:J5 ;  d.  18:38,  aged  3  years. 

2.  Alvira  Atwood,"  b.   at  Worcester,   Mass.,  May  22,  1812;  m.,  1836, 


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21,  18.S8,  Lewis  F.  Rider.  Tlioy  removed  to  Nunda,  N.  Y. 
afterwards  to  Hornellsville,  N.  Y.  He  d.  Dec.  1,1885. 
Aug.  21,  1880,  aged  74  years,  3  days.  Children: 
L.  Rider,"  b.  at  Rocliester,  N.  Y.,  April  27,  1840;  m..  May  17, 
1887,  S.  P.  Wilcox,  of  Canasaraga,  X.  V.,  and  resides  there;  no 
children. 
John  A.  Rider,"  b.  Nunda,  N.  Y.,  Jan  10,  1843;  m.,  Nov.  2,  1869, 
Georgiana  Davenport,  and  res.  Wellsville,  N.  Y.  He  is  a  pho- 
tograplicr,  book-seller,  and  dealer  in  fancy  goods  and  engrav- 
ings. Cliihlren  b.  Wellsville,  N.  Y.:  Leroy  D.  Rider,'  b. 
Feb,  13,  187«t.  Albert  L.  Rider,'  b.  Jan.  10,  1878.  Bessie  A. 
Rider,T  b.  Dec.  8,  I87». 
Francis  A,  Rider,"  b.  Nunf>a,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  13,  1840. 

Harriet  Atwood,"  b.  WorLester,  Mass.,  Aug.  22,  1817;  moved  to 
Nunda,  N.  Y  .,  vtUh  her  parents,  and  m.,  Aug.  10, 1840,  Dr.  Bar- 
nabas Wright  win-  d.  at  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  May  10,  1861.  She 
ra.  second,  Feb.  13,  18Ca,  Augustus  Comstock,  wlio  d.  1886. 
She  res.  Dansville,  N.  Y.    Child: 

Everett  Wright,"  b.  July  M,  1842;  m.,  Sept.  24,  1887,  Mary  Squires,  of 
Akron,  Ohio.  11.-  d.  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  12,  1887,  aged  45 
years;  no  childroti. 

Sarah  D.  Atwood,"  b.  Bedford,  N.  H.,  June  14,  1820;  m.,  1838, 
John  D.  Armstrong,  and  res.  in  Bedford,  N.  H.  She  d.  August, 
1840.  He  m.,  second,  Jane  M.  Wells,  of  Bedford.  He  d. 
Nov.  14,  1868,  aged  't-i  years,  1  month,  0  days.  Cliildren  b.  Bed- 
ford, N.  H.: 

William  II.  Armstrong,"  b.  Nov.  2ft,  1840;  m.  Elizabetli,  dau.  of  Sam- 
uel Armstrong.  Windham,  N.  H.,  who  is  deceased  ;  res.  Wind- 
liam,  N.  H,  Cliildren  b.  Windham,  N.  H:  Urvin  S.  Arm- 
strong,' b.  March  24,  18(J2.  Eugene  W.  Armstrong,'  b.  Dec.  2.3, 
186.').  Ednali  M.  Armstrong,'  b.  Aug.  30,  1872.  Almay  A. 
Armstrong,'  b.  April  lit,  1870. 
John  A.  Armstrong,"  b.  Oct.  28,  1842.  He  was  a  member  of  Co. 
K,  Tliird  N.  H.  Vols.,  enlisted  Aug.  23,  1801,  and  killed  at 
Drury's  Bluff,  Va.,  May  13,  1864.  By  Mr.  Armstrong's  second 
marriage  tliere  were  five  children,  George  D.,  Edward  F., 
Sarali  J.,  Clara  Almay,  and  Elmer  E.  Arins^^^rong. 

Martha  J.  M.  Atwood,"  b.  July  7,  1H22,  moved  witli  iier  parents  to 
Nunda,  N.  Y. ;  m.,  at  Grand  Rapids,  Midi.,  Charles  Baker. 
Slie  d.  at  Grand  Rapids,  Dec.  18,  18«S2.  He  d.  Feb.  7,  1881. 
Children  b.  Nunda,  N.  Y. 

Susan  J.  Baker,"  b.  July  21,  1840:  m.,  Nov.  10,  1868,  Henry  C.  Green; 
res.  Wakawsa,  Shawnee  (-o..  Kansas;  farmer.  Children: 
Edward  O.  Green,'  b.  July  17,  1870.  Fannie  L.  Green,'  b. 
July  3,  1872;  d.  Oct.  0,  188;J.  Florence  L.  Green,' b.  Dec.  22, 
1S78,  Grace  B.  Green,'  b.  Aug.  20,  1884.  Ina  Green,'  b. 
May  2(1,  1887. 
Laura  E.  Baker,"  b.  May  6,  1853;  m.,  Feb.  28,  1878,  Charles  H. 
Sandford ;  res.  Dansville,  N.  Y.  Children:  Ray  B.  Sandford,'  b. 
Dansville,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  20.  1870.  Katie  M.  Sanford,'  b.  Dans- 
ville, N.  Y.,  Jan.  28,  1881;  d.  March  16,  1882.  Archie  B. 
Sandford,'  b.  Dec.  23,  18a'i. 
Charles  A.  Baker,"  b.  May  22,  laW;  m.,  Nov.  22,  1881,  Marietta 
Percival,  of  Topeka,  Kansas,  b.  in  Indiana,  Jan.  ft,  1861.  He 
is  a  carpenter  and  builder;  res.  No.  425  Nurtli  2d  St.,  Arkansas 


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KansAs.    Childreu:  Zella  Baker,?  b.  July  18,  1883.    Zona 
er,'  b.  Feb.  27,  1885.    Newell  Baker,'  b.  Sept.  27,  1888. 

7.  Thomas  Atwood,»  b.  Bedford,  N.  H.,  Nov.  25,  1824;  m.,  Oct.  14,  1846, 

Clarissa  M.  Clougli,  of  Nunda,  N.  Y.,  b.  Jan.  1,  1827,  who,  on 
April  1,  1801,  was  livine  in  Avoca,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Atwood,  while 
encaged  in  Ypsilanti,  Mich.,  in  erectinf;  some  shafting;  in  a  new 
buTlcOng,  lost  his  balance  on  the  scaffolding,  and  fell,  pulling 
the  shafting  with  him,'  one  end  of  which  struck  him  upon  the 
temple,  pinning  him  to  the  floor  below,  and  killing  him 
instantly.    Children: 

I.  DeLisle  Atwtwd,*  b.  at  Nashua,  N.  H.,  Sept.  5,  1848;  m.,  Sept.  26, 

1883,  Mary  A.  McCoril.  of  Big  Flats,  N.  Y.,  b.  Marca  27,  1861 ; 
res.  Avoca,  N.  Y.  Children  b.  Avoca,  N.  Y. :  Albert  Lewis 
Atwood,'  b.  Dec.  27,  1884.    Carrie  May  Atwood,'  b.  Sept.  16, 

1886.  Minnie  Maud  Atwood,'  b.  May  3,  1888. 

II.  Fred.  M.  Atwood,"  b.  at  Nunda,  N.  Y.,  May  26,  18.')2;  m.,  March  13, 

1870,  Frances  Taft,  of  Addison,  N.  Y.,  b.  July  18,  1854;  res. 
Avoca,  N.  Y.  Children:  Fred  A.  Atwood,'  b.  at  Wyalushlng, 
N.  Y.,  Jan.  3, 1871.  Edward  T.  Atwood,'  b.  at  Addison,  N.  Y., 
Nov.  19,  1873. 

III.  Charles  T.  Atwood,"  b.  at  Pike,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  9,  1801 ;  m.,  Sept.  24, 

1800.  Leda  E.  Shults,  b.  at  Wheeler,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  21, 1867.  They 
reside  at  Avoca,  N.  Y. 

8.  Catherine  McAfee  Atwood,'  b.  Bedford,  N.  H.,  Feb.  2,  1827.    She 

went  with  her  parents  to  Nunda,  N.  Y.,  in  1840;  m.,  Sept.  7, 
1850,  Jacob  Smith,  who  d.  Oct.   15,   18(W,  at  Galesburg,  111. 
She  m.  second,  Dec.  13,  1865,  Seymour  M.  Arnold,  and  res.  at 
Galesburg,  III.    Child  b.  Galesburg,  III.: 
I.    Jane  B.  Arnold,"  b.  July  21,  1870. 

0.  Charles  G.  Atwood,"  b.  Bedford,  N.  H.,  April  7,  1829;  m.  Marcelia  E. 

Bradley;  no  children.  He  learned  the  printer's  trade  in 
Amherst,  N.  H.  Left  there  in  1848,  and  was  in  Boston  on  the 
JioHton  Daily  Bee  for  one  year,  then  joined  his  parents  in 
Nunda,  N.  Y.,  and  for  two  years  was  etlitor  and  proprietor  of 
the  yumla  Telegraph ;  later  was  In  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  In  charge 
of  the  Ddili/  Stay,  went  to  Baltimore,  Md.,  in  1853,  and  was 
employed  on  different  papers  till  1855,  when  he  went  to  Chi- 
cago, III.,  and  In  1856  to  Mt.  Morris,  III.,  and  started  the 
North  Western  lleptihlican,  which  he  sold  .after  the  defeat  of 
Geii.ral  Fremont  for  the  presidency;  was  then  hi  Galesburg, 
Ta. ;  run  a  newsjiaper,  and  was  In  the  grocery  and  coal  busi- 
ness, employing  one  hundred  and  fifty  men.  There,  for  a 
year,  he  bought  and  shipped  horses  to  the  principal  cities  in 
the  country.  Later  he  went  to  Qulncy,  III.,  built  a  horse  rail- 
road, managed  It  for  one  year,  then  sold  It  and  went  to  Bed 
Oak,  la..  In  1875,  where  he  engaged  In  farming  till  July,  1800, 
when  he  sold  his  property,  purchased  an  extensive  orange 
ranch  (paying  $21,000)  in  Riverside,  Cal.,  where  he  resided  Tn 

1801,  and  where  lie  expects  to  end  his  days. 

10.  Ann  Elizabeth  Atwood,»  b.  July  7,  18:31,  at  Bedford,  N.  H.  ;  went 

with  her  parents  to  Nunda,  N.  Y. ;  m.  William  Wirt  and  res. 
at  Ilornellsvllle,  N,  Y.  She  d.  Sept.  0,  1884.  He  d.  April  14, 
1880.     Children : 

1.  Katie  Wirt,"  b.  Canasaraga,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  20,  1850;  m.,  April  27,  1880, 

Charles  W.  Richardson,  and  res.  at  Dansvllle,  N.  Y.  Child, 
b.  Dansvllle,  N.  Y. :  Mary  Jenette  Richardson,'  b.  Feb.  23, 
1801. 

11.  Charles  Wirt,"  b.  Sept.  26, 1861,  at  Canaseraga,  N.  Y.    He  is  m.,  and 

res.  at  No.  10  Washington  St.,  Hornellsvllle,  N.  Y. 
III.    Susan  Wirt,"  b.   at  Canaseraga,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  2,  186J  ;  m.,  \urll  28, 

1887,  Fred  II.  Cowen;  res.  No.  88  Cypress  St.,  Roc'iester, 
N.  Y. ;  no  children. 


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IV.    Anna  Bell  Wirt,"  b.  April  15,  1870;  d.  June  24, 1886. 

11.    Hannah  F.  Atwood,"  b.  Bedford,  N.  H,,  Aiie.  24,  1833;  m..  May  7, 

1850,  A.  H.  Lemon,  and  res.  in  Dansville,  N.  Y.    Children  b. 

Dansville,  N.  Y. : 
L    William  H.  Lemon,'  b.  Sept.  8.  1800. 

II.  Minnie  Allison  Lemon,"  b.  July  22,  1804 ;  m.,  Dec.  1,  1886,  Miller  M. 

Fowler;  res.  Dansville,  N.  Y.  Child:  Harold  G.  Fowler,'  b. 
April,  188W. 

III.  Charles  T.  Lemon,"  b.  Jan.  20,  1808. 

08.  Catherine  Holmes <  [daughter  of  Susannah  (Allison)  and  Lieut.  John 
Holmes],  b.  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  in  1702;  m.  Samuel  Mc- 
Afee, of  Bedford,  N.  H.  He  d.  Nov.  5,  la'w,  aged  72  years,  7 
months.    She  d.  Feb.  18,  1871,  aged  78  years.    Children: 

1.  Alfred  McAfee,"  b.  181.');  d.  April  8,  1887.     He  m.  his  cousin,  Nancy 

P.  B.  Shepard."    (See  her  record.) 

2.  William  McAfee,"  b.   Dec.  20,  1810;  m.,  March  10,  1805,  Orline  M. 

Flint,  of  Bedford,  N.  II. ;  res.  in  Merrimack,  removed  to  Bed- 
ford, where  tliey  are  now  living.    Child  b.  Merrimack,  N.  H. : 

I.  Ella  Darrah  McAfee,'  b.  Dec.  M,  180<l;  m.,  Dec.  23,  1884,  George  L. 

Walsh,  of  Bedford,  N.  H. ;  res.  Bedford,  N.  II.  Child  b.  Bed- 
ford, N.  H. :  Wavland  Flint  Walsh,'  b.  Nov.  2.5,  1888. 

3.  Adam  McAfee,"  b.  Bedford.  N.  H.,  Sept.  20,  1818;  m.,  1847,  Elizabeth 

K.  Brooks,  of  Putney,  Vt.,  and  lived  in  Newburyport,  Mass., 
and  Boston,  Mass.  She  d.  at  East  Boston,  Feb.  10,  18.58.  He 
m.,  second,  Sept.  10, 1805,  Helen  F.  Gilmore,  of  Bedford,  N.  H., 
and  in  1800  or  1870  removed  to  Bedford,  N.  II.  He  d.  Sept.  23, 
1K81.  She  d.  Dec.  22,  1880,  aged  .'57  years,  3  months,  23  days. 
CInldren  by  first  wife,  b.  Newburyport,  Mass. : 
L  Franklin  B.  McAfee,'  b.  July  2,  1848;  m..  Jan.  1,  1880,  Maria  Fisher, 
of  Merrimivck,  N.  H.,  and  in  Jani,  1801,  resided  in  Grafton, 
Mass.  Cliildren:  Emma  Jane  McAfee,'  b.  Bedford,  N.  H., 
Feb.  18,  1881.  Adam  Franklin  McAfee,'  k  Oct.  12, 1882.  Maiy 
Elizabeth  McAfee,'  b.  Merrimack,  N.  H.,  March  20,  1880. 

II.  Elizabetli  M.  McAfee  «  b.  July  2,  lS5;i. 

IIL  Ida  Jane  McAfee,"  b.  East  Boston,  Mass.,  July  0,  1800;  d.  Dec.  2, 
1807. 

IV.  Nellie  F.  McAfee,"  b.  East  Boston,  Mass.,  Sept.  28,  1808;  d.  Nov.  2, 

1808. 

V.  Annie  L.  McAfee,"  b.  Bedford.  N.  II.,  June  10,  1870. 

4.  John  Ilohncs  McAfee,"  b.  Bedford,  N.  II.,  Sept.  27,  1820;  m.,  about 

18.'j2,  Sopliia  It.  Kittredge,  of  Merrimack,  N.  H.,  resided  and 
died  in  Bedford,  N.  II.,  June  10,  1878,  aged  .57  years,  8  months, 
22  davs.     She  d.  June  17, 1878,  Hged  47  years,  0  months,  14  days. 

5.  Jane   McAfee,"  b.  Bedford,  N.    II.,  July  2,    1823;  m.,  Nov.  11,  1852, 

Eri  Kittredge,  of  Merri manic,  N.  H. ;  res.  Merrimack,  N.  H., 
wliero  he  d.  of  pneumonia,  Feb.  10,  1801.    Child: 

I.  William  F.  McAfee,'  b.  Sept.  8,  1855;  d.  of  pneumonia  in  Merrimack, 
Feb.  10,  1801. 

fl.  Catlierine  McAfee,"  b.  in  Bedford,  May  22,  1825;  m.,  Nov.  14,  1850, 
Josepli  Kittredge,  of  Merrimack,  N.  II.,  and  res.  in  Merri- 
mack, N.  U.  He  d.  Nov.,  1801,  aged  07  years,  10  months.  Chil- 
dren: 

I.  Joseph  W.  A.  Kittredge,"  b.  in  Merrimack,  N.  H.,  Sept.  3,  1869;  m. 

June,  1870,  Ella  L.  S.  Fuller,  of  Merrimack.  lie  d.  Oct.  20, 
1881,  aged  22  years,  1  month,  23  days.  Children:  Harry  Kit- 
tredge,' 1).  1880.     Ella  Isabel  Kittredge,'  b.  Sent..  1881. 

II.  Katie  L«»tiise  Kittredge,"  b.  May  11,  18.55;  ni.,  March  10,  1880,  James 

P.  C.  Hodgman,  of  Bedford,  N.  H. ;  res.  Merrimack,  N.  H., 
wliere  he  was  selectman  in  18vS7, '88, '80.  Child:  Frederick 
J.  Hodgman,' b.  Dec.  12,  1881. 

7.  Samuel  Holmes  McAfee,"  b.  Jan.  7,  1828;  d.  July  7,  1847. 

8.  Ira  J.  Holmes  McAfee,"  b.  J.  ug.  2,  1820 ;  d.  Jan.  2,  1835. 


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Acli8«h  Holmes  McAfee,*  b.  Dec.  12.  18.32,  in  Bedford,  N.  H. ;  m., 
July  2,  1804,  Charles  A.  Snell,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  where  they 
resided  for  a  time,  then  lived  in  Bedford,  N.  H.,  and  now  live 
in  Manchester,  N.  H.,  25  Arlington  Kt.  Children  b.  Boston, 
Mass.: 
Sarah  Elizabeth  Snell,*  b  May  .5,  1805;  m.,  May  6,  188.5,  at  Manches- 
ter, N.  H.,  David  Conners,  b.  in  Ossipee,  N.  H.,  Oct.  .3,  1859. 
They  res.  in  Nashua,  N.  H.  Child  b.  Manchester,  N.  U. :  Mabel 
Etta  Conners,'  b.  Aug.  10,  1880. 

Katie  E.  Snell,'  b.  May  24,  1807;  m.,  April  9, 1888,  Clint«m  A.  Moore, 
of  Manchester,  N.  H.,  and  res.  Manchester,  N.  II. 
Charles  A.  Snell,'  b.  June  29,  1871 ;  d.  Oct.  19,  1891. 

Samuel  Holmes,*  b. ;  d.  when  a  child,  in  1780,  in  Londonderry, 

N.  H. 

John  Holmes,*  b.  1780.  By  the  will  of  his  father,  lie  received  the 
home  farm  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.  He  was  a  student  in  Dart- 
mouth college,  class  of  1814,  and  d.  while  a  junior,  June  1, 1813. 


COL.   ROBERT  MOORE. 


From  Notes  ^y  Judge  Nathaniel  Holmes,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

He  was  appointed  lieutenant-colonel  of  Col.  Samuel  Ho- 
bart's  second  regiment  of  "  Minute  Men,"  being  one  of  the 
"  four  regiments  of  Minute  Men  "  that  were  formed  out  of 
the  previous  sixteen  regiments  of  militia,  on  the  1st  of  Sep- 
tember, 1775,  and  \  as  taken  out  of  "that  of  Colonel  Bart- 
lett,"  that  "  lately  of  Col.  Matthew  Thornton,"  that  "  lately 
of  Colonel  Lutwyche,"  and  that  "lately  of  Colonel  Kid- 
der," whereof  Samuel  Philbrick  was  first  major  and  Tim- 
othy Farrar  second  major  (N.  H.  Prov.  Papers,  vol.  7,  p. 
608).  He  is  called  Col.  Robert  Moore  upc<n  his  grave- 
stone at  Derry,  and  died  in  1778.  He  was  the  great-grand- 
father of  the  Hon.  O.  C.  Moore,  of  Nashua,  N.  H.,  an  ex- 
member  of  congress,  and  a  brother  of  Elizabeth  Moore,  who 
married  Nathaniel  Holmes,  2d,  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.  In 
1777,  on  the  death  of  his  father,  he  removed  to  the  farm 
of  his  parents,  John  and  Janet  Moore,  who,  in  1723  or 
1724,  came  from  county  of  Antrim,  Ireland,  and  in  1727 
or  1728  settled  on  the  farm  where  they  lived  and  died,  the 
place  more  recently  known  as  the  "Jenness  place,"  on  the 
Chester  road,  a  little  northwest  of  Beaver  pond,  in  the  Eng- 
lish Range,  and  now  owned  by  Mr.  C.  W.  True.  (See  His- 
tory of  Bedford,  N.  H.,  for  partial  account  of  this  family.) 

Mary  Holmes,  of  Londonderry,  married  Joseph  Morison ' 
(son  of  John  *),  and  they  were  the  parents  of  Abraham  Mor- 
ison. She  was,  probably,  the  daughter  of  Abraham  Holmes, 
of  the  West  Parish,  and  thus  perpetuated  the  Christian  name 
of  her  father  in  that  of  her  sop. 

Mary    Holmes,    daughter    of    Nathaniel    and    Elizabeth 


I    1 


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78         KATHREEN  ALLISON,   OP  PETERBOROUGH,  N.  H. 

(Moore)  Holmes,  of  Londonderry  (their  second  child),  mar- 
ried Abraham  Morison,  and  was  born  about  1746. 

They  quitclaimed,  in  a  deed,  all  interest  in  the  estate  of 
her  "honored  father,  Nathaniel  Holmes,  deceased,"  to  his 
eldest  son,  Lieut.  John  Holmes,  who  bought  out  all  the  heirs, 
and  succeeded  to  the  home  farm.  Date  May  13,  1771, 
acknowledged  and  recorded  in  1776  (Book  107,  p.  398  of 
County  Records).  They  had  a  son,  NathanieU  named  for 
her  father. 

71.  Kathreen  Allison"  [29]  (Capt.  Samuel,"  SamueH). 
She  was  born  at  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  April  1,  1762,  and  mar- 
ried, in  1785,  Nathaniel  Holmes,"  of  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  son 
of  Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth  (Moore)  Holmes,^  of  London- 
derry, grandson  of  Nathaniel  and  Jane  (Hunter)  Holmes,^  of 
Coleraine,  Ireland.  This  Nathaniel  Holmes*^  after  the  death 
of  his  wife  in  Ireland,  emigrated  in  1740  to  the  Scotch  set- 
tlement in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  where  so  many  of  his  Scotch 
neighbors  and  kindred  had  gone  before,  being  accompanied 
by  his  four  sons,  Nathaniel,"-*  John,^  William,"-*  and  Andrew 
Holmes.'*  Traditions  say  that  he  left  his  eldest  son,  Nathan- 
iel Holmes,'-*  in  Londonderry,  while  he  and  his  other  three 
sons  (who  were  then  minors)  went  to  Carlisle,  Penn.,  and 
settled,  and  where  he  probably  died.  The  three  sons  lived 
and  had  families  at  Carlisle,  Penn. 

Dea.  Nath  niel  Holmes  was  born  at  Londonderry,  N.  H., 
Sept.  5,  176  ',  and  died  at  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  Sept.  10, 
1832. 


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CIIILDREX. 

72.  Jiino  Holmes,*  b.  Feb.  24,  178l(;  d.  March  2,  178(t. 

73.  Nathaniel  Holmes,*  b.  May  4,  1787;  m.,  Jan.  11,  180<),  Sally,  daughter 

of  Maj.  Jotliam  Hoar,  b.  June  24,  17S7;  d.  June  14  j887,  with- 
in ten  tlays  of  a  century  in  age.  He  d.  Jan.  2o,  1840;  res.  at 
East  JatTrey,  Meredith  liridge,  and  Tilton,  N.  H. ;  machinist 
and  manufacturer.     Children: 

1.  Kiitherine  Allison  Holmes,"  b.  Oct.  1,  1809;  m.,  Nov.  5,  ISJIS,  Col. 

/enas  Clement,  of  Claremont,  N.  H.  She  res.  Stamford,  Ct. 
Children: 

L  Sarah  Clement,"  b.  May  8,  1840;  m.  Frank  Kimball,  Esq.,  attorney, 
who  d.  1872.  Child:  Mary  H.  Kimball,'  res.  with  her  mother 
and  grandmother  in  Stamford,  Ct. 

II.  Nathaniel  Holmes  Clement,"  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  b.  March  23, 
1841;  m.,  Oct.  24,  1871,  Amelia  C.  Piper.  Children:  Erminia 
Augusta  Clement,'  b.  Oct.  14,  1872.  Arthur  Wilford  Clem- 
ent,' b.  March  17,  1878.  Clara  Louise  Clement,'  b.  Jan.  26, 
1880;  d  July  0,  1882.  George  Nathaniel  Clement,'  b.  Sept.  17, 
188;i. 

2.  Artcmus  Lawrence  Holmes,'  b.  East  Jaffrey,  N.  H.,  July  9,  1814. 

Graduated  at  Dartmouth  college,   18:^5;    attorney-at-law  and 


ARTEMUS  H.   HOLMES,  OF  NEW  YORK,   N.  Y. 


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mercliant  nt  Galena,  111.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Xew  York  city;  m. 
Eliza  Bloomer,  of  Galena,  111.,  who  d.  leaving);  a  daughter.  He 
m.,  second,  Mary  M.  Bloomer,  of  Galena.    Children: 

I.  Eliza  Augusta  Holmes,*  h,  April  1, 184(5;  m.  George  H.  Adams,  attomey- 

at-law  in  New  Y'ork  city. 

II.  Artemus  H.  Holmes,"  b.  Galena,  111.,  May  Ifl,  \f^{t.    ^rraduated  at  Har- 

vard college,  1870;  attorney-at-law  in  New  York  city.  He  m. 
Elizabeth  Allen,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  who  d.  ISTfl.  He  ni.,  second, 
May  20,  1880,  Lillian,  daughter  of  Henry  Stokes,  of  New  York 
city.  Children:  Artemus  Holmes,'  b.  Oct.  10,  1881;  Lillian 
Stokes  Holmes,'  b.  May  6,  1884;  Hilda  Holmes,'  b.  March  11, 
1800.  Mr.  Holmes  d.  in  New  York  city,  Nov.  20,  1801,  leaving 
a  large  estate. 

III.  Robert  Bloomer  Holmes,*  b.  June  8, 1854.    Broker  in  New  York  city; 

member  New  York  exchange.  He  m.,  Nov.  1,  1877,  Kate  Rosa- 
line, daughter  of  Seth  W.  Hale,  of  New  York  city.  Chihlren: 
Kate  Hale  Holmes,'  b.Oct.  18,  1878;  d.  Feb.  4,  1881;  Andres 
Holmes,' b.  Feb.  2,  1^82;  Robert  B.  Holmes,  Jr.,' b.  March  3, 
1884;  Natalie  Holmes.'  b.  June  2,  1«85 

3.  Abigail  Evans  Holmes,"  b.  Oct.  22,  1810;  ni.  Edward  A.  Damon,  mer- 

chant at  St.  Louis,  Mo.  She  d.  Aug.  30,  1857.  He  d.  March  11, 
1874.    Children: 

I.  Edward  Orne  Damon,'  b.  Feb.  23,  1852;  m.  Florence  R.  Simpson,  of 

Newburyport,  Mass.  Children:  Edward  Orne  Holmes,'  b.  Sept. 
24,  1876;  Lucille  Simpson  Holmes,'  b.  March  7,  1870. 

II.  Henrietta  Frances  D.amon,'  b.  March  24,    1854;  m.,  June  13,  1877, 

Walker  Gill  Wylie,  M.  D.,  of  New  York  city.  Children:  Juliet 
Agnes  Wylie,'  b.  Marcli  20, 1878;  Luella  Damon  Wylie,'  b.  Aug. 
3,  1870;  Louis  Gill  Wylie,'  b.  March  27,  1882;  Edward  Alexan- 
der Wylie,'  b.  Fjb.  27,  1887. 

4.  Edith  Augusta  Holmes,*  b.  Oct.  0,  1821;  m.  Hon.  Samuel  Swasey,  of 

Haverhill,  N.  II.,  speaker  of  the  New  Hampshire  house  of  rep- 
resentatives. Removed  to  Illinois;  d.  June  20,  1887.  She  a. 
Oct.  17,  1887,  at  ^ohidere,  111.    Children: 

I.  Franklin  Holmes  Swasey,'  ,').  Haverhill,  N.  H.,  Jan.  31, 1845;  drowned 

in  a  mill  p(md  Jiini   JO,  1853. 

II.  Charles  James  Swasi>v.'  b.  Haverhill,  N.  H.,  Sept.  3,  1847. 

III.  Katherine  Swasey,*  b.  Dec.  29,  1849;  d.  March  5,  1852. 

IV.  Samuel  Swasev,*  b.  Haverhill,  N.  H.,  March  8,  1852;  d.  at  Fort 

Worth,  Tex.,  Aug.  31,  1877. 

V.  Edith  Augusta  Swasey,*  b.  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  Dec.  21,  1854;  m.  Al- 

son  Keeler,  of  Belvidere,  111.,  Sept.  23,  1880.  Child:  Lawrence 
Swasey  Keeler,'  b.  Dec.  23,  1882. 

VI.  Edward  Holmes  Swasey,'  b.  Chicago,  111.,  Jan.  17,  1800. 
n.     Nathaniel  Moore  Holmes,*  b.  Feb.  20,  1823;  d.  May  2,  1828. 

0.  Daniel  Avery  Holmes,*  b.  at  Meredith,  N.  H.,  Jan.  17,  1820;  merchant 

at  Galena,  111. ;  m.  Elizabeth  A.  Mackey,  who  d.  March  1,  1874. 
Children: 

1.  Avery  Nathaniel  Holmes,'  b.  May  24,  1850;  m.  Eunice  Brown,  June, 

1887;  res.  Union  Citv,  Wis. 

II.  Willie  Mackey  Holmes,*  b'.  July  15, 1852;  m.,  July  10, 188;J,  Miss  J.  H. 

Perley,  of  Galena,  111.  Child:  Sherman  Ilolmes,' b.  April  12, 
1887. 

III.  Albertine  Merrick  Holmes,'' b.  Nov.  8,  1S.')5;  m.  E.  C.  Ripley,  April 

28,  1881,  and  d.  Mav  15,  1884.  Children:  Albert  Enos  Riplev,' 
b.  Feb.  5,  1882;  Walter  Ford  Ripley.'  Nathaniel  Ilolmes 
Riplev,'  b.  Aug.  8,  1803. 

IV.  Abbie  Damon  Holmes,*  b.  Sept.  30.  1857;  m.  R.  Martin,  Oct.  8,  1884. 

Children:  Abbie  Mabel  Martin,'  b.  June  8,  1880;  Hazel  Mar- 
tin,' b.  Oct.  20,  1887. 

V.  Isabel  Holmes,"  b.  May  20,  1800. 


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80     JUDGE  NATHANIEL  HOLMES,   OF  CAMBRIDGE,   MASS. 

VI.  Lizzie  Lecompto  Holmes,*  b.  Jan.  27, 18(W;  m.  Oct.  8, 1885,  Q.  Bixby. 

VII.  Henry  Hooper  Holmes,*  b.  Nov.  11,  1878. 

7.  Henry  Oreenlenf  Holmes,'  b.  Jan.  11,  1834.  Merchant  in  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  and  now  of  New  York  city;  m.  Georgie  Kuhn.  No  chil- 
dren. 

74.  Samuel  Holmes,*  b.  Dec.  19,  1789;  res.  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  and 
then  in  Springfield,  Vt.,  later  in  Peterborough,  where  he  died. 
A  manufacturer,  machinist,  and  farmer.  He  m.  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  licv.  David  Annan,  March  31,  1813.  She  d.  at  Spring- 
field, Vt.,  Feb.  9, 1828,  aged  .^8  years,  5  months.  He  m.,  sec- 
ond, Mrs.  Fannie  Moore  Priest,  witlow  of  Dr.  J.  B.  Priest.  She 
d.  Jan. «»,  1870,  aged  STi  years.     He  d.  July  8,  18(J8.    Children: 

1.  Hon.  Nathaniel  Holmes,'  b.  Peterborough,  N.  U.,  July  2,  1814.   Hon. 

Nathaniel  Holmes  graduated  at  Harvard  university  in  1837. 
Received  the  degree  of  M.  A.  in  1859;  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  Boston,  Mass.,  in  1839,  and  immediately  commenced  the 
practice  of  law  in  St.  Louis,  JId.  Was  circuit  attorney  for  the 
county  of  St.  Louis  in  1846.  From  1853  to  1855  was  counsellor 
of  the  board  of  public  schools  of  St.  Louis,  and  from  1862  to 
1865  was  counsellor  of  the  North  Missouri  liailroad  company. 
In  June,  1865,  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  judges  of  the  su- 
preme court  of  Missouri  by  Gov.  Thomas  C.  Fletcher.  He 
resigned  in  1868  and  accepted  the  Royall  professorship  of  law 
in  Harvard  university,  which  he  resigm'd  in  1872  and  resumed 
his  professi<m  in  St.  Louis.  He  published  in  1806  "  The  Author- 
ship of  Shakespeare,"  which  has  passed  through  several  edi- 
tions. He  was  never  married.  Res.  7  Holyoke  Place,  Cam- 
bridge, Mass. 

2.  David  Annan  Holmes,"  b.  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  April  1, 1810;  farmer; 

res.  Bronson,  Mich.,  where  he  d.  Jan.  7,  1868;  m.  Nancy  Tag- 
gart.    Children: 

I.  Mary  Elizabeth  Holmes,'  b.  Sept,  6,  1842;  m.  M.  B.  Moore;  divorced 

in  1871.  She  m.,  second,  Capt.  Frank  M.  Bissell,  of  Coldwater, 
Mich.,  June  10,  1872.  Children:  Edith  L.  Bissell,'  b.  June  27, 
1873;  Mabel  Frankie  Bissell,'  b.  June  13,  1870;  Gertrude  Bis- 
sell,' b.  April  20,  1879.  Mr.  Bissell  was  wounded  in  the  late 
war,  and  is  a  pensioner;  res.  Greencastle,  Ind. 

II.  Samuel  Holmes,"  b.  Nov.  31,  1844;  res.  with  his  mother  in  Bronson,. 

Mich. 

III.  Frederick  J.  Holmes,*  b.  Nov.  1,  1840;  d.  May  18,  1847. 

3.  Elizabeth  Holmes," b.  Peterborough,  N.  II.,  Oct.  29, 1820;  d.  atNashua, 

N.  H.,  Aug.  31,  1801;  m.,  1840.  John  Leach,  of  Nashua,  who  d. 
Dec.  30,  1879,  aged  71  years.     Children: 

I.  John  Holmes  Leach,"  b.  Oct.  22,  1S47.    Graduated  at  Dartmouth  col- 

lege in  1870;  M.  D.  of  Bellevue  Medical  college,  N.  Y.,  in  1874; 
city  physician  .it  Kecne,  N.  H.,  and  examining  surgeon  on  the 
board  of  pensions;  d.  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  25,  1885.  He 
m.,  Oct.  25,  1870,  Emily  M.  Crossileld,  daughter  of  Captain 
Crossileld,  of  Keene,  N.  H.,who  was  killed  at  Gettysburg.  She 
is  a  music  teacher;  wash.  Dec.  31,  1854;  res.  Watertown,  Mass. 
Children:  Nathaniel  Holmes  Leach,'  b.  Oct.  28,  1882;  John 
Clark  Leach.'  b.  Aug.  11,  1884. 

II.  Anne  Frances  Leach,"  b.  at  Nashua,  N.  H,,  May  2,  1851;  res.  San 

Francisco,  Cal. 

4.  Samuel  Allison  Holmes,"  b.  at  Springfield,  Vt.,  Feb.  23,  1823;  waa 

fitted  for  college  at  Phillips  Exeter  academy  (class  of  '38); 
entered  the  Sophomore  class  of  Dartmouth  college  in  1841; 
left  in  his  Junior  year;  studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  in  1844.  He  wits  first  lieutenant  and 
atljutant  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Euston's  St.  Louis  battalion  In 
the  Mexican  war  (1845-'47),  and  colonel  of  the  10th  and  40th 


BERNARD   B.  WHITTEMORE,  OF   NASHUA,  N.  H. 


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RegimentH  of  MisHouri  Volunteers  in  the  late  war,  ami  com- 
mamled  tlic  '2d  Brigade,  7tli  I)iv.  of  the  ITtli  Corps  in  General 
Grant'8  campaign  agiiinst  Vii-ksburg;  wan  cngagtMl  in  the 
battles  at  Corintli  under  (General  Hosecrans,  and  at  Jubra, 
•Jackson,  and  Cliampion  Hills,  and  with  the  40th  Missouri 
Regiment  was  in  tlie  battles  at  Fmnklin  and  Niishville,  under 
General  Thomas,  and  was  afterwards  sent  to  Mobile,  and, 
after  the  capture  of  that  city,  was  stationed  at  Montgomery, 
Ala.,  at  the  close  of  the  war.  At  Champion  Hills  ho  received 
an  injtiry  on  tlie  left  knee  from  the  kick  of  a  horse,  which  gave 
rise,  some  years  afterwards,  to  a  tumorous  growth  of  bone  in 
the  joint,  wliich  wivs  removed  bv  a  surgical  operation  in  May, 
188J),  but  had  not  healed  up  before  the  l«th  of  February,  18»H), 
when  the  leg  had  to  be  amputtited  above  the  knee,  and  he 
recovered  his  health;  he  receivecl  a  pcnsiim.  After  the  war 
he  was  appointed  judge  of  the  land  commissioner's  court  of 
the  city  of  St.  Louis,  Mo^  having  jurisdiction  of  the  condemna- 
tion of  land  for  public  streets,  and  held  the  place  till  1872. 
He  spent  much  time  in  reading  and  study,  and  indulged  in 
writing.  He  d.  of  apoplexy  in  St.  Louis,  Jan.  .'»,  1892,  and  was 
buried  witli  his  relatives  in  Peterborough,  N.  H. 

Sarah  Smith  Holmes,"  b.  at  Springfield,  Vt.,  Sept.  4,  182.');  m.  Horat!  > 
Kimball,  of  Nashua  and  Keene,  N.  PL.  Sept.  l(t,  1847.     Child: 

Samuel  Holmes  KimbiiU."  b.  at  Nashua,  N.  H.,  May  28,  1848;  enlisted 
at  sixteen  in  tlie  N.  H.  Cavalry,  ami  served  a  campaign  in  Vir- 

at  Keene,  Oct.  21,  ISTw;    printer;    res. 


ginia;  res.  Keene,  \. 
Edward  Perry  Kimball, '  b. 

Keene,  N.  H. 
Frances  Sophia  Holmes.'  b. 


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I. 
II. 
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IV, 


Oct.  20,  182!»;  d.  February,  1831.  She 
was  an  o'dy  child  by  second  wife,  Fanny  (Moore),  widow  of 
Dr.  .Jabez  H.  Priest,  of  Peterborough. 
Jane  Holmes,*  b.  July  14,  1"»2;  d.  July  il,  1882;  m.,  Dec.  2.'),  1815, 
Bernard  Whittemore,  merchant.  He  d.  at  Nashua,  Aug.  8, 
184(1,  aged  58  years,  U  months.     Children: 

Bernard  Bemus  Whittemore,"  b.  in  Boston,  May  15,  1817;  fitted  for 
college  at  Phillips  Exeter  academy  (class  of  '32),  and  gradu- 
ated; Harvard  College  in  18;W;  studied  law  in  the  Il.arvard 
Law  School  in  1840-'4I,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  Hills- 
borough County,  N.  IL;  practised  at  Palmer,  Amherst,  and 
Nashua,  and  in  184(1  became,  with  his  brother,  F.  P.  Whitte- 
more, proprietor  and  editor  of  the  Nashua  Gazette,  until  1890. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  state  senate  in  18.52-'.5;i,  alderman  of 
the  city  of  Nashua  in  1800,  and  city  treasurer  in  1801.  He  d. 
in  1803. 

Katherine  Holmes  Whittemore,'  b.  July  12,  1819;  m.,  Oct.  8,  1840, 
General  Israel  Hunt,  of  Nashua;  he  d.  Jan.  11, 1889.    Children: 

Israel  Tliorndike  Hunt,"b.  Oct.  12,  1841;  M.  D.  of  Harvard  Medical 
College  in  1870,  and  medical  examiner  for  insurance  companies 
in  Boston;  m.  Evangeline  Foisee,  of  Nashua,  in  188;i,  Child: 
Katherine  Evangeline  Hunt,'  b.  Aug.  13,  1886;  res.  Chelsea, 
Mass. 
Frank  Whittemore  Hunt,«  b.  April  21,  1849;  res.  Nashua. 

Eloise  C.  Wldtteinore,' b.  Aug.  28,  1822;  m.,  June  8,  184:1,  David  P. 
McGilvray;  merchant,  of  Bost(m.  Hed.  Aug.  30, 1871.  Children: 

Alice  E.  McGilvray,"  b.  Jan.  liO,  1845;  d.  Feb.  22,  1809. 
Jacob  Bernard  Mc(i41vray,"  b.  Aug.  13,  LS.'iO. 

,     Katherine  Holmes  McGilvray,'  b.  May  19,  18.55;  d.  Nov.  7,  1870. 
David  F.  McGilvray,"  b.  Oct.  5,  1858.     Two  sons  and  one  dan.  d.  in 
infancy. 

Francis  Parkman  Whittemore,"  b.  March  29,  1825;  printer;  m.,  Jan. 
27,  1851,  Angeline  H.  Parks,  of  Palmer.    Chiluren: 

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82  EN08  HOLMES,  OF  SPRINGFIELD,  VT. 

I.  Helen  A.  WliUteiiioro,"  b.  Nov.  5.  1851. 

II.  Alko  F.  Wliittemoie,"  b.  ItCtii;  d.  young. 

III.  Frederick  ParkH  Whittemore,"  b.  Oct.  25,  1855. 

5.  Mary  Jane  Wliittenioro,"  b.  Julv  2l>,  1827;  principal  of  a  ladies'  school 

at  Home,  N.  V.,  and  lately  resident  at  iSan  Mignel,  C'al. 

6.  Nathaniel  Holmes  Whitteinore,'  b.    Jan.  11,  IKiO;   res.  Marshfleld 

(Brant  Uock),  Mass. 

7.  Ann  Frances  Wiiitteniore,»  b.  Aur  10,  18.34;  m.,  Feb.  22.  1864,  Bloom- 

lleld  J.   Heach,  Esq.,  of  Itonic,  N.  Y.,  where  she  d.  Oct.  18, 
\mi.    Child: 
1.    John  H.  Heach,"  b.  May  5,  18(W;  now  res.  at  Indian  Uiver,  Fla. 

76.  Andrew  Holmes,*  b.  Nov.  24,  171)4;  m.  Jane  Tagfrart,  Feb.  12,  1818; 

slio  d.  ;  he  m.  second,  AbiKail  Phillips,  of  Derry.     In 

early  life  he  lost  an  arm  in  a  cotton  picker,  and  became  a  ped- 
dler of  fancy  articles,  and  d.  at  Turner's  F.ill8  in  1877.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife: 

1.  Caroline  Holmes,"  b.  Oct.  28,1818;  m.  Joel  Bruce.    Hed. ;  two  chil- 

dren d.  younjj. 

2.  Stephen  Holmes,' b.  Dec.  2, 1820;  m.  Calista  Dustan.    Child:  Charles 

Dustan,"  d.   younp,  in  Wilton.    She  d.   (wreenfleld,  June   18, 
1877.     He  d.  in  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  Nov.,  1886  or  1887.     He 
served  as  a  soldier  in  tlie  late  war,  and  received  a  pension. 
;i.     Margaret  Holmes,"  b.  March  0,  182:];  m.  Geo.  Dickey,  both  d. 

4.  Jane  Holmes,"  b.  Dec.  14,  1825;  m.  Urick  A.  Hall,  of  Derry;  hed.; 

one  child. 

5.  Mary  A.  Holmes,"  b.  Aug.  11,  1828;  d.  April  10,  1846. 

6.  Natiianiel  Holme8,i>b.  July  30,  18;W;  m.  Angelia  S.  Mower,  of  Jaffrcy, 

N.  H.,  b.  in  ]S2!»,  and  res.  at  Turner's  Falls,  Mass.    Children: 

I.  Elizabeth  Josepliinc  Holmes,"  b.  in  18.">4;  m.  George  Starbush.    Chil- 

dren: Amelia  Angeline  Starbush,' b.  in  1878.  Joseph  Nathan- 
iel Starbush,'  b.  in  1880.  George  William  Starbush,'  b.  in 
1882. 

II.  Julian  Augustus  Holmes,"  b.  in  1858;  a  commercial  traveller. 

III.  Cora  Roxiina  Holmes,"  b.  in  1800;  school  teacher. 

77.  Elizabeth   Holmes,*  b.   March  23,    1707;   m.,   Oct.  28,  1828,  Daniel 

Adams  (his  second  wife),  of  Jaffrey,  b.  May  22,  1708;  moved 
to  Springiiold,  Vt.  She  d.  Nov.  10,  18;i0.  He  d.  Dec.  15,  1851. 
Children: 
1.  Elizabeth  Adams,"  b.  June  0,  1831;  m.,  in  18.-)3,  Maj.  G.  Peabody,  b. 
in  Littleton,  N.  II.,  in  1825;  d.  in  1808.  He  was  a  commis- 
sary for  volunteers  from  Kan»'as  in  the  late  war.  Slie  m. 
second,  Hon.  Lawrence  I).  Bailey,  of  Lawrence,  Kan.  He  was 
formerly  a  judge  of  the  supreme  court  of  Kansas.     Children: 

1.  Bichard  Adams  I'eabody,"  b.  18.")4;  d.  18.-)5. 

II.  Frederick  A.  Peabodv,"  b.  18.>0;  d.  1H((0. 

III.  Alice  Hubbard  Peabody,"  b.  June  22,  18,-)7;  m..  June  25,  1884,  Wil- 

liam Henry  Sears,  of  Cliillicothe,  O.,  b.  March  7,  1858. 

IV.  Carrie  II.  Peabody,"  b.  18(i2;  d.  18tW. 
v.     Elizabeth  H.  Peabody,"  b.  1804;  d.  1805. 

2.  Helen  Marr  Adams,"  d.  young. 

78.  Enos  Holmes,*  b.  at  Peterborough,  N.  IL,  Dec.  14,  1700;  m.  Louisa, 

dau.  of  Daniel  Adams,  of  Jaffrey,  b.  Dec.  14,  1800;  moved  to 
Springfield,  Vt.,  and  with  his  brothers  Samuel  and  John,  and 
brother-in-law,  Daniel  Adams,  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
cotton  for  some  years.  After  living  in  the  state  of  New  York, 
he  removed  to  Jiuchanan,  Mich.,  in  1840,  where  he  bought  a 
tract  of  land  and  made  a  farm.  Ho  d.  tlicro  May  23,  1860.  He 
was  a  man  of  dear  intelligence,  fond  of  reading,  and  a  noted 
free  thinker.  She  d.  there  Jan.  25,  1870.  Children: 
1.  Katherino  Holmes,"  b.  at  Springfield,  Vt.,  October,  182<1;  m.  John  C. 
Marble,  of  Buchanan,  Mich.,  and  d.  Oct.  2,  1872;  no  children. 


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2.  Daniel  HolmeB,»  b.  SpiinRHeM,  Vt.,  May  28,  1829;  m.,  Oct.  14,  1852, 
Sarah  J.  Baker,  b.  in  Chautauqua  cdunty,  N.  Y.,  July  24,  1832. 
Children: 

I.  Frank  Ih.linew,"  b.  July  27,  18.M;  d.  Dec.  1,  1853. 

II.  Ooorce  Holmes,"  b.  Juno  It),  18.>0. 

III.  Nathaniel  Ilulmes,'  b.  Aug.  17,  IST^;  d.  March  7,  1803. 

IV.  Jolm  Holmes,"  b.  Dec.  24,  IMS;  d.  Jan  1,  1H7:). 

V.  Mary  Louise  Holmes,«  b.  Julv  24,  186(>;  d.  March  10,  1872. 

VI.  Patrick  Henry  Holmes,"  b.  Nov.  2,  18tH. 

VII.  Katiierine  Allison  Holmes,"  b.  Jan.  4,  18tU;  d.  Feb.  20,  1804. 

VIII.  Jane  Holme:,,"  b.  March  10,  18<tt. 

IX.  Twin  Rirls,"  b.  Feb.  22,  1800;  d.  180<J. 

X.  Louisa  Holmes,"  b.  Feb.  14,  1807. 

XI.  Knos  Holmes,"  b.  Aug.  1,  1801). 

XII.  Katherlne  Holmes,"  b.  Sept.  22,  1870. 

XIII.  Harriet  Holmes,"  b.  May  1>,  1871 ;  d.  Sept.  l.'>,  1872. 

0.  Louisa  Adams  Holmes."  b.  May  4,  18:)!;  m.  Orson  Marble,  of  Michi- 

gan, Dec.  2.*>,  18.^1.    He  d.  Children: 

1.  Willard  B.  Marble,"  b.  Sept.  2.'),  ia'>2;  m.,  May  8,  1870,  Sadie  L.  Grose. 

Children:  Katie  Grose,'  b.  Feb.  20,  1880.  Lemon  Grose,'  b. 
Oct.     ),  1881.     Elsie  Grose,'  b.  Oct.  20,  188:1. 

II.  Enos  Marble,*  b.  July  2i),  1854;  m.  Verne  Anderson,  June  2,  1881. 

Child:  Orson  Leonard  Anderson,'  b.  May  ;{,  ItiXi, 

III.  Sarah  Katherine   Marble,"  b.  Sept.   20,  1850;   m.  Nathaniel  Swan, 

June  27,  1880.  Child:  Carrie  Mabel  Swan,'  b.  September, 
1882. 

IV.  Mary  Eloise  Marble,"  b.  April  23,  ia*>S);  m.  Charles  Matthews,  Dec. 

12,  1878.  Cldldren:  Alonzo  Matthews,'  b.  Se[)t.  8,  1871». 
Bertha  Matthews,'  b.  Nov.  5,  1881.  M^iud  S.  Matthews,'  b. 
May  11,  18S4. 

V.  Clarissa  Mvcrs  Marble,"  b.   Aug.  0,  1801;  m.  John  B.   Lotchford, 

Nov.  i.s,  1880,  ()f  Frankville,  Iowa. 

VI.  Harriot  Augusta  Marble,"  b.  June  4,  1H(W. 

VII.  Fanny  Louisa  Marble,"  b.  March  7,  1805. 

VIII.  David  Orson  Marble,"  b.  Aug.  12,  1807. 

IX.  ( John  Clarence  Marble,"  b.  May  8,  1870. 

X.  (  Jessie  Florence  Marble,"  b.  May  8,  1870. 

She  m.  second,  Jolin  C.  Marble,  Oct.  12,  1873. 

4.  Mary  A.  Holmes,"  b.  Jan.  10,  18;M;  d.  July  10,  1834. 

5.  Charles  A.  Holmes,"  b.  Sept.  11,  18:15;  d.  March  15,  1830. 

0.  John  A.  Holmes,'  b.  June  4,  1838;  d.  Feb.  25,  1845. 

7.  Enos  Holmes,"  b.  Aug.  11,  1841;  m.  Martha  Barrows.    Child: 

1.  Alma  Holmes,"  b.  Feb.  2,  1881;  res.  Buclianan,  Midi. 

8.  Harriet  A.  Holmes,' b.  Feb.  14,  1844;  d.  Aug.  2:5,  1844. 

0.  John  G.    Holmes,"  b.  Oct.  4,  18iV2;  m.   Juliette  Scidmore,  Dec.  27, 

1S70.    Children: 

1.  Grace  Scidmore,"  b.  Aug.  14,  1878. 
II.    Clara  St  ulmore,"  h.  June  1 1,  1881. 

He  is  editor  and  proprietor  of  the  Buchanan  Record,  news- 
paper, Buchanan,  Mich. 

70.  John  Holmes,*  of  Springfield,  Vt.,  b.  at  Peterborough,  N.  IL,  May  8, 
1802;  m.,  June  liO,  1825,  Ilepsibctli  Cutter,  dau.  of  John  Cutter, 
of  Jaffrcy,  N.  11.,  b.  Dec.  2,  ISO:],  wlio  d.  at  Springlield,  Vt., 
Sept.  5,  18.')4;  ni.,  second,  Kmcline  W.,  dau.  of  Nathaniel 
Cutter,  of  JatYrey,  Sept.  17,  18.")5,  h.  Sept.  7,  1828,  and  d.  Spring- 
field, Feb.  8,  185^;  m.,  third,  Sybil  Eliza  Gates,  dau.  of  Samuel 
Gates,  of  Peterborough,  June  15,  1858;  b.  at  Peterborough, 
April  14,  1810,  and  d.  Springfield,  April  3,  180:1.  He  d.  at 
Springfield,  Sept.  24,  1874.     Children: 

I.  John  Cutter  Holmes,"  b.  April  22,  1827;  m.  Marcia  A.,  dau.  of 
George  Kimball,  of  Springfield,  June  4,  1850,  b.  June  14,  1827; 
d.  June  4,  1858.    He  ra.,  second,  Kebecca,  dau.  of  Noah  Saf- 


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ford,  of  Sprlngneld,  Vt.,  March  0,  1850.    She  was  b.  March  28, 
1838.    Chfldrun  by  firRt  marriage: 

1.  Otto  K.  HolmcH,'  b.  Juno  2,  ISM;  d.  Oct.  27,  1803. 

II.  Frank  H.  II<»lmeH,«  b.  Feb.  27,  18.W. 

Children  by  second  marriai;e: 

III.  Abbie  Holmes,*  b.  April  21>,  1851. 

IV.  Henry  Higelow  Holmes,'  b.  March  12,  18fl8. 

2.  Emeline  Duncan  Holmes,"  b.  March  7,  ISJ^O;  d.  Sept.  20,  1851. 
•.i.    Abigail  Holmes,'  b.  Au(;.  21,  1830;  d.  April  2U,  la'y. 

4.  Nathaniel  (utter  Holmes,'  b.   Jan.  20,  1857;  m.,  in  1881,  Mary  B. 

Smart,  of  8prinKflcld.  He  was  educated  in  the  agricultural 
department  of  Dartmouth  College,  B.  S.  in  187»;  studied  law 
with  Judge  Nathaniel  Holmes,  and  in  1883  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  Massachusetts  in  1884,  and  began 
the  practice  of  law  at  Gardiner,  Mass.,  and  d.  of  consumption 
at  the  homo  of  his  uncle,  Lucius  A.  Cutter,  at  JaiTrey,  N.  H., 
June  24, 1887.  He  was  a  young  man  of  much  promise.  Child: 
I.    Laura  Hebecca  Holmes."  b.  Garnnor,  Mass.,  1880. 

5.  George  Gates  Holmes,"  b.  Julv  15,  1857;  d.  Sept.  15,  1800. 

80.  Jonathan  Holmes,'  b.  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  June  8,  1807;  m.  Jane, 
dau.  of  Dea.  Nathaniel  Moore,  of  Peterborough,  Feb.  4,  18;U). 
She  was  b.  Feb.  8,  1810:  d.  Aug.  H>,  18;^!.  He  m.,  second,  in 
1831,  Mary  (Taggart)  Kobbe,  widow  of  Cicero  Robbo,  of  Peter- 
borough, and  oau.  of  John  Taggart,  of  Dublin.  He  owned  and 
lived  till  18:{0  on  the  homestead  in  Peterborough,  when  he  sold 
it,  and  removed  to  Bronson,  Mich.,  where  he  established  a 
large  farm  and  ac«iuired  a  large  property.  He  was  a  bank 
director  at  Coldwater.  He  d.  at  Bronson,  Dec.  11,  1884.  Chil- 
dren : 

1.  Mary  Jane  Holmes,'  b.  a^<  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  in  18;]2;  m.  Freeman 
Lurdaw  (?),  of  Bronson.  She  m.,  second,  William  Dougherty, 
of  Winona,  Minn.    Children  by  lirst  marriage: 

1.  Ellen  A.  Lurdaw « (?),  b.  1857;  m.  Mr.  Cornell  in  1878. 

II.  Emma  Lurdaw'  (?),  b.  1801 ;  m.  Mr.  Hensley  in  1878. 

Children  by  second  marriage: 

III.  William  Dougherty"  b.  1800. 

IV.  Jenny  Dougherty,*  b.  1873. 

2.  John  Taggart  Holmes,' b.  in  1S3Q;  m.  Helen  M.  McMellon.    Hem., 

second,  Sarah  Van  Aestine,  in  1878.    Children: 

I.  Nathaniel  L.  Holmes,'  b.  1872. 

II.  Mary  Louise  Holmes,'  b.  1874. 

III.  Jonathan  Allison  Holmes,'  b.  1881. 

IV.  Grace  Holmes,'  b.  1884;  res.  Coldwater,  Mich. 

3.  Cicero  Jonathan  Holmes,'  b.  Nov.  i;>,  1844;  m.  Mary  A.  Strehlin  in 

188:}:  res.  Bronson,  Mich.    Children: 

I.  Mary  Jane  Holmes,'  b.  Aug.  7,  1884. 

II.  Cicero  Jonathan  Holmes,'  b.  April  11,  1887. 

III.  Warren  C.  Holmes,'  b.  October,  1888;  d.  Sept.  28,  1880. 

4.  Florence  Holmes,'  b.  1853;  m.  Ezra  E.  Beardsley,  in  1874;  res.  Bron- 

son, Mich.    Children: 

I.  Walton  H.  Beardsley,'  b.  1875. 

II.  Jessie  Beardsley,'  b.  1877. 

81.  John  Allison  3  [30]  (Capt.  Sarauel,^  Samuel  O-  He 
was  born  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  in  what  is  now  Derry,  near 
Derry  east  meeting-house.  His  father's  homestead  is  in- 
cluded in  the  farm  of  George  W.  Lane,  and  he  succeeded  his 
father  upon  the  home  farm,  and  was  a  farmer  and  tavern- 
keeper.    He  died  in  the  prime  of  early  manhood  or  middle 


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life,  before  Sept.  24,  1800,  and  probably  in  1799.  He  mar- 
ried Betsey  Abbott,  of  Kingston,  N.  H.,  who  died  Nov.  8, 
1799,  aged  33  years.  lie  and  his  family  are  buried  in  the 
cemetery  at  East  Derry,  near  the  burial-jjlace  of  hip  father 
and  grandfather  and  Rev.  James  McGregor,  in  the  centre  of 
the  old  yard.  The  administration  of  his  estate  was  granted 
to  Alexarder  McGregor,  Sept.  24,  1800,  and  John  Pinkerton 
was  appointed  guardian  of  his  children. 


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82.  Betsey  Abbott  Allison*  (214),  b.  April  n,  178H;  m.  .Tosiah  Abbott,  .Jr., 

of  Worcester,  Mass.,  Dec.  30,  1808;  d.  April  30,  1830,  in  Lunen- 
burg, Vt. 

83.  Sukey  Prentice  Allison,*  b.  Dec.  17,  178!).    Slie  became  a  (  ovcrness 

in  Boston,  Mass.    81io  was  winnin<:;  in  l->ok8,  attractUo  m  man- 
ners, and  mucli  beloved.    Slie  d.  unmarried.  April  i2,  1844. 

84.  Naomi  Pinkerton  Allison,*  b.  Marcli  28,  17!»«(;  d.  Juno  V,,  1709. 

85.  John  Samuel  Allison,*  b.  Sept.  3,  1788:  d.  Marcli  3(»      ,iM». 

86.  Jam(??  Allison^  [31]  (Capt.  Samuel,-  Saniuer  .  He 
was  born  lu  Londonderry,  N.  H.  (in  the  portiot)  w  uich  is 
no'v  Derry),  Feb.  22,  1767.  He  married  Anna  M(,ore.  He 
occupied  a  part  of  the  homestead  in  Derry,  and  later  removed 
to  Weathersfield,  Vt.,  and  owned  a  farm  near  the  southern 
foot  of  Ascutney  mountain,  where  he  died  Feb.  23,  1805, 
aged  38  years,  1  day.  Mrs.  Allison  was  born  April  23, 1765, 
in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  and  died  in  Weathersfield,  Vt.,  Oct. 
26, 1834,  aged  69  years,  6  months,  3  days. 


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87.  Janet  Allison,*  b.   Feb.  3,  1780;  d.  Juno  20,  1825,  aged  30  yearp,  4 

montlis,  i7  days. 

88.  John  Allison*  (26),  b.  Feb.  26,  1700;  m.  Jerusha  Swett,  and,  second, 

Anna  Porter;   res.  Weathersfield,  Vt.,  .and  d.  there  July  20, 
186.3. 

89.  Samuel  Allison*  (225),  b.  Aug.  12,  1791;  res.  Paincsville,  Ohio. 

90.  Sarah  Allison  3  [32]  (Capt.  Samuel.2  Samuel  0-  She 
was  born  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  Dec.  17,  1766,  and  married 
July  5, 1795  or  1798,  Daniel  Abbot,  of  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  a 
trader,  who  was  born  in  Lyndeborough,  N.  H.,  July  31, 1769. 
He  was  a  carpenter  in  early  life,  liemoved  to  Newbury- 
port,  Mass.,  and  spent  about  five  years ;  returned  to  Peter- 
borough, winch  he  left  in  1834.  He  died  in  Westford,  Mass., 
Jan.  27, 1854,  aged  84  years,  5  months.  Mrs.  Abbot  died  in 
New  York,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  22,  1737.  She  was  a  great  reader, 
with  a  strong,  active,  and  logical  mind,  and  she  and  her  hus- 
band attended  the  Unitarian  church. 


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Jane  Abl)Ot,«  b.  Peterl)orou{;li,  X.  II.,  Sept.  30,  1800;  d.  in  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  Sept.,  1880.  She  m.  John  Scott,  of  Peterborot  ^li,  N.  H., 
Aug.  24,  1H42,  as  liis  second  wife.  (He  was  b.  Feb.  18,  1797, 
son  of  William  and  grandson  of  Willi.am  Scott,  of  Peterbor- 
ougli.)  They  removed  to  Detroit,  Mich.  He  d.  Sept.  1,  1846; 
Slie  liad  no  children. 
Sally  Allison  Abbot,*  b.  Xewburyport,  Mass., 
Riitlierford,  X.  J.,  Oct.  13,  1887.  She  m., 
son  Fletclicr,  a  grocer  in  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Mass.,  July  17,  IH.VJ.     Children: 

Sarah  Jane  Flet'clier,"  b.  Juno  11,  1831;  d.  at  Peterborough 
March  2,  18;}4. 

Mary  Louise  Fletcher,"'  b.  at  New  York,  X.  Y.,  Oct.  1."),  183.5;  m., 
Aug.,  18(Mt,  Robert  B.  Ilallock,  who  d.  in  Brooklyn,  X.  Y., 
March,  1878.     Child: 

Julian  Abbot  Ilallock,"  b.  Feb.  3,  1868,  and  is  employed  on  the  N.  Y. 
Tribune  in  tlie  city  of  New  York. 

Sarah  Allison  Fletcher,'  b.  July  20,  1841;  single;  res.  Rutherfon"., 
X.  J.;  business,  typewriter;  office,  3  Union  .square.  New  York, 
X.  Y.  She  was  a  teacher  for  eleven  years  in  Peterborougli, 
X.  II.,  Illinois,  and  Leominster,  Mass. 

Edmund  Abbot  Fletcher,"  b.  Oct.  15,  1849;  single;  res.  Rutherford, 
X.  J.,  and  is  ctvnnected  with  tlie  .V.  1'.  Tribune,  being  at  the 
head  of  the  proof-reading  department.  In  early  life  lie  was 
for  several  years  in  tlie  office  of  the  Peterborough,  X.  H., 
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Daniel  Abbot,  Jr.,*  b.  April  11,  1808;  m.,  Feb.  1.5,  1838,  Dorothy 
Evans  Cutter,  b.  Sept.  20,  1809,  and  who  d.  in  Xew  York  city 
Xov.  19,  1842.  He  was  in  the  grocery  Imsiness  in  Now  York, 
and  removed  there  about  183:1.  He  died  in  New  York  city  Xov. 
2,  18.54.  Children: 

Clara  Jane  Abbot,'  b.  June  2,  1840;  d.  Sept.  2,  1840. 

Laura  Jane  Abbot,"  b.  Nov.  7,  1842;  m.,  June  5,  1862,  Albert  Stevens, 
of  Peterborough,  X.  II.;  res.  Leominster,  Mass.    Cliild: 

Ida  Mabel  Stevens,"  b.  Aug.  17,  1866. 
John  Abbot,*  b.  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  June  24,  1810;    ni.,  Jan.  2, 
18:14,  in  Michigan,  town  of  Monroe,  Pamelia  Beach.     He  was  a 
farmer,  and  d.  there  Xov.  30,  '834,  aged  24  years,  5  months. 


95.  Jolin  Allison  4  [36](Sarauel,3Capt.  Samiiel,^  Samuel 0- 
He  was  born  in  Dunbarton,  N.  H.,  March  23,  1776,  and  died 
in  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  Aug.  13,  1864,  aged  88  years,  4 
months.  He  married  Rachel  Ladd,  of  Dunbarton,  in  1805, 
who  was  born  June  9,  1780,  and  died  Sept.  3,  1824,  aged 
44  years.  He  married,  secoml,  Abigail  Perry,  of  Rindge, 
N.  H.,  who  was  born  May  15,  1791,  and  died  at  Sioux  City, 
Iowa,  Feb.  13,  1873,  aged  81  years,  8  monthr^, 

Mr.  Allison  located  in  Peterborough,  Sept.  25, 1801,  where 
he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  lie  was  a  wood  work- 
man and  turner,  and  for  a  long  time  was  in  the  employ  of 
the  proprietors  of  the  factories  in  that  town.  As  a  man,  he 
was  honest,  upright,  and  respected. 


WILLIAM   DAVIDSON  ALLISON,   OF  BOSTON,   MASS. 


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CIIILDREX   nOBX  IX   PETERBOKOUGII,   X.  U. 

Ira  Allison,"  b.  June  11,  ISOfi;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  college;  was 
an  expert  writing-master;  m.  Catherine  Gillis,  who  w.as  b. 
Nov.  12,  1812.     lie  res.  in  state  of  New  York,  and  d.  at  Sara- 
toga Springs.     Jlrs.  Allison  res.  189(),  at  North  Argyle,  N.  Y. 
Fanny  Ladd  Allison,'  b.  March  4,  1811;  d.  Feb.  24,  1847,  aged  3.5 

years,  11  months. 
Mary  B.  Allison,"  b.  Jan.  .31,  ISl.S;  ni.  Rev.  Zebulon  Jones,  April  18, 
1843.     He  is  deceased.     Children: 

Maria  Frances  Jones,"  m. Hurlburt;  res.  New  Haven,  Vt. 

Ella  Carrie  Jones." 
Willie  Allison  Jimes." 
Frank  Irvin.;  Jones." 
Caroline  P.  Allison," 
borough,   N.  II. 


m.  Moses  Wilkins,  in  Peter- 
July  29,  18<J7,  in  Peterbor- 
Mr.  Wilkins  is  deceased,  and 


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b.  Sept.  9,  1817; 
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ough,  aged  49  years,  10  months, 
they  left  no  children. 
Abigail  Maria  Allison,"  b.  Sept.  22,  1827;  d.  Dec.  23,  1835,  aged  8 

years,  3  months. 
Elizabeth  Sarah  Allison,"  b.  July  o,  1829;  d.  Dec.  21,  1804,  aged  35 

years,  5  months. 
John  Perry  Allison,'  b.  July  28,  18;^;  m,,  M.ay  20,  18.'>8,  Lizzie  Ann 
Thing,  of  Exeter,  N.  H.     Ho  prepared  for  college  at  Phillips 
academy  in  Exeter,  and  graduated  in  18.')4,  at  Cambridge,  Mass. 
After  his  admission  to  the  bar,  he  cfunmenced  the  practice  of 
his  i)rofession  at  Sioux  City,  Iowa,  which  became  his  homo  in 
April,  1857.     Mrs.  Allison  was  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  II.,  May  8,  1833; 
res.  Sioux  City,  la.    Children: 
Fannie  Allison,"  b.  July  31,  1859;  m.,  Sept.  10,  1885,  Edward  Myron 
Ferris.     He  is  a  real  estate  ojjerator.     They  res.  at  B  >zeman, 
Montana. 
Mary  Olive  Allison,"  b.  July  2,  1861;  d.  Sept.  21,  1862,  aged  1  year,  2 

months. 
Hattic  Allison,"  b.  May  6,  1863;  res.  at  liomc. 

Mabel  Allison,"  b.  Aug.  11,  1867;  m..  May  20,  1886,  Arthur  J.  More, 
of  the  firm  of  Harwich,  Hess  <fe  More,  wholesale  druggists; 
res.  Sioux  City,  Iowa. 


103.  William  Davidson  Allison*  [37]  (Sanuiel,^  Capt. 
Samuel,^  SaraueU).  He  was  born  Dec.  29,  1777,  in  Dunbar- 
ton,  N.  H.  He  married  Amey  Adlington,  April  19,  1804, 
who  was  born  June  18,  1787,  and  was  a  daughter  of  Elisha 
and  Amey  Adlington,  of  Boston,  Mass.  He  was  a  furni- 
ture manufacturer,  and  lived  in  Castine,  Me.,  while  his 
brother  was  there.  He  removed  to  Boston,  Mass.,  living  in 
Temple  St.,  where  he  died.  He  and  his  wife  were  attendants 
of  the  Baptist  church,  of  which  she  was  a  member.  His 
death  occurred  in  1842.  His  complexion  was  light  with 
brown  hair. 

CIIILDlfEX   nORX   IX   HOSTOX,  MASS. 

104.  Amey  Allison,"  b.  March  25,  1805;  d.  July  26,  1806. 

105.  William  Francis  Allison,"  b.  Sept.  9, 1    "5;  d.  Jan.  2«»,  18:11.     He  was 

a  seaman. 

106.  Amey  Allison,"  b.  March  17,  1809:  m. Fletcher;  res.  Boston, 

Mass.    She  d.  April  12,  1860. 


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88  ELIZABETH   ALLISON,   OF    MANCHESTER,    N.    H. 

107.  David  Allison'  (2:Jfl),  b.  June  13,  1812;  d.  June  20,  1850;  m.  Mary 

Kcllc V  *  i*cs   lioHton   AlfisH 

108.  AValter  Harris  Allison'  ('242),  b.  Oct.  31,  1814;  d.  Sept.  0,  1856. 
1W».     M.  Q.  Allison,'  b.  Jan.  26,  1817;  d.  Jan.  23,  1817. 

110.  Frederick  P.  Allison,'  b.  Jan.  20,  1817;  d.  Jan.  22,  1817. 

111.  iSally  S.  Allison,"  b.  Jan.  l.'i,  1818;  d.  Jan.  17,  1818. 

112.  Mary  Allison,'  b.  July  1,  1823;  m.,  Nov.  3,  1850,  William  Warren, 

son  of  Willard  and  Catherine  (Clieney)  Warren,  of  Dedliam 
Mass.  He  was  b.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  April  30,  1824.  They 
lived  after  marriage  in  Rochester,  N.  H.  lie  carried  on  an  ex- 
tensive business  as  a  leather  manufacturer;  removed  to  Brook- 
line,  Mass.,  in  18.j5,  and  lived  there  twenty-four  years,  and 
while  tliere  sullered  many  financial  losses.     He  is  now  em- 

filoyi;  1  in  New  York,  N.  V.     Mrs.  Warren,  who  is  in  feeble 
lealth,  resides  at  11  Hanson  St.,  Boston,  Mass.     Child: 
1.     Ella  Frances  Warren,"  b.  Rochester,  N.  H.,  Sept.  12.  18.52.    She  ffrad- 
uated  from  the  Massachusetts  Homeopathic  IIosi)ital  Training 
School  for  Nurses  in  Boston,  Dec.  31,  18,S7,  and  is  now  a  pro- 
fessional nurse;  res.  11  Hanson  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

113.  Elizabeth  Allison*  [38]  (Samuel,3  Capt.  Samuel,2 
Samuel*).  She  was  born  in  Dunbarton,  N.  H.,  Aug.  3, 1780. 
She  was  a  communicant  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  Her 
complexion  was  light,  with  sandy  hair.  She  died  in  Man- 
chester, N.  H.,  where  her  married  life  was  spent,  Aug.  29, 
1850.  She  married  Daniel  Hall  (son  of  Daniel,  or  John, 
Hall  and  Jane  liarr),  of  Manchester,  N.  H.,  where  he  was 
born  April  o,  1780.  He  was  a  farmer,  lived  in  his  native 
town,  and  died  there  Aug.  8,  1853. 

CIIIMIKKX   IIOKX  IN'   MAXCHESTEK,    N.    If. 

114.  Jane  B.  Hall,' b.  Oct.  13,  180(i;  m.  Jesse  Poorc"  (Samuel,' . Joseph,* 

Samuel,''  Henry,'  John'),  of  (iortstown,  N.  11.  He  was  b.  Oct. 
Iti,  l7iM!;  farmer;  d.  May  7,  183(5,  in  GotTstown,  in  tlie  part  now 
included  in  Miuichester,  N.  H.  .\fter  his  decease,  she  m.,  sec- 
ond, Enoch  Ela,  by  whom  she  had  a  dauphter.  She  d.  July  12, 
1888,  aped  81  years,  8  montlis,  :'0  days.     Children: 

1.  Charles  Hall,"  b.  Oct.  0,  lf<33:  d.,  siuffle,  Dec.  10.  lS-)8. 

2.  Harris  Jesse  Hall,"  b.  Feb.  23,  18:!6;  m.,  .June  17,  18(!!),  Lizzie  Rogers, 

dauy;htcr  of  Josliua  Pliippens  and  Mary  EUery  (Rofjers)  Trask, 
of  Hampden,  Me.  His  married  life  ha.s  been  spent  in  Manches- 
ter. Was  a  urocer  until  1875,  then  an  undertaker;  res.  corner 
Maple  and  Hnnover  Nts. ;  d.  about  188,'>.  Widow  res.  in  Man- 
chester. Child:  Mary  Rogers  Hall,'  b.  May  11,  1872;  d.  April 
14,  1877. 

3.  Mary  Jane  Hall." 

115.  Maria  A.  IIall,«  b.  Jan.  0,  1808;  single;  res.  Manchester.  N.  H. 

116.  Daniel  Hall,"  b.  Nov.  12,  1810;  dealer  in  real  estate;  res.  Manches- 

ter, N.  H.;  d.  Dec.  28,  1871. 

117.  Harris  Allison  Hall,'  b.  Feb.  14,  1812;  res.  170  Bellevue  St.,  Boston, 

Mass.  He  went  to  Boston  in  March,  18;{2,  where  he  has  ever 
since  resided.  For  more  than  forty  years  he  did  business  in 
Faneuil  Hall  market;  retired  from  business  about  1880;  is  a 
Republican  in  politics;  an  attendant  of  the  Orthodox  Congre- 
gational church.  He  m.,  Jan.  0,  1844,  Louise  Wells,  b.  Sedg- 
wick, Me.,  April  20,  1812;  d.  Feb.  13,  1885.  Children  b.  Bos- 
ton, Mass. : 
1.    Mary  Louise  Hall,"  b.  Oct.  20,  1844;  d.  June  23,  1840. 


ANDREW   ALLISON,   OF   NORTHPOllT,   ME. 


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William  Harris  Hall,«b.  Sept.  4,  1846;  single;  res.  170  Bollevue  St., 

Cliarles  Wells  Hall','  b.  Feb.  22,  IS-jI  ;  m.,  March  21, 1877,  Lottie  How- 
land  Smith,  daughter  of  Barney  and  Betsey  (Snow)  Smith,  of 
New  Bedford,  Mass.,  where  she  was  b.  Dec.  30,  1854;  removed 
to  Boston  witli  her  parents  when  three  years  of  age.    She  and 
her  husband  were  educated  in  the  jiublic  schools  of  that  city, 
and  both  are  members  of  the  Orthodox  church.     He  is  a  com- 
mercial travel'dr;  res.  170  Bellevue  St.,  Boston,  Mass.    Chil- 
dren, b.  in  that  city:  Clara  Sumner  Hall,'  b.  Dec.  20, 1870;  Gor- 
don Hall,'  b.  July  17,  Ism. 
Louise  Clara  Hall,«  b.  July  10,  iaT4;  d.  May  17,  1857. 
,    Margaret  E.  Hall,"  b.  April  17,  1814;  m.  Varnum  Greeley,  who  died 
many  years  since.    He  was  a  grocer  in  Manchester,  X.  IL    She 
d.  there,  June  24,  1877.    Children: 
Celesta  Greeley,"  m.  Dr.  Carvelle;  res.  Manchester,  N.  H. 
Alexander  (?)  Greeley,"  res.  Manchester,  X.  IL 
,    Robert  Hall,"  b.  Sept.  15,  1810;  single;  res.  Manchester,  N.  II.     He 
was  held  in  the  highest  regard  by  his  acquaintances;  d.  March 
20   188i? 
Julia  Ann  Hall,»b.  Oct.  10, 1820;  m.  Dr.  Guilford,  of  Thornton,  N.  II. ; 
she  d.  Aug.  20,  1800.     Child: 
Robert  Guilford,"  farmer;  res.  Ilooksett,  N.  IL;  single. 

Cliarles  A.  Hall,"  b.  April  21,  1822;  m.  Susan  Webster,  of  Manches- 
ter, X.  IL,  who  is  deceased;  farmer;  resided  at  Manchester, 
X'.  II. ;  d.  June  28,  1870.    Children: 
Frederick  Hall."  res.  in  Manchester,  then  removed  to  Denver,  Col. ; 

m.,  but  his  wife  is  deceased. 
Chillies  Hall,"  d.  when  a  youth. 
W       im  Hall,"  d.  when  a  youth. 

Meiiiogor  Hall,'  b.  March' 25,  1825;  farmer;  res.  on  tlie  home  farm 
in  Manchester,  X.  II.;  ra.  Lizzie,  daughter  of  Israel  Webster 
and  sister  of  Charles  A.  IlalPs  wife.    They  were  of  Manches- 
ter.   Child: 
Kate  Hall,"  d.  young. 


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123.  Andrew  Allison*  [39]  (Saniuel,^  Capt.  Sainuel,^ 
SamiieP).  He  was  born  in  Dunbarton,  N.  H.,  Sept.  18,  1782. 
Married  Sarah  Carter  Bronson.  He  died  in  Northport,  Me., 
Feb.  12,  1822.  She  was  born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  June  15, 1789; 
died  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  May  1, 1805.  He  left  his  native  town 
when  a  young  man.  He  was  a  merchant  in  Castine,  Me.,  as 
early  as  1810,  and  there  the  most  of  his  active  life  was  spent, 
but  he  removed  to  Northport,  Mr.,  in  the  latter  part  of  his 
life.  He  and  his  wife  were  Coiigregationalists  in  their 
church  preferences  and  affiliations.  After  Mr.  Allison's 
death,  his  widow  and  family  went  to  Dunbarton,  N.  H.,  and 
lived  eight  years,  and  then  settled  in  Concord,  N.  H. 


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124.  Sara^i  Catherine  Allison,"  b.  Castine,  Mo.,  Nov.  22,  1810;  m.,  April 
0,  18:10,  Rev.  Henry  S.  Gerrish  French,  of  Boscawen,  X.  IL,  and 
went  to  Bankok,  Siam,  as  missionaries.  They  entered  tlie  mis- 
sionary work  in  18:30,  and  Mr.  French  d.  in  Siam  in  1842,  leav- 
ing a  son.  She  returned  to  the  United  states,  and  d.  in  Greeley, 


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PBEDERICK  ALLISON,   OP  CONCORD,   N.  H. 


Col.,  April  9,  1882.  She  was  a  member  of  the  North  Congrega- 
tion<al  church  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  as  well  as  her  mother,  sister, 
and  son.  Child : 
I.  Henry  Allison  French,"  b.  Bankok,  Siam,  May  10,  1841.  Came  to  the 
United  States  with  his  mother  when  three  years  of  agp.  Lived 
in  Concord,  N.  H.  He  was  a  printer,  and  worked  in  the  States- 
man and  Patriot  offices  until  1873,  when  his  health  failed;  went 
to  Greelev,  Col.,  in  the  fall  of  1873,  purchased  the  Colorado 
Sun,  published  it  for  ten  years,  and  d.  in  Greeley,  Col.,  April 
26,  1889.  Ho  m.,  in  1883,  Ellen  M.  Taylor,  of  Rutherford,  N.  J. 
She  still  lives  in  Greeley,  Col.  Children  b.  Greeley,  Col.: 
Sarah  Taylor  French,'  b.  Aug.  24, 1884;  Allison  Taylor  French,  t 
b.  Oct.  9,  1885. 

125.  Mary  Anne  Allison,"  b.  Sept.  15,  1812;  single.    She  was  a  very  suc- 

cessful school  teacher  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  and  Montreal,  Canada. 
She  was  a  literary  person,  wrote  and  published  several  works, 
was  active  in  all  benevolent  societies,  and  her  life  abounded  in 
good  works.  She  was  a  most  excellent,  estimable,  and  beauti- 
ful woman,  a  devoted  Christian,  and  considered  by  her  friends 
as  one  of  the  saints  of  tlie  earth.    She  d.  July  16,  1873. 

126.  Andrew  Allison,"  b.  Dec.  28,   1814;   was  a  painter;  single;  d.  in 

Concord,  N.  H.,  April  12,  1845. 

127.  Frederick  Allison,"  b.  Castine,  Me.,  May  11,  1817;   farmer,  book- 

binder, and  gardener;  res.  93  N.  State  St.,  Concord.  N.  H. ;  m., 
Aug.  29,  1874,  Mrs.  Hannah  Gove  (Clark)  Savory,  b.  July  18, 
1826,  in  Weare,  N.  H. ;  d.  Jan.  .30,  1882.  He  m.,  second,  July 
28,  188;i,  Miss  Jeannette  Clark,  daughter  of  Edward  Gove  and 
Mehitable  (Philbrick)  Clark,  of  Henniker,  N.  H.,  where  she 
was  b.  Feb.  3,  IMl,  and  was  a  sister  of  the  first  Mrs.  Allison. 
No  children. 

128.  Harriet  Allison,"  b.  Castine,  Me.,  Sept.  18,  1819;  d.  Northport,  Me., 

Sept.  19,  1821. 

129.  Harriet  Adaline  Allison,"  b.  Northport,  Me.,  July  12,  1822;  single. 

She  d.  in  young  womanhood,  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  Marcli  17, 
1848. 

130.  James  Allison*  [41]  (Samuel,^  Capt.  Samuel,'^  Sam- 
uel^). He  was  born  in  Dunbarton,  N.  H.,  May  24,  1784. 
He  married,  Aug.  11,  1810,  Mary,  daughter  of  George  and 
Nancy  (Fish)  Holt,  of  Andover,  Mass.,  Goffstown,  and  Dun- 
barton,  N.  H.  She  was  born  in  Andover,  July  7,  1791; 
resided  in  Andover,  Mass.,  before  marriage,  and  in  Dunbar- 
ton, N.  H.,  afterward,  where  she  died  Nov.  28,  1835,  aged  44 
years,  4  months,  21  days.  Mr.  Allison  married,  second, 
March  8, 1837,  Mary,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Molly  (Mal- 
let) Ireland,  of  Amesbury,  Mass.,  and  Dunbarton,  N.  H. 
She  was  born  in  Salem,  Mass.,  Aug.  4,  1798.  Before  mar- 
riage she  resided  in  Salem,  Mass.,  and  Dunbarton,  N.  H. 
She  died  October  29,  1870,  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  aged  72  years, 
2  months,  26  days.  Mr.  Allison  resided  in  Dunbarton  until 
1840 ;  then  in  Warner,  N.  H.,  until  1846 ;  then  in  Manches- 
ter, N.  H.,  until  1853,  and  then  in  Goffstown,  N.  H.,  until 
his  death  there,  Feb.  2,  1867,  aged  82  years,  9  months,  9 
days. 

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sonage  in  his  native  town  of  Dunbarton,  where  the  best 
years  of  his  life  were  spent.  He  for  many  years  kept  a 
country  store  near  the  meeting-house ;  and,  being  a  justice 
of  the  peace  and  post-master,  he  did  a  large  part  of  the  pub- 
lic business  of  the  town.  He  also  kept  a  hotel.  He  was 
town-clerk  from  1819  to  1823,  add  from  1825  to  1832;  select- 
man in  1822,  1828,  1825,  182G,  1830,  and  1831,  and  repre- 
sented Dunbarton  in  the  legislature  in  1827  and  1828.  His 
home  was  a  hospitable  one.  His  memory  was  very  retentive ; 
his  views  were  clear,  and  forcibly  expressed ;  his  mind  was 
strong,  as  were  his  prejudices.  He  early  espoused  the  tem- 
perance and  anti-slavery  causes,  and  upon  the  formation  of 
the  Republican  party  he  forsook  the  Free  Soil  party  and 
allied  himself  with  its  succeeding,  and  the  successful,  party  of 
freedom,  to  which  he  ever  after  adhered.  He  was  an  attend- 
ant of  the  Congregational  church. 


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131.  Mar  '  Ann  Allison,'  b.  Salem,  Mass.,  Sept.  7,  1811;  res.  Dunbarton* 

'N.  H.,  where  she  d.  May  23,  1828. 

132.  Caroline  Brown  Allison"  (249),  b.  Aug.  27,  181.3;  m.,  Nov.  12,  1840, 

Jonathan  L.  Allen;  res.  Hopkinton,  N.  U.  She  died  there 
Aug.  24,  1803. 

133.  James  Madison  Allison,'  b.  Nov.  9,  1814;  was  a  merchant  in  Bos- 

ton, Mass.,  where  he  d.  single,  Sept.  30,  1875.  aged  60  years,  10 
months,  21  davs. 

134.  William  Henry  Allison"  (2o2),  b.  Sept.  18,  1816;  m.,  Sept.  8,  1841, 

•Mary  Amelia  Brown;  res.  Concord,  N.  II.,  and  d.  there  May  15, 
1887. 

135.  John  Allison"  (257),  b.  June  26,  1818;  m.,  May  10,  1845,  Sarah  Jane 

Richards;  res.  Boston,  Mass.,  and  d.  there  May  20,  1865. 

136.  Lavinia  Holt  Allison "  (260),  b.  Jan.  1.'),  1820;  m.,  Jan.  7,  1841,  John 

L.  Weeks;  res.  Hopkinton,  N.  H.  In  1890  she  x'es.  in  Cam- 
bridge, Mass. 

137.  Margaret  Jane  Allison,"  b.  Dec.  8,  1821.    She  was  a  teacher  for 

many  years  in  the  public  schools  of  Manchester,  N.  H.,  New 
Haven,  Conn.,  and  Boston,  Miiss.  She  was  an  excellent  teacher, 
and  a  good  elocutionist.  She  d.  of  typhoid  fever,  in  Stone- 
ham,  Mass.,  Oct.  5,  1876. 

138.  Andrew  Allison"  (202),  b.  March  12,  1824;  m.,  Feb.  2,  1858,  Martha 

Tozier;  res.  Wincliester,  Mass. 

139.  Elizabeth  Hall  Allison"  (269),  b.  March  24,  1825;   m.,  Sept.  .30,  1874, 

Rev.  Cyrus  Washington  Wallace;  res.  Manchester.  N.  H. 

140.  Sarah  Evans  Allison,"  b.  Nov.  Vi,  1827;  d.  in  Warner,  N.  H.,  July 

27,  1842,  aged  14  years,  8  months,  14  days. 

141.  Mary  Ann  Damon  Allison,"  b.  Jan.  1, 1830;  a  teacher  in  the  public 

schools  of  Manchester,  N.  H.,  for  several  years;  res.  Manches- 
ter, N.  H. 

142.  Ignatius  Allison,"  b.  June  20,  1832;  m.,  Sept.  15,  18o0,  Mrs.  Eliza 

Ann  McNaughten,  who  d.  Sept.  7,  1890.  He  was  a  painter  in 
the  shops  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railway  Co.  for  several  years; 
res,  Manchester,  N.  H.,  in  1892;  no  children. 


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143.  Franklin  Allison,*  b.  July  3,  1833.    He  was  a  merchant;  rea.  Bos- 

ton, Mass.;  d.  in  New  York,  N.  Y.,  Dec,  29,  1881,  aged  46 
years,  5  months,  26  days.  He  m.  Elizabeth  Favor,  who  is 
deceased;  no  children. 

144.  Susan  Dickenson  Allison,'  b.  July  31,  1838;  d.  in  Warner,  N.  H., 

March  1,  1842,  aijed  3  years,  7  months,  1  day. 

145.  George  Augustus  Allison"  (269  A),  b.  Sei>t.  14,   1843,  in  Warner, 

N.  H.;  m.,  Nov.  12,  1864,  Julia  Powers;  res.  Cambridge,  Mass. 

146.  David  Clinton  Allison*  [43]  (Sarauel,^  Capt.  Sam- 
uel,'* SamueU).  He  was  born  in  Dunbarton,  N.  H.,  April  27, 
1787;  married,  Aug.  24,  1810,  Mary  Jackson  Bronson,  who 
was  born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Feb.  8,  1891,  and  was  a  sister  of 
Mrs.  Andrew  Allison.     She  died  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  June  10, 

1842.  Mr.  Allison  was  a  hatter ;  he  learned  his  trade  in 
Charlestown,  Mass.  For  a  time  he  lived  in  Castine,  Me.,  but 
returned  to  his  native  state,  and  lived  in  Concord,  where  he 
died  July  1,  1851,  and  is  buried  there.  He  was  a  person  of 
great  excellence  of  character.     He  married,  second,  about 

1843,  Mrs.  Rider,  who  died  July,  1892,  in  Dunbarton,  N.  H. 


CUILDJIEN. 

147.  David  Barr  .*  llison,"  b.  Salem,  Mass.,  April  8,  1813.    He  was  a 

printer,  and  carried  on  business  at  Sanborntou  Square,  Laconia, 
and  Concord,  X.  H.;  m.  Pauline  Moulton  Lane,  daughter  of 
Joseph  II.  Lane,  of  San  born  ton,  N.  H.,  who  was  b.  Feb.  28, 
1822;  d.  1850,  aged  28  years.  He  m.,  second,  Mrs.  Elvira  Tracy, 
in  Claremont,  N.  H.,  1851.  He  was  a  man  of  line  character. 
His  death  occurred  at  Bath,  Me.,  July  10,  1860,  aged  53  years, 
3  months.  Child: 
I.  Clara  Elvira  Allison,"  b.  Concord,  N.  H.,  Aug.  15,  18.54;  m.,  Jan.  15, 
1871,  Benjamin  Kimball  Chase;  farmer;  res.  Cornish,  N.  H. 
Child,  b.  Cornish,  X.  H.,  Everett  Kimball  Chase,' b.  June  29, 
1889. 

148.  Mary  Bronson  Allison,'  b.  Salem,  Mivss.,  Aug.  16,  1814.    Much  of 

her  life  was  spent  in  Concord,  X.  H. ;  res.  (1890)  Norwood 
Park,  111.;  single. 

149.  Sarah  Ann  Allison,"  b.  Peterborough,  N.  II.,  July  24, 1810;  m.,  Feb. 

1.5,  1843,  William  Thayer;  res.  Manchester,  X.  II.  She  d.  in 
Peterborough,  N.  H.,  June  18,  1840,  aged  29  years,  10  months, 
24  days;  no  children. 
160.  Eliza  Jane  Allison,"  b.  Peterborough,  N.  11.,  March  13,  1818;  m., 
Dec.  31,  1840,  Xewell  Abbott  Foster,  of  Portland,  Mo.,  where 
she  d.  June  18,  1854.     He  was  a  publisher.     Children: 

I.  Leroy  Allison  Foster,"  b.  Portland,  Me.,  March  15,  1843;  d.  at  Den- 

ver, Col.,  March  29,  1882.  He  was  a  publisher.  He  m.,  Aug. 
25,  1874,  Emma  S.  Eastman,  at  Worcester,  Mass.  Children: 
Clifford  Eastman  Foster,'  b.  Aug.  29,  1877.  Cornelia  Chase 
Foster,'  b.  May  5,  1879. 

II.  Adelaide  Eliza  Foster,"  b.  Portland,  Me.,  Jan.  16,  1853;  m,  Austin 

Brainard,  Oct.  23,  1880;  res.  Hartford,  Conn.,  15  Kenyon  St. 
Child:  Helen  Allison  Brainard,'  b.  Dec.  5, 1889. 
151.  Henrietta  White  Allison,"  b.  Concord,  N.  H.,  Jan.  24,  1820;  m., 
Jan.  14,  1846,  Rollin  Fletcher,  at  Portland,  Me.,  where  they 
resided.  He  was  a  tailor,  and  d.  at  Morris,  111.,  May  3,  1885. 
Mrs.  Fletcher  lives  (1892)  at  Morris.    Children: 


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I.  Eugene  Bronson  Fletcher,"  b.  Portland,  Me.,  April  28,  1847;  m.,  at 

Circleville,  C,  Nov.  29,  18«»9,  Mary  Rebecca  Harris.  Chil- 
dren: Lucy  H.arris  Fletcher,'  b.  Jan.  .5,  1871;  d.  Jan.  18,  1871. 
Inez  Blanchard  Fletcher,'  b.  Ashland,  Ky.,  Julv  8,  1873.  Will- 
iam Condit  Fletcher,'  b.  Morris,  111.,  Dec.  1,  1875. 

II.  Sarah  Elizabeth  Fletcher,'  b.  Portland,  Me.,  Jan.  lit,  1841):  d.  Aug. 

18,  18.-)1. 

152.  Henry  Alexander  AlUson,"  b.  Concord,   N.  II.,  Sept.  30,  1822:  d. 

there  June,  1824. 

153.  George  Allison"  (270),  b.  Concoid,  N.  H.,  July  30,  1824;  m.  Esther 

Noyes;  res.  Merrimacport,  Mass.;  d.  Feb.  5,  1807. 

154.  Francis  Augustus  Allison,"  b.  Concord,  Ji.  H.,  Sept.  Ifi,  1820;  m., 

Dec.  31,  185.5,  at  Circleville,  C,  J.  G.  Mclntire.  She  d.  April 
0,  1850. 

155.  Ilcnry  Allison"  (281),  b.  Concord,  N.  H.,  Nov.  7,  1828;  m..  Nov.  21, 

1851,  Mary  L.  Gallishun;  m.,  second,  Mary  Garbet;  res. 
Aurora,  111. 

156.  Emcline  Allison,'  b.  Concord,  N.  II.,  April  21,  1^32;  m.,  in  Strat- 

ham,  N.  H.,  July  2,  1857,  Charles  Edwin  Gilman.  He  is  a 
blacksmith  and  farmer;  was  b.  in  Exeter,  N.  H.,  May  10,  18,30. 
They  lived  in  Merrimacport,  Mass. ;  went  to  Wheeling,  West 
Va..  in  the  fall  of  1800,  to  Illinois  in  1801,  and  to  Kansas  in  the 
spring  of  1875.  He  d.  Aug.  1,  18,S7.  He  was  a  son  of  Abijah 
and  Harriet  (Burley)  Gilman,  of  Exeter,  N.  II.;  res.  Pittsburg, 
Kan.  Child: 
I.  Mary  Ellen  Gilman,"  b.  July  13,  1803,  near  Orange,  Iroquois  Co.,  111. 
She  is  a  physician;  res.  Pittsburg,  Kan.,  in  January.  18{tl. 

157.  Ellen  Maria  Allison,"  b.  July  10,  18;}4;  m..  May  22,  18(iO,  Dr.  Asa  F. 

Pettee,  and  d.  March  16,  1803.    He  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

158.  Margaret  Barr  Allison*  [43]  (Samuel,^  Capt.  Sam- 
uel,2  Samuel^).  She  was  born  in  Dunbarton,  N.  H.,  in 
1789;  died  Sept.  25,1823.  She  married  Samuel  Evans,  of 
Peterborough,  N.  H.,  son  of  Asa  and  Dorothy  (Bass)  Evans, 
of  that  town.  He  was  born  May  2,  1786 ;  died  in  Hopkin- 
ton,  N.  H.,  Jan.  27,  1868,  aged  81  years,  8  months,  25  days. 
Mrs.  Evans  died  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  Sept.  23,  1823,  leaving 
three  children.  Mr.  Evans  married,  second,  Sarah  Chase, 
November,  1824,  who  was  a  devoted  mother  to  the  mother- 
less children.  She  died  Aug.  28,  1888 ;  no  children  by 
second  marriage. 

CHILDREN. 

150.     Samuel  Evans,  Jr.,"  b.  October,  1811;  d.  Feb.  27,  1884,  in  Nashua, 
N.  H.,  aged  72  years,  4  months. 

160.  Andrew  Allison  Evans,"  b.  Sept.  5,  1815;  d.  May  31,  18as,  in  Brook- 

line,  Mass.,  aged  72  years,  8  months,  26  days.  He  m.  Agnes 
Kelt,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  Sept.  15,  '845,  who  d.  February,  1853. 
He  ra.  second,  November,  1802,  Eliza  Estabrook,  who  survives 
him;  no  children. 

161.  Susan  Carlton  Evans,"  b.  Sept.  10,  1817;  m.,  April,  1851,  John  M. 

Kelt;  res.  Concord,  N.  H.  He  left  for  California  in  S'ovember, 
1854,  and  she  never  heard  from  him  after  a  year's  time.  In 
18.58  she  was  divorced,  and  resumed  her  maiden  name. 

162.  Walter  Harris  Allison*  [45]  (Samuel,^  Capt.  Sam- 
uel,2  Samuel^).     He  was  born  in  Dunbarton,  N.  H.,  Dec. 


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30,  1792 ;  married,  Sept.  26,  1817,  Anna,  daughter  of  John 
and  Annie  (Hamilton)  Allen,  of  Brookfield,  Mass.,  where 
she  was  born  Jan.  13,  1793.  She  died  in  Boston,  Mass., 
Aug.  28, 1868,  aged  75  years,  7  months.  She  was  living  with 
her  married  daughter,  Mrs.  Lamb.  Mr.  Allison  was  a  hatter ; 
learned  his  trade  in  Charlestown,  Mass. ;  went  to  Brookfield, 
Mass.,  in  1817,  and  there  he  made  his  home  for  thirty-two 
years ;  removed  to  Boston,  Mass.,  where  he  was  killed  by  the 
bursting  of  a  boiler,*  dying  in  the  Massachusetts  General 
Hospital  June  13,  1854.  He  and  his  wife  were  members  of 
the  Orthodox  Congregational  church. 


CIIII.DItEN   BOHN   IN  lUtOOK FIELD,    MASS. 


Walter  Edwin  Allison,"  b.  Nov.  27,  1818:  d.  March  4,  1819. 

Sarah  Stono  Allison,"  b.  Mtvrch  29,  1821;  m.,  Oct.  1,  184.3,  Charles 
Clmrchill  Lamb,  lie  was  b.  in  Pliillipston,  Mass.,  April  23, 
180H,  and  is  son  of  Jonas  and  Hannah  (Sawyer)  Lamb,  of 
Phillipstcm,  and  grandson  of  Israel  and  Lucy  (Wheeler)  Lamb, 
of  Teinploton,  Mass.  Mr.  liamb  was  a  book-keeper  for  more 
tlian  lifty  years,  and  retired  Oct.  1,  1880;  res.  No.  12.j  Warren 
Ave.,  Hoston,  Mass.     Children,  b.  Boston,  Mass.: 

I.  Sarah  Anna  Lamb,'  b.  Aup.  7,  184-1;  m.,  iN'ov.  19,  1872,  Charles  Fred- 

erick Wise,  of  Hoston,  Mass.,  b.  October,  1844;  clerk  with 
Devoe  &  Co.,  paints  and  oils,  New  York  city;  res.  No,  820 
Union  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y,  Child:  Lester  Drummond  Wise,' 
b.  Oct.  8,  1879. 

II.  Charles  Allison  Lamb,'  b.  Dec.  30, 1840;  m.,  Sept.  17,  1874,  Martha  L., 

dan.  of  Joel  Pike,  of  Boston,  Mass.  She  was  b.  Dec.  2.5,  1848, 
in  Pliiladelphia,  Penn.,  but  lived  in  Boston  after  her  twelfth 
year.  He  is  general  manager  of  the  National  Tube  Works, 
corner  of  Clinton  St.,  Cliicago,  111,;  res.  No,  497  West  J.ackson 
St.,  Cliicago,  111.  Cliildren:  Charles  Holmes  Lamb,'  b.  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.,  Sept.  7,  1870.  Mabel  How.ard  Lamb,'  b.  Boston, 
Mass.,  Sept.  20,  1877. 

III.  Edward  Wlieeler  Lamb,"  b.  Nov.  23,  1849;  d.  March  14,  1850. 

IV.  Frank  Hooker  Lamb,"  b.  Sept.  2,  18.")1;  res.  No.  49.5  West  Jackson 

St.,  Chicago,  111.  He  is  a  book-keeper  and  cashier  of  the 
Nation.al  Tube  Works,  corner  of  Clinton  St.,  Cliicago.  He  m., 
June  9,  1879,  Clara  Jane,  diui.  of  William  and  Jane  (Allen) 
Dane,  of  West  Brooklield,  Mass.,  where  she  was  b.  in  1853. 
Child,  b.  Chicago,  111.:  Koy  Dane  Lamb,'  b.  July,  1882;  d. 
July,  1882. 

V.  Nellie  Florence  Lamb,"  b.  Nov.  13,  1859;  res.  No.  125  Warren  Ave., 

Boston,  Mass. 
165.  Walter  Harris  Allison,"  b.  May  15,  1832;  single;  was  a  soldier  from 
Chicago,  in  an  Illinois  regiment,  and  served  during  the  war; 
was  disabled  in  tlie  service,  and  never  recovered;  is  in  the 
Soldier's  Home,  Clielsea,  Mass.  Before  his  enlistment  he  was 
in  "Long  John  Wentwortli's"  printing  office  for  nine  yea^s. 

166.  JohnStinson*  [50]  (Janet  Allison,^  Capt.  Samuel,^ 
Samuel  ^).  He  was  born  in  Dunbarton,  N.  H.,  Nov.  13, 1789 ; 
died  Aug.  13,  1875.  He  married,  Feb.  18,  1819,  Betsey, 
daughter  of  David  and  Mary  (Stark)  Stinson,  of  New  Bos- 


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ton,  N.  H.,  and  his  third  cousin.  He  resided  on  the  home 
farm  in  Diinbnrton  ;  was  appointed  a  colonel  in  the  militia 
in  1820,  and  often  filled  offices  of  trust  in  his  native  town. 
He  was  town  clerk  in  1824, 1833-44;  selectman  in  1846  and 
1847 ;  was  appointed  justice  of  the  peace  in  1830.  He  was 
an  intellij;ent  and  public  spirited  man. 

CIIILUHKN   IJOUN   IX   OUNBAKTcrf,    N.    U. 

167.  Mary  Jane  Stinson,"  b.  Feb.  11,  1S20;  m..  IS.'),  David  Story,  and  d. 

in  Diinbarton,  X.  11.,  ISol.  He  is  a  fs^mur,  and  rea.  Dunbar- 
ton,  \.  II.    Children: 

I.  Mary  Louise  Story,"  d.  younjr. 

II.  Warren  Storv,*  b.  July,   1854;  res.  San  Bernardino,  county  of  San 

IJernardino,  C'al.;  one  cliild. 

168.  Nancy  Chase  Stinson,'  1).  April !{,  1826;  m.,  18.'>7,  David  Story,  who 

had  previously  married  her  sister,  and  d.  IMtl'),  leaving  one  son. 

I.  Lafayette  Story,"  b.  July,  18(}.");  res.  Nashua,  N.  II.,  near  Hollis  line. 

Hem.  Frances  Helena  Ilyder;  no  children;  farmer. 
David  Story  m.,  third,  his  cousin,  Sarah  Ann  Stinson.     Children: 

II.  David  Story,"  b.  1871. 

III.  Charles  Frederick  Story,"  b.  1877. 

169.  John  Chase  Stinson,"  b.  Sept.  4,  1^34;  m..  May  2,  1867,  Alice  Beaty 

Cofjhill,  at  Gloucester  City,  N.  J.;  in  1S.">5  removed  to  Cliico- 
pee,  Mass.,  and  lived  two  years;  removed  to  (iloucester  City, 
N.  J.,  April  1."},  1807,  and  has  been  in  coal,  lumber,  and  hara- 
warc  business  over  since  that  time;  a  Democrat  in  politics;  an 
Episcopalian;  was  five  years  a  freeholder,  for  fourteen  years 
a  member  of  the  board  of  education,  and  has  been  superin- 
tendent if  city  schools  since  1885.     Children: 

I.  Abbie  E.  Stinson,"  b.  Nov.  7,  186». 

II.  Charles  Albert  Stinsfm,"  b.  Dec,  1871;  d.  July  4,  1872. 

III.  Marv  Stinson,"  b.  June,  1873;  d.  August,  187:5. 

IV.  Ellen  Aufjusta  Stinson,"  b.  April  22,  1875. 

V.  Henry  Chaso  Stinson,"  b.  Aug.,  1877;  d.  Sept.,  1877. 


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170.  Archibald  Stinson*  [51]  (Janet  Allison,^  Capt. 
Samuel,^  Samuel*).  He  was  born  in  Dunburton,  N.  H., 
March  14,  1791.  While  in  his  young  manhood,  in  1817, 
he  v.'^ent  to  Hammond,  St.  Lawrence  county,  N.  Y.,  where 
he  was  a  school  teacher.  He  married,  in  1819,  Sally  Bar- 
ker, daughter  of  Jeduthan  (of  Connecticut)  and  Lucy  A. 
(Pond)  Barker,  of  Vergennes,  Vt.,  born  at  Ogdensburg, 
N.  Y.,  Feb.  28  1802.  He  owned  a  small  farm  where  he 
lived  till  about  1840,  when  he  sold  it  and  removed  to  Rossie, 
St.  Lawrence  county,  N.  Y.,  where  he  lived  for  twenty  years, 
when  he  removed  to  the  beautiful  village  of  Gouverneur,  St. 
Lawrence  county,  N.  Y.  He  attained  a  competence,  was  an 
attendant  of  the  Episcopal  church,  and  a  Democrat  in  his 
politics.  He  died  of  small-pox,  Jan.  24,  1872.  He  was  a 
soldier  of  the  1812-15  war.  Mrs.  Stinson  was  a  member  of 
the  Episcopal  church,  and  after  the  death  of  her  husband 
lived  with  her  daughters.    She  was  a  strong-minded,  ener- 


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getic  woman,  and  died  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Stone,  in 
Theresa,  Jefferson  county,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  3,  1882,  and  was 
buried  with  her  husband  at  Gouverneur,  N.  Y. 


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Janet  Eliza  .Stinson,"  (28.'))  b.  March  2,  1820;  m.  Feb.  2ft,  1840,  Loren 
.Stone;  res.  Theresa,  .leflforson  county,  X.  Y. 

Mary  Stinson,"  h.  .Fane  3,  1822;  m.  Feb.  '2!i,  -John  Wright;  res.  Can- 
ton, N.  v.;  (1.  Aug.  29,  1873.     Cliildren: 
Luther  L.  Wrlfjlit,"  b.  1855;  m.  Nellie  CorninR,  April  21,  1881.    Chil- 
dren:    Annie  Corning  Wright,'   b.   April    24,    1882;    Luther 
McVichie  Wright,'  b.  Feb.  4,  lOlK). 
Lucy  L.  Wright,"  d.  Dec.  t(,  I8(K{. 

Kate  Eniogene  Wright,"  b.  March  2, 18.'>1);  d.  June  8,  1887  ;  m.  Jortcpli 
Polacheck,  June  17,  1885.  Child:  Kate  Wright  Polacheck,»  b. 
June  8.  188»i. 

John  Wright,  Jr.,"  d.  Dec.  14,  186:]. 
Morris  Wright,'  b.  18«(J ;  m.  Susie  L.  Chappelle,  Oct.  25,  188S. 

Harry  Wright,"  b.  18((8. 

Lucy  Stinson,'  d.  in  infancy, 

Eleanor  Hoag  .Stinson"  (2it3)  b.  June  25,  182.'>;  m.  Dec.  21,  1853, 
Thomas  Miller ;  res.  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

Lucy  Pond  Stin.son.»  b.  June  13,  1827;  m.  Feb.  11,  1852,  Thomas 
Ormiston;  res.  Kclseyville,  Cal.  He  d.  April  .'>,  i88i>.  Children: 
Sarah  Blanche  Ormiston,'  m.  Dec.  3,  1873,  John  Orittitts ;  res.  Kelsey- 
ville.  Cal.  Children:  Lucy  Rebecca  GrifHtts,'  b.  Nov.  13,  1874; 
Jessie  Esther  (iriftitts,'  b.  March  30,  1877;  Edward  Stinson 
(iriftitts,'  b.  April  li),  187i);  Maud  Melendy  Griffitts,'  b.  Oct. 
4,  1883;  Loren  Keithly  Griftitts,'  b.  July  20,  1888. 
II.  Ann  Eliza  Ormiston,"  b.  Jan.  31,  1802;  m.  D.  H.  Kirk,  of  Yuba 
county,  Cal.,  Dec.  26,  1882.  Children:  Hazel  Thomas  Kirk,'  b. 
Oct.  11,  188;^,;  Harvey  Daniel  Kirk,'  b.  Oct.  11,  1883;  Willie 
Archibahl  Kirk,' b.  May  10,  iaH(J;  George  Augustus  Kirk,' b. 
Feb.  2,  188»;  Blanche  T.  Kirk.'  b.  Jan.  19,  1891. 

Jettie  Stinson  Ormiston,"  b.  Oct.  11,  1867 ;  student  at  a  medical  col- 
lege, San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Archie  McGregor  Ormiston,'  b.  May  28,  1870;  is  pursuing  a  collegi- 
ate course  .at  Oakland,  Cal. 

Esther  Blake  Stinson,"  b.  Oct.  1,  18.30;  m.  Dec.  28,  1864,  William  N. 
Buck ;  res.  Waukegan,  Wis.    Children : 
Dora  Buck." 
Hershel  W.  Buck." 

Uptella  Amanda  Buck." 

Sylvanus  Barker  Stinson,' b.  April  8,  1833;  m.  Dec.  2,  1802,  Mary 

Ann  Rogers ;  res.  Gouverneur,  N.  Y.    They  are  members  of  tho 

Presbyterian  church.    He  is  a  Democrat  in  politics.    Children: 

Frank  Archibald  Stinson,"  b  Jan.  1,  1805;  is  a  merchant  tailor;  res. 

Gouverneur,  N.  Y. 
Henry  S.  Stinson,"  b.  March  22,  1867 ;  d.  Jan.  20,  1889. 

Clarence  L.  Stinson,"  b.  July  10,  1809;  shipping  clerk  in  marble 
works ;  res.  Gouverneur,  N.  Y. 

IV.  Lena  B.  Stinson,"  b,  April  7,  1872. 

V.  Roger  B.  Stinson,"  b.  April  13,  1875. 

VI.  Glenn  E.  Stinson,"  b.  July  19,  1878, 

VII.  Lynn  M.  Stinson,"  b.  Jan.  12,  1882. 

178.    Sarah  Elizabeth  Stinson,"  b.  Feb.  19,  1836;   teacher;  single;  res. 
Lakeport,  Cal. 


III. 
IV. 

170. 


I. 
II. 

in. 

177. 


II. 
Ill 


JAMES   8TIN80N,   OF   HARBOUIl   CREEK,    PESN. 


97 


170.     Louise  Antoiiu'ttc  Stinsnn."  1».   M:\vvh  22,  IKW;  in.  Feb.  i:l,  IS.'.O, 
({I'DiKc  (lark;   n-n.   SpiiiiKfU'Id,  Olilo.    .Slio  <1.   July  rt,   1S7S. 
He  iH  iloct'i>,.s('(l,  haviii;,'  d.  Stq)t.  U\,  IHTX     CliiM: 
I.     MadKo  M.  Cliirk,"  h.  May  l(».   \Ml ;  ui.  April  (I,   1W2,  Rev.  Fred  P. 
iSutlierlauii,  of  Wliito  IMiiinH,  N.  Y.     Tlu«y  arn  missionaries; 
res.  .SayniUiK,  Murinili,  India,     (hiidri'n:  Clark  Stinson  .Suth- 
erland'; Elinoie  Miller  Sutliiiland.' 
180.    Emo^ene  Maligna  Stinson.'  h.  Kossie.  \.  Y.,  Oct.  IX,  1»10;  m.  Oct. 
8,  IS<M»,  ('larenco  E.  Dickinson.    He  Is  a  drunpist,  a  Hepubliran, 
and  city  clerk  ;  res.  New  I^onilon,  Wis.    Children: 
Clarke  Jones  Dickinson."  h.  Oct.  7.  1S(S7;  d.  Auff.  2:J,  187J». 
Archie  .Stinson  Dickinson,"  h.  Nov.  24,  1S»W;  d.  Sept.  }>,  IStJft. 
Louise  Dickinson."  h.  April  H»,  IS"*);  d.  Oct.  H.  1870. 
Arnold  Ilavden  Dickinson,"!).  Oct.  m,  1871;  d.  Sept.  2,  1870. 
Koy  Vene  Dickinson,"  h.  Dec.  21,  187o. 
Alice  Mav  Dickinson."  h.  May  29.  1877. 
Baby  Dickinson,"  h.  June  I'.t,  lS7i»;  d.  Sept.  2,  1870. 


I. 

II. 

III. 

IV. 

V. 

VI. 

vn. 


VIII.  Harrv  Jcdin  Dickinson,"  b.  July  :5I,  1881. 

IX.  Claire  Uogers  Dickinson,"  h.  Dec.  l»l,  1882. 

X.  Einogene  Susie  DickinsoD,'  b.  Nov.  lit,  188.'>. 

181.  James  Stinson*  [52]  (Janet  Allison,^  Capt.  Samuel,^ 
Samuel  ^).  He  was  born  in  Dunbarton,  N.  H.,  Nov.  6,  1794 ; 
married  Jan.  25,  1818,  Melissa,  (laughter  of  Abner  Curtis, 
born  in  the  state  of  New  York,  Oct.  29,  1800,  resided  North 
East,  Penn.,  and  died  Jan.  7,  1832,  at  Harbour  Creek,  Penn. 
He  married,  second,  March  31,  1835,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Dorcas  Bell  (Taylor)  Greenwood,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Joseph  Greenwood,  born  in  England,  and  resid- 
ing in  Philadelphia.  She  was  born  in  Paxton,  Dauphin 
county,  Penn.,  Feb.  6,  1797,  and  died  in  Harbour  Creek, 
Penn.,  Nov.  3,  1878.  He  was  a  carpenter,  and  resided  in 
North  East,  Penn.,  from  1816  to  1819,  and  from  the  latter 
date  to  his  death,  April  29, 1845,  in  Harbour  Creek,  Penn. 


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CHILDREN  BORN  IN  IIARBOCR  CREEK,  PENN.,  EXCEPT  THE  ELDEST. 


182.  William  Stark  Stinson,"  b.  North  East,  Penn.,  Feb.  27,  1819;  Demo- 

crat; attends  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  with  his  sisters  res. 
on  the  old  homestead  in  Harbour  Creek,  Penn. ;  was  in  b::sines» 
for  some  years  as  a  farmer  and  blacksmith,  but  is  now  retired ; 
single. 

183.  Erattus  Sheldon  Stinson,"  b.  Harbour  Creek,  Penn.,  Feb.  .*),  1822 :  m. 

Dec.  19,  18.')4,  Ann  Walker  Carpenter;  res.  Dartford,  Wis., 
where  d,  Dec.  21,  I860.    Children: 

I.    Frank  Stinson,"  b.  Nov.  14,  IS.')."). 

IL  Clara  Stinson,"  b.  June  8,  18.58 ;  m.  Bert  Morris,  Dec.  17,  1879.  Chil- 
dren: Julia  Ward  Morris,'  b.  June  28,  1881;  Harold  Leigh 
Morris,'  b.  Aug.  29,  1883 ;  Earl  Morris,'  b.  April  IB,  1889. 

184.  Mary  Jane  Stinson,"  b.  Oct.  18,  1824;  res.  Harbour  Creek,  Penn., 

where  she  died  June  29,  1846. 

185.  Jeremiah  Page  Stinson,"  b.  Oct.  9,  1827;   m.  Dec.  2,  18.")7,  Irene 

Whitney,  b.  Nov.  17,  1831.    He  is  a  carpenter,  and  res.  West- 
field,  Wis.    Children: 
I,    Charilla  Stinson,"  b.  Sept.  6,  1858 ;  d.  Oct.  12,  1864. 

7 


Ill, 

186, 


98    JEREMIAH   PAGE  STINSON,   OF  SMITH'S  FALLS,   CAN. 


Mary  E.  Stinson,'  b.  April  18,  1865;  iti.  April  8,  1889,  George  W. 

(loberts. 
Clara  Stinson,"  b.  Aug.  16,  1869. 
Charilla  Twitclicll  Stinson,"  b.  Feb,  17,  1831 ;  res.  on  the  homestead 

at  Harbour  Creek,  Penn. 
Sarali  Elizabeth  Stinson,"  b.  Feb.  24,  18:30.    She  is  post-mistress, 

and  res.  on  the  liomestead  at  Harbour  Creek,  Penn. 
Joseph  Greenwood  Stinson,"  b.  May  24,   ISiW;   m    June  9,  1868, 
Catherine  Tupper.  He  is  a  mechanic,  and  res.  Harbour  Creek, 
Penn.     Children: 
L    Marv  G.  Stinson,"  b.  Oct.  25,  1869. 
II.     AllJert  F.  Stinson,"  b.  June  23,  1871. 

Margaret  Stinson,"  b.  March  5,  1875 ;  d.  Jan.  9,  1885. 
James  Stinson,"  b.  June  19,  1878. 
Fred  A.  Stinson,"  '•    T-dy  13,  1879. 
Ethel  U.  Stinson,"  b.  Aug.  20,  1885. 

189.  Jeremiah  Page  Stinson*  [53]  (Janet  Allison,^  Capt. 
Samuel,^  SamueP).  He  was  born  in  Dunbarton,  N.  H., 
Jul}'  20,  1798,  and  died  Sept.  5,  1827.  lie  was  a  carpenter 
and  house  builder.  He  married  Nancy  Clark,  who  was  born 
in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  Oct.  29, 179''.  They  resided  in  Hue- 
vel,  seven  miles  from  and  in  Ogdensburg,  N.  Y.,  in  1823, 
with  Archibald  his  brother,  and  in  Pictou,  and  Smith's 
Falls,  Ontario,  Canada.  She  died  in  the  latter  place,  Dec. 
19, 1884,  in  her  89th  year. 


CHII-r>BEN  BOUN  IN  OODENSBURO,    N.    Y. 

190.  Helen  JIar  Stinson,"  m.  Abraham  Edwin  Dixon,  a  civil  engineer; 
no  childre'i. 

191.  Janettc  Clark  Stinson,"  m.,  in  1858,  James  Trussel  Frost,  a  foundry 
man  or  manufacturer.  She  d.  Feb.,  18(')o;  res.  Smith's  Falls, 
Ontario,  Canada.     Children: 

I.  Helen  Elvira  Fr()s^^,"b.  Feb.  18,1859;  m.  George  Frederick  McKin- 
non,  Jan.  :>0,  1889.  Cliild:  Charles  Harvard  McKinnon,'  b. 
Feb.  14,  1S90. 

II.  Caroline  Lydir,  Frost,"  b.  Jan.  15,  1861. 

III.  James  Edwin  Frost,"  b.  July  15,  1863;  res.  Smith's  Falls,  Ontario. 

192.  Ebenezer  Allison*  [56]  (Andrew,^  Capt.  Samuel,^ 
SamueP).  He  was  born  in  Dunbarton,  N.  H.,  March  18, 
1789;  married,  in  1816,  Phebe  Phelps;  carpenter  and  farmer. 
He  resided  at  Brownsville,  N.  Y.  Mrs.  Allison  was  born 
March  16,  1797,  and  died  Feb.  14,  1880.  He  died  April  23, 
1871. 

CHILDBEN  BORN   IN   LIMERICK,  N.  Y. 

193.  Sally  Allison,"  b.  July  1,  1817;  m.  Lloyd  Sanford;  res.  Limerick, 
Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y.    She  d.  in  Brownville,  N.  Y. 

194.  Samuel  Allison,"  b.  Nov.  22,  1818;  drowned  at  Limerick,  N.  Y.. 
Sept.  6,  1826. 


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ELI  ALLISON,   OF  DUBLIN,   N.   H. 


99 


193.    Polly  Allison,'  (310).  b.  Jan.  11,   1820,  at  Brownville,  N.  Y.;   m. 

Henry  Gibbs.  who  d.  Oct.  30,  1890.     She  d.  Sept.  3,  1890;  res. 

Peliituma,  Saline  Co.,  Col. 
100.    ..^^ther  Allison » (;524),  b.  March  8,  1822;  res.  501  Reed  St.,  Milwau- 

lcc6  Wis 
107.    Jn'.ia  Ailison"  (;528),  b.  April  19,  1824;  m.  Edward  Williston.    She 

d.  at  Chicago,  111.  • 

lOS.     Lavinia  Jemima  Allison'  (330),  b.  June  25,  1826;  m.  Jacob  Ellis 

Harmon;  res.  Watertown,  N.  Y. 
190.     Harlow  Allison'  (;«.>),  h.  Oct.  21,  1828;  res.  Limerick,  N.  Y. 
200.     Jane  Allison.'  b.  Oct.  3,  1830;   m.,  March  17,  1856.  Adam  Hagan. 

He  is  a  carpenter  and  farmer;  res.  Perch  River,  N.  Y. ;  no 

cliihlreu. 
2(J1.    Simoon  Allison,'  b.  Aug.  20,  1832;  m.,  at  Clayton,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  24, 

1801,  Helen  Grloyd;  farmer;  res.  Limerick,  N.  Y.;  no  children. 

202.  Hannah  Aliis(m,'  b.  May  21,  1830;  m.,  Feb.  2,  1800,  at  Watertown, 

N.  Y.,  Edward  Spicer,  a  farmer.     She  d.  at  Perch  River,  N.  Y., 
April  20.  1870.     Child: 
I.     Jessie  Spicer,"  b.  Oct.  17,  1865;  d.  Sept.  11,  1879. 

203.  William  Henry  Allison"  (335),  b.  July  10, 1844;  res.  Limerick,  N.  Y. 

'204.  Eli  Allison*  [57]  (Andrew,^  Capt.  Samuel,2  Sam- 
iieP).  He  was  born  in  Dublin,  N.  H.,  Dec.  25,  1791;  mar- 
ried, Dec.  30,  1817,  Persis,  daughter  of  John  W.  and  Han- 
nali  (Wight)  Learnard,  of  Dublin,  N.  IL,  who  was  born  Dec. 
3,  1797.     They  resided  la  their  native  town. 

CIIII.DKEX  BOHN   IX   DUllLIN,  X.  II. 

205.     Andrew  Allison,"  b.  :May  16,  1821 ;  d.  Jan.  17,  18.50. 

200.     Joliu  Wilson  Allison"  (343),  b.  March  15,  1823;  res.  Boston,  121  Blue 

Hill  ave.,  lloxburv  district. 
207.    Samuel  Allison,"  b.  June  1,  1825;  d.  Dec.  10,  1834. 
20S.     Webster  Allisim,"  b.  July  12,  1827;  d.  Dec.  21,  1834. 
200.     James  Allison"  (351),  b.  March  13,  l>s.iO;  ni.,  March  10,  1854,  Sarah 

Jane,  daughter  of  William  and  Julia  (Johnson)  Darracott,  of 

Dul)lin,  N.  H. 

210.  Sarah  Jane  .\llis(m,»  b.  Jan.  21,  18.35;  d.  July  16,  1841. 

211.  Persis  J.  Allison,"  b.  Nov.  15,  1837;  d.  July  16,  1841. 

212.  Samuel  Quinton*  [62]  (Margaret  Allison,^  Capt. 
Samuel,-  Samuel^).     The  name  of  his  wife  was  not  given. 

CHILD. 

213.    Royal  Bellows  Quinton'  (361);  res.  Denmark,  Iowa. 

214.  Betsey  Abbott  Allison*  [82]  (John,^  Capt.  Sam- 
uel,'^ Samuel  ^).  She  was  born  in  Londonderry  (now  Derry), 
N.  H.,  April  3,  1788 ;  married  Josiah  Abbott,  Jr.,  of  Wor- 
cester, Mass.,  Dec.  30,  1808,  and  died  April  13,  1830,  in 
Lunenburg,  Kssex  Co.,  Vt.  Mr.  Abbott  was  born  in  New 
Boston,  N.  H.,  July  1,  1784,  and  died  in  Newark,  Caledonia 


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100 


JOHN   ALLISON,   OF   AVEATHEIISFIELD,    VT. 


Co.,  Vt.,  Maj'  5,  1871.  lie  was  a  son  of  Josiah  Abbott,  of 
Amherst,  N.  H.,  born  in  1757  and  died  in  1830,  and  whose 
wife  was  Margaret  Carr.     She  was  his  distant  relative. 


CHILI). 


I'i'f 


214a.     A  son  b.  Oct.  2,  1809;  d.  before  boitiK  named. 

215.  John  Allison  Abbott/'  b.  Marcli  .">,  1811,  in  Koxbury,  M.ass.  He  is  a 
]);iinter  and  surveyor.  He  lived  in  Whitelield,  X.  H.,  from 
1S4.")  to  18.50;  since  1850  in  Newark,  Caledonia  Co.,  Xt.-  He  ni., 
Dec.  ;],  1845,  Betsey  Woodi'-e  Ordwav,  daughter  of  Nathaniel 
(b.  .Sept.,  1701)  and  Olive  (Willey)  Ordway.  His  father  d.  in 
Newark,  Vt.,  Aug.  1(5,  185:i.  His  gnindparcnts  were  John  and 
Hannah  Ordway,  of  Hopkinton,  N.  H.  Mr.  Abbott  is  a  Dem- 
ocrat in  politics.     Child: 

I.  Betsey  Allis<m  Abbott,"  b.  Newark,  Vt.,  July  11, 18.50;  m.  Alvin  Pariss 
Drown,  son  of  William  and  Sar.ali  Jane  (Allard)  Drown,  Feb. 
20,  1870,  a  farmer.  They  res.  in  Newark,  Vt.  He  was  b.  in 
.Sutton,  Vt.,  July  22,  18i)7.  Cliildren:  Ella  Jane  Drown,'  b. 
Sept.  7,  1877.     Caroline  Winch  Drown,'  b.  May  4,  1882. 


216.  John  Allison*  [88]  (James,^  Capt.  Samuel^  Sam- 
ueP).  He  was  born  in  Weathersfield,  Vt.,  Feb.  26,  1790, 
and  died  July  29,  1863,  of  heart  disease,  aged  73  years,  5 
months,  3  days.  He  lived  and  died  upon  the  home  farm  of 
his  father  in  Weathersfield,  Vt.,  which  was  in  1890  owned 
by  his  son,  De  Forrest  Allison.  Mr.  Allison  married,  Jan. 
1, 1824,  Jerusha  Swett,  of  Hanover,  N.  H.,  who  died  July  23, 
1829,  aged  34  years.  She  was  born  in  Hanover  in  1795. 
He  married,  second,  in  Feb.,  1832,  Mrs.  Anna  Porter,  of 
Bradford,  Vt.,  who  was  born  Dec.  16,  1800,  and  died  Feb.  20, 
1845,  aged  45  years,  2  months,  4  days. 

CHILDREN  BORN   IN  WEATHERSFIELD,  VT. 

217.  Bolivar  Allison,'  b.  Sept.  19,  1825;  d.  of  croup,  Aug.  12,  1830,  aged 

4  years,  10  months. 

218.  James  Stockman  Allison"  (363),  b.  April  10, 1827;  d.  Newton,  Mass., 

May  1,  1881,  aged  54  years. 

219.  Jerusha  Allison,"  b.  July  23,  1829;  m.,  Dec.  22,  1863,  Cyrus  Piper, 

Jr.,   of  Keene,   N.  'H.,  b.  Nov.  23,  1819.     He  d.  Jan.  10,  1838; 
res.  Northampton,  Mass.     Children: 

I.  Mabel  Elizabeth  Piper,"  b.  Feb.  12,  1865;  d.  Oct.  17,  1875. 

II.  Louis  Allison  Piper,"  b.  Oct.  14,  1860;  res.  Keene,  N.  U. 

220.  Letitia  Allison,"  b.  Jan.  10,  18:W;  d.  Jan.  19,  1833. 

221.  John  Quint<m  Allison,"  b.  Sept.  23,  1834;  m.,  April  3,  1800,  Mrs. 

liUtiieria  Bixby,  of  Denmark,  Iowa;  res.  Dakota.     Children: 

I.  Carrie  Allison,"  m.  Mr.  Maxwell;  res.  Ballard,  Washington. 

II.  Carroll  De  Forrest  Allison." 

222.  Almira  Allison,"  b.  Nov.  23,  1836;  m.,  Nov.  4,  1865,  Albert  Weston, 

a  farmer,  of  Windsor,  Vt.    Ho  was  b.  at  Springfield,  Vt.,  Aug. 
19,  18;{0:  res.  Windsor.    Child : 
I.    John  Albert  Weston,"  b.  Dee.  31,  1866;    d.  Aug.  30,  1870,  aged  13 
years,  8  months. 


SAMUEL  ALLISON,   OF   PAINESVILLE,   OHIO. 


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224. 


I. 
II. 


De  Forrest  Allison,"  b.  Dec.  2,  1838;  res.  Kiowa,  Barber  Co.,  Kan., 
in  18iX).  He  lived  S'2  years  in  Weathersfield,  Vt.,  7  years  in 
Newton,  Mass.,  3  years  in  Topeka,  Kan.,  and  has  lived  in 
Kiowa,  Kan.,  since  1882. 

Cynthia  Ann  Allison,"  b.  Oct.  16,  1840;  m.,  Fob.  3,  1873,  David  Fish, 
of  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  who  d.  Aug.  21,  1874,  aged  .50  years,  0 
months,  !)  days.  She  m.,  second,  July  22,  1880,  John  FI.  Bry- 
ant; res.  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  and  in  18'.)0,'Los  Angeles,  Cal.  Chil- 
dren : 
Almira  Weston  Fish,"  b.  Nov.  13,  1873;  res.  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
Anna  Allison  Fisli,"  b.  March  29,  1875;  d.  April  13,  1870,  aged  1  year, 
14  days. 


225.  Samuel  Allison  *  [89]  (James,^  Capt.  Samuel,^  Sam- 
ueP).  He  was  born  in  Weathersfield,  Vt.,  Aug.  12,  1791. 
He  resided  in  his  native  town  until  1834,  when  he  removed 
to  Painesville,  Ohio,  where  he  died  May  14,  1850,  aged  58 
years,  9  months,  2  days.  He  married,  June  1,  1820,  Mary 
Hulett,  who  died  Nov.  20,  1854,  in  Painesville,  Ohio.  She 
was  the  mother  of  ten  children.     He  was  a  Whig  in  politics. 


CIIILDltEN. 


220. 

227. 

22S. 
220. 

23,1. 

231. 

232. 

233. 

234. 

235. 


Hannah  Williams  Allison,"  b.  Oct.  27,  1S22;  d.  Aug.  1,  1848,  in 
Perry,  Lake  Co.,  Ohio;  single. 

Clinton  James  Allison"  (3(i8),  b.  April  24,  1824;  res.  Olney,  111. 

Henry  Allison"  (374),  b.  Feb.  0,  1820;  res.  Ilardiiisburg,  Ind. 

Ann  Moore  Allison"  (380),  b.  Nov.  14,  1827;  ni.,  Dec.  4,  1851,  Carlos 
Mason,  of  I'erry,  Ohio;  res.  Painesville,  Ohio. 

Rodnev  Esbel  AIlisbu»  (383),  b.  July  10,  1820;  res.  Perry,  Lake  Co., 
Oiiio. 

Orman  Dutton  Allison"  (387),  b.  Fob.  3,  1S;5!;  res.  Eight  Mile,  Ore- 
gon. 

Walter  Scott  Allison"  (304),  b.  July  0,  1^32;  d.  Nashville,  Tenn., 
July  27,  18(W,  aged  32  years,  17  tlayis. 

Oscar  llulett  Allison,"  b.  April  l"),  1><34;  d.  Dec.  l'^,  ISol,  in  Perry, 
Lake  Co.,  Ohio. 

lloland  Hill  Allison"  (307),  b.  July  .5,  1830;  res.  Clinton,  Mo.;  was  a 
major  in  (i:id  l!egt.  111.  Vols. 

Lucian  Osborne  Allison,"  b.  Conueaut,  Ashtabula  Co.,  Ohio,  Oct. 
;!(),  1840:  res.  Kiglit  Mile,  Oro'j;un;  NiiH^lc;  was  living  in  In- 
diana when  till'  war  lu'oke  out,  v.liore  he  cnlisti'd  in  S2tl  Inili- 
ana  Vols.,  and  served  to  its  el.)se.  He  was  wounded  in  the 
service;  is  a  Republican,  and  lor  \'>  years  a  member  of  the 
Christian  church. 


230.  David  Allison ^  [107]  (William  Davidson,"  Sainuel,^ 
Cai)t.  Samuel,'-^  SainueP).  He  was  born  in  lioston,  Mass., 
June  13,  1812;  married  in  1837,  Mary  Ann  Kelley,  who  died 
in  Boston,  June  21,  1849.  She  v.as  horn  in  1813.  He  was 
a  stage  driver  f.  Jiu  Hingham  to  Boston.  He  lived  in  the 
West  End,  and  died  June  20,  1850,  aged  38  years,  7  days. 


102    WALTER  HAKRI3   ALLISON,   OT  WEYMOUTH,   >LA.8S. 

CHILDREN  BOKX  IN  1J087  ON,  MASS. 

237.  Mary  Ann  Allison,'  b.  July  19,  1S30:   res.  Brockton,  Mass.    She  m. 

Charles  Bacon.    He  was  a  soldi  jr,  and  is  deceased;  no  chil- 
dren. 

238.  Laurinda  Allison,"  b.  July  28,  1843;  m.  Calvin  Hilton,  who  wns  b. 

in  Bowdoinham,  Me.,  Jan.  0,    18;^.    Ho  is  a  ship  carpenter; 
res.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.     Children: 
L    Annie  Laura  Hilton,'  b.  Brooklyn,  X.  Y.,  Oct.  10,  180.3;  m.,  Feb.  2fl, 
188!),  in  Brooklyn,  .James  Blair  Batcman,  who  was  b.  in  Balti- 
more, Md.,  Feb.  2«,  1804;  res.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

II.  George  William  Hilton,'  b.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  May  10,  1805;  d.  July 

31,  1805. 

III.  Lovina  Abbic  Hilton,'!).  Bowdoin,  Me.,  Jan.  9,  1807;  res.  Brook- 

lyn, N.  Y. 

IV.  Lizzie  Debanfii  Hilton,'  b.  Xew  York,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  0,  1809;  d.  .July 

31,   1870. 

V.  Albert  Calvin  Hjlton,'  b.  Xew  York,  N.  Y.,  June  13,  1877;  d.  Xov. 

25,  1879. 

VI.  Mabel  Eleanora  Hilton,'  b.  Weld,  Franklin  Co.,  Me.,  June  29,  1882. 
VIL     Alice  Merrill  Hilton,'  b.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  23,  1885;  d.  Jan.  23, 

1885. 

239.  Alice  Bartlett  Allison,"  b.  July  5,  1845;  m.,  June  25,  1808,  William 

Henry  Wold,  b.  Boston,  ilass.     She  d.  in  Boston,  June  2,  1888. 
Tlu'v  res.  Boston,  Mass.     Child: 
L     William  V/cld,'  b.  May  22,  IS8(). 

240.  Cornelia  K.  Allison,"!).  .Inly  5,  1845;  m.,  in  Boston,  Mass.,  July  8, 

1ST9,  Winslow  B.  ^Morton,  b.  in  that  eitv,  and  wJio  d.  Jan.  7, 
1SS2.     She  (1.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  July  8,  188". 

241.  Caroline  E.  Allison,"  b.  Juno  1,  1848;  d.  Auy.  9,  1849. 


II 


242.  Walter  Harris  Allison''  [108]  (William  Davidson,'' 
Samuel,^  Capt.  Sainuel,^  SamueP).  He  was  born  in  Boston, 
Mass.,  Oct.  31,  1814;  married,  Feb.  7,  183(3,  Mary  Whit- 
marsh,  who  was  born  in  Weymouth,  Ma.ss.,  Oct.  4,  1813. 
He  was  a  merchant  tailor,  and  lived  in  Boston,  Braintree, 
Lexington,  Wayland,  and  Weymouth,  Mass.,  living  for  fif- 
teen years  in  the  latter  place,  where  he  died  Sept.  9,  1856, 
aged  41  years,  11  months,  22  days. 


t'lrir.DKKN. 


243.  Caroline  Allison," b.  Braintree,  Mass.,  Aufi;.  21,  18.30;  m.,  May,  1S58, 

Luther  Josiah  Copeland;  rt's.  Weymouth,  Mass.,  where  she  <1. 
June  28,  ISCiO.  He  d.  May  19,  1S.-)U.  Child,  b.  Weymouth,  Mass. : 
I.  Anna  Harris  Copelauil,'  b.  June  lH,  ls.V,);'m.,  Dee.  10,  1SS5,  Rev.  John 
liorinji  Crane,  of  Braintree,  Mass.,  b.  Oct.  IS,  lS5(i.  He  is  a 
Bai)tist  cler;^ynian,  and  jireaches  at  Sheldouville,  Wrentham, 
ilass.  He  };radiiati'd  at  iJnnvn  University  in  1880,  and  from 
iS'ewton  Tlieolo;;lciil  .Seminary  iti  ISS;J.  Child:  Florence  Bin- 
ney  ('rane,»l).  Slu'ldouville,  .Mass.,  June  S,  1S9(). 

244.  Amey   Allison,"  b.   Weymoutii,  .Mass.,  July  2,    IM!S;  m.,  Nov.   22, 

is.55,  .Samuel  Frances  .N'eweomb,  who  was  b.  in  Braintree  Xeck 
(uow  (^uiney),  Mass.,  Feb.  ;!,  Is'll.  He  is  the  eisihth  n'encra- 
tiou  in  descent  from  .lolin  Alden,  and  grandson  of  Samuel 
Newcomb,  of  Braintree  Neck,  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  and 


' 


CAROLINE  BROWN  ALLISON,  OF  HOPKINTON,  N.  H.     lOS 


fought  at  Lexington  and  Bunker  Hill.    Mr.  Newcomb  has 
been  in  the  grocery  business  for  thirty-live  years;  res.  Quincy, 
Mass.    Children  b.  Quincy  Neck,  Quincy,  M.iss. : 
I.    Amey  Frances  Newcomb,'  b.  Aug.  1(5,  18.")7;  res.  Quincy,  Mass. 
IL    Arthur  Wilbur  Newcomb,'  b.  Aug.  .'51,  18()2;  res.  Quincy,  Mass. 
Herbert  Harris  Newcomb,'  b.  May  8,  1850;  res.  Quincy,  Mass. 
Mary  Eliza  Allison,'  b.  Dec.  20,  18;J!»,  in  Boston,  Mass.';  m.,  Feb.  10, 
187:5,  Elezar  Bourk,  of  Weymouth,  Mass.     He  was  b.  March  ;50, 
1838,  at  St.  Gregoire,  Quebec,  Canada.     He  does  an  express 
and  livery  business;  res.  Weymouth,  Mass.   Children,  b.  Wey- 
mouth, Mass. : 
Lila  Mary  Bourk,' b.  July  1:5,  1874;  d.  July  2.-),  1875. 
Frank  Eleazar  Bourk,'  b.  Oct.  11,  1870;  d.  March  0,  1877. 
Hattie  Evelyn  ISourk,'  b.  Sept.  21,  1881. 

Harriet  Kent  Allison,"  b.  Wayland,  Mass.,  Oct.  20,  1844;  m.,  April 
15,  180:5,  Simeon  Waldo  (rutterson,  of  Weymouth,  Mass.,  b. 
Milford,  N.  11.,  Aug.  20,  18:52.  He  is  a  deacon  in  the  Baptist 
church  and  Sunday-school  supinintendcnt  at  Weynu)uth  Land- 
ing, Weymouth,  JJass.,  where  he  resides.  Children  b.  in  Wey- 
mouth, Mass. : 
John  Harris  (Jutterson,'  b.  Oct.  14,  1804;  organist  in  South  Baptist 

church.  Boston,  M.t^' 
Angle  Mary  Outtorson,'  b.  May  2(!,  187:5. 
Charles  Francis  (iutttTson,'  b.  Miv  14,  1S7('>. 
William  Allison,"  b.  Nov.  1:5,  I84(i;'  d.  Nov.  14,  1S40. 
Walter  Balfour  Allison,"  b.  Oct.  (i,  1847;  d.  (Quincy,  Msss.,  Aug.  17, 
1887. 


HI. 

245. 


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246. 


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247. 

248. 


249.  Caroline  Hrown  Allison'^  L^^"-^]  (James,*  Samuel,^ 
Capt.  Samuel,''^  SaniueU).  She  was  born  in  Dnnbartou, 
N.  H.,  Aug.  27,  181:?;  married,  Nov.  12,  1840,  Jonathan 
Leach  Allen;  residence,  Hcipkiiiton,  N.  H.  He  was  a  son 
of  David  Allen,  and  grandson  of  Jonathan  and  Sarah 
(Dodge)  Allen,  of  Manchester.  She  died  in  Hojikinton, 
Aug.  20,  181)3,  aged  fifty  years  lacking  seven  days.  Air. 
Allen  married,  second,  Mrs.  1),  J.  Danielson.  Tlie  date  of 
his  death  was  June  1,  1868,  in  Goffstown,  N.  II.,  where  he 
had  lived  for  four  years. 


V'l'fi 


C1III,I)HKN    nOliX    I\    IIOPKIXTON,  \.  11. 


250.  James  Franklin  Allen,"  b.  Aug.  i:!,  1841;  res.  WKckvillc.  In. I.  Ho 
gr:ulu:itf(l  at  Dartmoiitii  i-ollfge  in  1802,  :it  Cnlnmbiiiti  law 
School,  Wasliinuton,  1).  ('.,  ,Iunc  !I,  isdO;  ap|)ointed  to  a  clerk- 
ship in  Treasury  Dt'partnu'nt.  Wasliinuton,  l>.  <".,  Dec.  -j:'.,  1S0;5; 
resigned  .l;in.  I,  ISTO;  jinictisicl  law  until  Miiicli,  IsSI,  thiMi 
Wiis  appointed  to  acleiksliip  in  \\';ir  l)ci);ntnH'nt,  and  leslgned 
Feb.  14,  I8S2,  to  accept  a  cl(ik--liiii  in  tin-  Indian  Oltii'e,  In- 
terior Dcjiartnu'iit,  wliii'h  In-  held  Oct.,  18'.H).  lie  is  a  lUiMnber 
of  St.  Tind's  Lntlicran  cliur  li,  ami  i>ronHia'nt  in  Masonji;  cir- 
cles. He  ni.,  Oct.  25,  1800,  .Iidia  Augusta  Dow;  res.  Hockville, 
Montgonu'ry  ('o.,  Md.  Miss  Dow  was  1>.  Dec.  21,  18;!7,  in 
Thompson,  Conn.,  and  d.  \ov.  10,  IKSO.  She  was  a  daugiiter 
of  .lesse  K.  and  Eliza  fStetson)  Dow.  lie  m.,  second,  .Vug.  28, 
18S8,  Lilabel,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  .Mary  ((ireer)  Mans.  She 
was  b.  in  Montgomery  Co.,  Md,,  Oct.  20,  185:5;  no  children. 


104        WILLIAM  HENRY  ALLISON,   OF  BOSTON,   MASS. 

251.  Henry  Allison  Allen,"  b.  Hopkinton,  N.  H.,  May  8,  184i).  He  is  .i 
liotel  manager,  and  now  clerk  in  the  Gault  House  in  CliicaRO, 
wliero  he  has  resided  twenty  years.  He  is  a  Republican,  and 
an  attendant  of  the  Congregational  church ;  single. 

252.  William  Henry  Allison  "^  [134]  (James,*  Sarauel,^ 
Capt.  Samuel,^  SamueH)-  He  was  born,  Sept.  17,  1816,  in 
Dunbarton,  N.  H.;  married,  Sept.  8,  1841,  Mary  Amelia, 
daughter  of  Dea.  Philip  and  Lavinia  (Currier)  Brown,  of 
Hopkinton,  N.  H.,  and  granddaughter  of  Abram  Brown. 
She  was  born  in  Hopkinton,  N.  H.,  April  19,  1820,  and 
resides  in  1892,  in  Concord,  N.  H.  Mr.  Allison  was  edu- 
cated at  the  town  schools  in  his  native  town  and  at  the 
academy  at  Lyndon,  Vt.,  and  was  a  teacher  in  early  life  in 
Dunbarton  and  Hopkinton,  N.  H.,  Lyndon,  Vt.,  and,  in  1838, 
in  South  Carolina.  In  1841  he  engaged  in  the  drug  busi- 
ness, in  which  he  continued  until  1865,  when  ill  health  com- 
pelled him  to  relinquish  it.  He  was  tax  collector  from  1868 
to  1875,  when  he  engaged  in  the  insurance  business  for  three 
years.  He  was  a  member  of  the  South  Congregational 
church  for  more  than  fifty  years,  and  was  a  deacon  for  sev- 
eral years ;  was  superintendent  of  its  Sunday-school  from 
1859  to  1863 ;  residence.  Concord,  N.  H.,  where  he  died  May 
15, 1887. 

CIIII.DIIKN   llOUX   ly  CONCORD,  N.  II. 

2'y.l     Marv  Lavinia  Allison,"  b.  Dec.  l(i,  184:J;  d.  Aug.  8,  1844. 

2oi.  riiilip  Henry  Allison,"  b.  Xov.  ;5,  184f);  m.,  Oct.  7,  ISSO,  Sarah  .Jen- 
nie Sloan.  He  is  a  book-keeper;  res.  Anniston,  Ala.  Chil- 
dren : 

I.  :srarv  Abbie  Allison,'  b.  \ov.  2d,  1S81;  d.  Nov.  17,  188(5. 

II.  riiilip  Arlliur  Allison,'  b.  Oft.  10,  188.'!. 

255.     Everett  Brown  Allison,"  b.  Oct.  i>3,  I8.-)2;  d.  Dec.  7,  1857. 

250.  James  Edward  Allison,"  b.  :May  l(i,  1854;  m.,  Dec.  1,  187(5,  Emma 
W.  Curtis,  daughter  of  (Jeorge  Henry  and  Harriet  Kimball 
(Lougoe)  Curtis.  Ilcr  parents  were  born  in  East  Cimcord, 
N.  II.     House  painter;  res.  Concord,  X.  H.     Children: 

I.  Everett  Curtis  Allison,'  b,  .Julv  1(>,  1877;  d.  May  18,  1884. 

II.  Ilenrv  Wallace  Allison,'  b.  o\'t  2:5,  1878. 
HI.     Edward  Philip  .Vllison,'  b.  .June  ;50,  1881. 
IV.     AVilliam  Bleckley  Allison,'  b.  Aug.  20,  1882. 


John  Allison^  [l^*^]  (James,*  Samuel,'^  Capt.  Sam- 
■.cl-  Samuel^).  He  was  born  in  Dunbarton,  N.  H.,  June 
....  1818;  married,  May  10,  1845,  Sarah  Jane,  daughter  of 
i.'  , unlet  and  Sarah  (McQueston)  Richards,  of  Goft'stown, 
':',  "A-  where  she  was  born  July  13,  1820.  She  died  in  Bos- 
vfass.,  Ai)ril  22,  1852.  Mr.  Allison  resided  in  Boston, 
Mass.  He  was  connected  with  the  linn  of  Claflin,  Saville  & 
Co.     His  business  faculties  were  of  a  iiigh  order,  and  he 


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ANDREW  ALLISON,   OF  WINCHESTER,   MASS. 


105 


acquired  wealth.  He  was  a  Republican,  aud  was  a  member 
of  the  common  council  for  several  terms.  He  took  a  deep 
interest  in  religious  matters,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Park 
street  church.     He  died  in  Boston,  May  29,  1865. 

CIIILDItEIf. 

2r>S.    Anna  Josephine  Allison,'  b.  at  Amoskeap:,  N.  H.,  Oct.  27,  1848;  m. 

Mr.  Stirlinjt,  who  is  now  docoiised.    She  rc.s.  Plainlicld,  N.  J. 
2.M>.     Emma  J.ane  Allison,"  b.  Boston,  Mass.,  Dec.  15,  1852;  m.,  March  19, 

1872,  Samuel  W.  Nettleton,  b.  Fulton,  X.  Y.,  March  18,  1841; 

merchant;  res.  Toledo,  Ohio.    Cliildren  b.  Toledo,  Ohio: 

I.  Edward  Allison  Nettleton,'  b.  Nov.  2.3,  1875. 

II.  Roy  Healey  Nettleton,'  b.  Feb.  10,  1877;  d.  June  22,  1880. 

III.  Florence  Bowen  Nettleton,'  b.  Aug.  ;J1,  1880. 

260.  Lavinia  Holt  Allison  ^  [136]  (James,'*  Samuel,^  Capt. 
Samuel,^  SamueP).  She  was  born  in  Dunbarton,  N.  H., 
Jan.  15,  1820 ;  married,  Jan.  7,  1841,  John  Langdon  Weeks, 
son  of  Maj.  William  Weeks,  who  was  born  March  26,  1819. 
They  resided  in  Hopkinton,  N.  H.  He  died  Sept.  9,  1843. 
She  resides  in  Cambridge,  Mass. 

CHILD. 

201.     Sarah  Lavinia  Weeks,"  b,  Aug.  14,  1843;  m.  William  Franklin  Stark, 
of  Goffstown,  N.  II.,  b.  Aug.  31,  184;i;  res.  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Children: 

I.  Alice  llolnian  Stark,'  b.  March  1,  1809;  d.  Jan.  20,  1881. 

II.  Elizabeth  Allison  Stark,'  b.  Feb.  12,  1871. 

III.  William  Everett  Stark,'  b.  Feb.  12,  IS":!. 
1\.     Wallace  Weeks  Stark,'  b.  April  27,  1877. 

V.  Mary  Lavinia  Stark,'  b.  April  20,  1879;  d.  May  14,  1884. 

VI.  Margaret  Allison  Stark,'  b.  Oct.  12,  1880. 

262.  Andrew  Allison^  [138]  (James,-*  Samuel,^  Capt. 
Samuel,-  Samuel^).  He  was  born  in  Dunbarton,  N.  H., 
March  12,  1824;  marritMl,  April  24,  1848,  Melinda  W., 
daughter  of  Hazeii  and  Susan  (Austin)  Batchehlcr,  of  North- 
field,  N.  H.  She  was  born  May  16,  1825,  and  died  Jan.  3, 
1857,  in  Boston,  Mass.  He  uiarriod,  second,  Feb.  2,  1858, 
Martha,  daughter  of  Stf  [)hen  and  Joanna  Tozior,  of  Water- 
ville.  Me.,  who  is  now  living.  She  was  born  May  11,  1831. 
Mr.  Allison  left  Dunbarton  with  his  parents  in  1840,  and 
lived  in  Warner,  N.  H.,  three  years.  On  March  9,  1843,  he 
commenced  his  individual  lifework ;  went  to  what  is  now 
Manchester,  N.  H.,  and  for  five  years  was  a  clerk  in  a  store ; 
then  carried  on  a  dry  goods  aud  grocery  business,  which  he 
sold  out,  aud  then  moved  to  Boston,  Mass.,  in  1853,  where 


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106     ELIZABETH  HALL  ALLISON,  OF  MANCHESTER,  N.  H. 


he  has  been  since  that  date.  He  was  of  the  firm  of  Claflin, 
Allison  &  Co.,  wholesale  grocers ;  sold  in  1886,  and  has  been 
in  the  employ  of  Winslow,  Rand  &  Watson,  teas  and  coffees, 
197  and  199  State  St.     They  reside  in  Winchester,  Mass. 

CniLDKEN. 

26.3.     Frank  Allison,"  li.  Lowell,  Mass.,  May  10,  185.3;  d.  Aur.  20,  lS.-)4. 
264.    Walltr  Irvinj;  Allison,"  b.  Cambridge,  Mass.,  .June  20,  1«()0;  clerk 

in  the  \ew  York  Dispatch  Co.,  Summer  St.,  Boston,  Mass.; 

res,  Winchester,  Mass.;  single;  IJepublican. 
26.').     Carrie  Allison"  1>.  Hostcm,  Mass.,  April  16,  1862;  d.  Aug.  20,  lS(i4. 

266.  Stephen  Tozicr  Allison,"!).  Boston,  JIa.'i.s.,  April   lit,  1868;    single; 

Congregationalist,  and  l.epublican;  res.  Winchester,  Mass. 

267.  Fred  Bird  Allison,"  b.  Cambridge,  Mass.,  >[ay  12,  I8(i!»;  d.  .July  26, 

1888.     Ife  was  a  voiinu^  man  of  rare  (pialitics  of  mind  and  heart. 

268.  Herbert  Allison,"  b.  Cambridge,  :\Iass.,  Jan.,  1872;  tl.  -July,  1872. 


269a.  Elizabeth  Hall  Allison ^  [139]  (James,^  Samuel,^ 
Capt.  Sanniel,^  SamueU).  She  was  burn  in  Dunbarton, 
N.  H.,  March  24,  ]825.  She  was  the  first  graduate  of  the 
high  school  in  the  city  of  Manchester,  N.  H.,  and  received 
the  first  diploma.  This  was  in  December,  1848.  She  always 
was  an  energetic  teacher,  and  followed  her  profession  with 
marked  success  for  a  long  period.  She  taught  in  Concord, 
N.  H.,  for  three  years ;  in  the  Piukerton  academy  at  Deny, 
N.  H.,  for  three  years ;  in  the  Ohio  Female  college,  College 
Hill,  Hamilton  Co.,  Ohio,  for  thirteen  years,  the  last  three 
years  of  which  she  was  the  principal.  In  the  Bennet  Sem- 
inary for  young  ladies  in  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  she  was  an 
instructor  for  tlirec  years,  leaving  there  in  1874.  On  Sept. 
30, 1874,  she  married  Rev.  Cyrus  Washington  Wallace,  D.  D., 
of  Manchester,  N.  H.,  who  was  of  the  same  Scotch  race  as 
herself,  and  whose  Scotch  ancestors  had  found  a  temporary 
home  and  abiding-[)lace  in  Ireland  before  the  settlement  in 
Londonderry.  He  was  a  descendant  of  John  Wallace,  and 
his  wife,  Annis  Barnett,  who  came  in  1719  or  1720  from 
the  county  of  Antrim,  Ireland,  and  they  were  said  to  be  the 
first  couple  married  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  May  18,  1721. 
He  died  in  Manchester,  N.  IL,  Oct.  21, 1889.  He  was  pastor 
of  the  First  Congregational  church  for  thirty-four  years  and 
preached  his  first  and  last  sermon  in  that  church  edifice, 
just  forty  years  a])art,  the  first  being  in  1840,  the  last  in  1880. 

269.  George  Augustus  Allison^  [^45]  (James,*  Samuel,^ 
Capt.  Samuel,"'^  SamneP).  He  was  born  in  Warner.  N.  H., 
Sept.  14,  1843;  married,  Nov.  12,  1864,  Julia  L.  Powers, 
daughter  of  Alanson  Powers,  of  Berlin  Heights,  Erie  County, 
O.     She  was  born  at  Freedom,  Portage  County,  O.,  June  17, 


r.  H. 

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20,  1834. 
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i 


GEORGE  AUGUSTUS  ALLISON,  OF  CAMBRmGE,  MASS.   107 


1842.  Mr.  Powers  was  a  native  of  Woodstock,  Vt.  He 
married  Sarepta  Martin,  a  native  of  Rochester,  Vt.  Mr. 
Allison  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Manchester,  N. 
H.,  and  at  the  academy  at  Pembroke,  N.  H.  When  about 
to  enter  college,  he  decided  to  engage  in  mercantile  pursuits, 
and  sj)ent  several  years  as  a  clerk  in  Concord,  N.  H. ;  in  Jan., 
1865,  became  a  salesman  in  a  wholesale  establishment  in  lios- 
ton,  Mass.,  and  in  Janujiry,  1869,  became  a  jjartner.  Since 
then  he  has  been  identified  with  Boston's  business  interests. 
For  many  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  Boston  board  of 
trade,  Boston  commercial  e:.i;hange,  and  a  member  of  the 
Boston  chamber  of  commerce  since  its  organization  ;  was  a 
director  of  the  last  for  five  years,  and  its  elegant  building 
was  built  during  that  period.  Cambridge,  iSlass.,  became 
his  home  in  1865,  and  there  he  has  since  lived.  In  the 
social,  religious,  and  political  circles  of  that  city  he  has  been 
active.  He  is  a  member  of  the  North  Avenue  Baptist 
church,  aided  in  establishing  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
association,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  Cambridge  and 
Colonial  clubs  since  their  formation.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  common  council  of  his  adopted  city  in  1881-'82,  of  the 
board  of  aldermen  in  1885-86,  was  twice  elected  for  a  term 
of  three  years  each  on  the  school  board  but  after  four  j'ears 
service  by  the  pressure  of  other  duties  he  resigned  his 
position.  His  business  office  is  in  the  Chamber. of  Commerce 
building,  Boston,  Mass.     Residence,  Cambridge,  Mass. 


't 


CIIILDIJEX. 


3. 


Caroline    Josephine    Allison,'  b.   Cambritlj^e,    Mass.,   Oct.   2,    180.'); 

teacher;  res.  Caml>ridgc,  Mass. 
Susan  Allison,"  b.  Cambridge,  Mass.,  April  'J,  18CS;  teacher  in  the 

public  schools  of  Cambridge. 
William  Henry  Allison,"  b.  Somerville,  Mass.,  Auff.   17,   1870.     lie 

entered  Harvard  tlniversity  in  1881I,  in  tlie  class  of  ISSi:},  where 

he  expects  to  graduate. 


270.  George  Allison ^  [153]  (David,-*  Samuel,"  Capt. 
Samuel,^  Samuel ^).  He  was  born  July  30,  1824,  in  Con- 
cord, N.  H.,  where  his  life  was  mainly  spent  until  his  eigh- 
teenth year,  when  he  went  to  Boscawen,  N.  H.,  to  learn  the 
trade  of  carriagemaker.  He  com])leted  his  apprenticeship  in 
Merrimacport,  Mass.,  then  went  to  West  Amesbury,  where 
he  lived  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  married,  in  Boscawen, 
N.  H.,  Nov.  27,  1846,  Esther  Jane,  daughter  of  Jeremiah  and 
Martha  (Jackman)  Noyes  of  that  town,  where  she  was  born 
Jan.  6,  1823,  and  who  now  lives  a  widow  in  Merrimacport, 


108 


HENRY  ALLISON,   OF   AURORA,   ILL. 


I  !a 


Mass.  Mr.  Allison  was  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  had 
lifj;ht  hair,  suudy  complexion  and  blue  eyes.  He  and  his 
wife  were  meuibers  ot  the  Baptist  church.  He  died  of  con- 
sumption in  Merrimacport,  Feb.  5,  1867,  aged  42  years,  6 
months,  0  days. 

CItlLOItEN  UOUN   IN   MKUIUMACI'OltT,    MASS. 

271.  Clifton  Orion  Allison,"  b.  Jan.  31.  1848;  machinist  in  Blood's  Loco- 

motive Works,  Miincht'ster,  S.  II.;  Iiivs  resided  in  M.anchester 
twenty-seven  yt-.-vrs,  tfoiny  there  in  18(J(5.  He  m.,  Nov.  2tl,  1872, 
Alice  A.,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Sidly  (Baker)  >Sluiltz,  of  EUeu- 
horoiifch,  (."lint«»n  Co.,  X.  Y,,  where  she  was  b.  An^.  8,  185:1; 
no  children. 

272.  Kont"!"  (Jilman  Allison,' b.  Feb.  10,  1850;  m.  Annie  Hicks,  of  Gran- 

ville, Nova  Scotia;  painter;  res.  Lowell,  Mass.;  no  children. 
27:i.     Irving  Hussell  Allistm,"  b.  Oct.  19,  185.'J;  single;  painter;  res.  with 
his  mother  in  Merrimacport,  Mass. 

274.  Emma  Frances  Allison,"  b.  Jan.  17,  1855;  d.  June  17,  18."). 

275.  Willard  Sumner  AllisoTi,"  b.  April  27,  1850;  sinj^le;  carriage  trim- 

mer; res.  with  his  mother  in  Merrimacport,  Mass. 
27').     Lawrence  Kdward  Allison,"  b.  Sept.  7,  1857;  m.  Ilannah  Edminster, 

who  lives  a  widow  in  Merrimacijort,  Mass.      He  d.  May  22, 

18S(»,  aged  28  years,  8  months,  15  days.     Child: 
I.     Alice  Allison.' 
277.     Mary  Esther  Allison,"  b.  Oct.  JJO,  1851;  m.,  Sept,  :50,  1870,  Uoswell 

Eaton,  a  silver-plater;  res.  Merrimacport,  Mass.     Children: 
I.     Sarah  Elizabeth  Eaton;'  d.  when  young.  * 

ir.     Xellie  Eaton,'  b.  June  5,  1881. 

III.  George  Eaton,'  b.  March  18,  188!]. 

IV.  Robert  Irving  Eatcm,'  b.  May  11,  1884;  d.  young. 

V.  Lizzie  Eaton,'  b.  March  11,  188(i. 

27^.     Frederick  Allison,"  b.  Juno  5,  1801:  d.  Aug.  Ill,  1801. 

27'.'.  Clarence  Tliayer  Allison,"  b.  Nov.  2,  1H02;  m.  IJell,  daughter  of  J. 
W.  and  Albert  Tieble;  res.  10  Ihomlield  St.,  Newburyport, 
3Iass.    She  was  b.  in  Newton,  N.  H.,  Jan.  2-!,  1S()5.     Child: 

I.  Clara  Izora  Allismi,'  b.  Aug.  5,  1884,  in  ^lerrimacport,  Alass. 

2S0.     Sarah  Ellen  Allison."  b.  Sept.  10,  1S04;  m.  George   F.  Mason;  res. 

Merrimacport,  Mass.     Cliildren: 
L     Fred  Davis  Allison  Mason,'  lives  with  his  grandmother. 

II.  Frank  Allison  Mason.' 

281.  Henry  AllLson^'  [155]  (David  CI  nton,*  Samuel^, 
Capt.  Samuel,- SainueP).  He  was  born  in  Concord,  N.  IL, 
Nov.. 7,  1828,  married,  Nov.  20,  1851,  .Mavy  Little  Gallishan, 
daughter  of  George  K.  W.  and  Elizabeth  (Atkinson)  Galli- 
shan of  Andover,  Mass.,  where  she  was  born  Oct.  30,  1832. 
She  died  1865.  He  married  2nd,  Sept.  12,  1867,  Mary 
Garbett,  daughter  of  John  Garbett,  and  born  in  England, 
May  2,  1846.  Mr.  Allison  is  a  carriage  maker.  He  lived 
in  Concord,  N.  H.,  thirteen  years,  in  Boston,  Mass.,  two 
years,  in  Ohio  eight  years,  in  Chicago,  111.,  eight  years,  and 
in  Aurora,  111.,  for  several  years.  Residence,  114  South  Lake 
St.,  Aurora,  111.  He  enlisted  Aug.  11,  1862,  in  the  114th 
Regt.  Ohio  Vols.,  mustered  as  third  sergeant,  promoted  to 


I 


JANET  ELIZA  8TINS0N,   OP  THERESA,   N.   Y. 


109 


first  lieutenant  March,  1804,  and  afterward  commanded  the 
company,  till  he  was  mustered  out  of  the  service  in  Aug., 
186").  He  is  a  member  of  the  New  England  Congregational 
church  in  Aurora,  111. 


CHII.nitKN. 

282.     Mary  Lizzio  Allison,"  b.  Si'pt-  1,  li^Vi;  m.,  in  IHW,  Frank  II.  Harris, 

wlio  is  a  clerk,  and  tlu-y  M's.  Norwooil  Park,  III. 
28:1.     Edward  Clarenoc  Allison,"  1).  April  :5o,  is.'.d;  d.  ,Inly  8,  18.")(5. 
284.     Fannie  Allison,"  b.  .Jan.  2i»,  J8i)H;  «1.  .July  27,  li<M. 

285.  Janet  Eliza  S^iuson^  [^71]  (Archibald  Stinson,* 
Janet  Allison'',  Ca{)t.  Samuel,^  SamueP).  She  was  born  in 
Hammond,  St.  Lawrence  County.  N.  Y.,  March  2,  1820; 
married,  Sept.  29,  1840,  Loren  Stone.  He  is  a  retired 
farmer  and  they  reside  in  the  village  of  Theresa,  Jeffersoii 
County,  N.  Y. 

CIIII.DKEN  HORN  IX  THKBESA,   JEFFERSON  CO.,    N.    Y. 

286.  James  Arcliibald  Stone,"  b.  Sept.  10,  1847;  d.  Fob.  V180(>. 

287.  John  Wellinjjton  Stono,'  b.  Juno  20,  1849;  res.  Silver  City,  New 

Mexico;  broker;  single. 

288.  Norris  Stone,'  b.  April  2<J,  1852;  res.  Therusa,  N.  Y.,  some  three 

miles  from  the  villa|;e,  on  his  father's  homestead.    He  m.  Rox- 
ina  Butler.    Children: 

I.  Howard  Stone,'  b.  April  13,  1878. 

II.  Blanche  Stone,'  b.  April  13,  1878, 

289.  Morris  Stone,'  b.  April  26,  1^52;  res.  Forrest  River,  North  Dakota; 

blacksmith;  single. 

290.  Sarah  Jane  Stone,'  b.  June  14,  1854;    m.  George  Wilson  Augsbury; 

merchant;  res.  Plessis,  N.  Y.    Children: 

I.  Earl  Stone  Augsbury,'  b.  Sept.  10,  1878. 

II.  Reid  Wilson  Augsbury,'  b.  July  12,  1883. 

291.  Nellie  Louise  Stone,'  b.  Oct.  24,  1850;  m.  Dr.  David  Coe.    He  is  a 

dentist;  res.  Theresa,  N.  Y.    Children: 

I.  Annie  Jenet  Coe,'  b.  Sept.  24,  1881. 

II.  Pauline  Belle  Coe.'  b.  Sept.  10,  1883;  d.  Aug.  24,  1884. 

III.  Harper  Allison  Coe,'  b.  Aug.  14,  1887. 

292.  AdaEmogeneStone,'b.  March  22, 1805;  single;  res.  Theresa,  N.  Y. 


i- 


293.  Eleanor  Hoag  Stinaon  6  [174]  (Archibald  Stinson*, 
Janet  Allison^  Capt.  Samuel,'^  SamueP).  She  was  born  in 
Hammond,  St.  Lawrence  County,  N.  Y.,  June  25,  1825; 
married,  Dec.  21,  1853,  Thomas  Miller,  born  May  5,  1822,  in 
Baltimore,  Md.  Is  an  engineer.  Residence,  59  Atlantic 
St.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.    She  died  April  14,  1891,  at  65  years. 


CHILDREN. 


294.  Archibald  Stinson  Miller,"  b.  Oct.  30,  1854;  d.  Aug.  15,  1^55. 

295.  Sylvanus  Edward  Miller,'  b.  June  4,  1850;  m.,  Aug.  27,  1879,  Isa- 

bella H.  Riley.    He  graduated  at  Packard's  college,  New  York, 
N.  Y. ;  is  an  electrician.    Children: 


110 


SALLY   ALLISON,   OF  LIMERICK,   N.   Y. 


I.  Sylvia  Edna  Miller,'  b.  Jan,  8,  1881;  d.  Feb.  23,  1890. 

II.  Frank  Eleanor  Mabel  Miller,"  b  Jan.  8,  1883. 
Hnzel  Stinson  Miller.'  b.  May  20,  1888. 

Archie  Woodworth  Miller,"  b.  Aug.  .'5,  1803;  m.,  Dec.  10,  1885,  Eve- 
lyn C.  Orattan.  He  graduated  at  Hasbrouck  Institute,  in  Jer- 
sey City,  \.  J.;  is  an  electrician;  res.  Cordova,  S.  A. 

Willie  Grant  Miller,'  b.  Jan.  11,  1805;  d.  Dec.  18,  1875. 


HI. 

2m. 


21t7. 


298.  Sally  Allison ^  ri93]  (Ebenezer,*  Andrew,^  Capt. 
Samuel,'^  SamueP  ).  She  was  born  in  Limerick,  N.  Y.,  July 
1,  1817;  married  Loyal  Sanford.  He  was  a  farmer.  Resi- 
dence Limerick,  N.  Y.,  and  died  there  March  13,  1890.  She 
died  there  Dec.  17,  1887.  • 

•  CIIILDKEN. 

200.  Lucinda  Sanford,"  b.  July  31,  lS;Jo. 

3fM).  Louisa  Sanford,"  b.  Aug.  17,  18.30. 

301.  Arvilla  Sanford,"  b.  May  24,  1H38. 

302.  Phebe  Sanford,"  b.  Oct.  17,  1830. 

303.  Henry  Sanford,"  b.  1840. 

304.  Ebenezer  Sanford,"  b.  .Ian.  15,  1842. 

305.  Sarah  Sanford,"  b.  .Iiilv  25,  1844. 
Sm.  Mary  Sanford,"  b.  184(r. 

307.  Andrew  Sanford,"  b.  Jan.  2,  1848:  m.,  Nov.  4,  1872,  Libbie  Mabey, 
of  Ontario,  Canada,  1».  there  Aug.  12,  1857;  d.  Watertown, 
N.  v.,  Aug.  10,  18S3.    Children: 

I.  Irvin  Sanford,'  b.  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  18,  18V3;  d.  there  Feb.  15, 

1874. 

II.  Maud  Sanford,'  b.  Brownville,  X.  Y.,  Nov.  20,  1874;  d.  there  Oct.  10, 

1S75. 

III.  Jennie  Sanford,'  b.  Brownville,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  12,  1870. 

IV.  (iracc  Sanford,'  b.  April  1,  1870. 

V.  Ida  Sanford,'  b.  Juno  1,  1882. 

Ho  ni.,  second,  Sept.  3,  1884,   Maggie  Clemens.    She   was  b. 

Marcli  7,  1858;  no  children.     He  is  a  farmer. 
30S.     Carey  Sanford,"  b.  .Juno  17,  1850. 
;^00.     (loorge  Sanford,"  b.  March  20,  1852. 

310.  Adellaraletto  Sanford,"  b.  Oct.  7,  1853. 

311.  Simei>n  Sanford,"  b.  Dec.  0,  1854. 

312.  Helen  Sanford,"  b.  July  17,  18.56. 

313.  Lydia  Sanford,"  b.  Keb.  10,  1858. 

314.  Robertus  Sanford,"  b.  .June  7,  1859. 

315.  Loyal  Sanford,"  b.  July  17,  1800. 

310.  Polly  Allison  5  [195]  (Ebenezer,*  Andrew,^  Capt. 
Samuel,''  Samuel  ^).  She  was  born  in  Brownsville,  N.  Y., 
June  11,  1820  ;  married,  Dec.  2,  1840,  Henry  Gibbs.  They 
lived  in  New  York,  Wisconsin,  and  Trinity  County,  Cal.,  for 
fifteen  years ;  they  located  on  a  farm  in  Petaluma,  Sonoma 
County,  Cal.,  where  she  died  of  dropsy,  Sept.  3,  1890.  He 
died  there,  at  the  age  of  75  years,  Oct.  30,  1890. 

CHILDltEN. 

317.  Amelia  Ann  Gibbs,"  b.  Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y.,  April  5,  1842;  m.,  Feb. 
12,  1800,  Joseph  Wooden,  who  d.  in  Portland,  Oregon,  Dec.  25, 
1888.    She  res  Portland,  Oregon. 


JULIA  ALLISON,   OF   LIMERICK,   N.   Y. 


Ill 


318.  Orceliii  Jane  Gibbs,"  b.  Jeffersou,  Wis.,  Nov.  19,  1845;  m.,  Sept.  22, 
186",  Joseph  C.  Purvine;  res.  Petahima,  Sonoma  Co.,  C»f. 

3U».  Edward  Gibbs,"  b.  Jefferson,  Wis.,  Marcli  13,  1847;  m.,  April  11, 
1833,  Writta  A.  S«';vedge.     Is  a  teacher;  res.  Petulama,  Cal. 

320.  Mary  Catherine  Gibl/S,«  b.  Jefferson,  Wis.,  Sept.  17,  1849;  m.,  Dec. 

28,  1878.  George  P.  Manley;  teaclier;  res.  Petaluma,  Cal. 

321.  Elbert  Clark  Gibbs,'  b.  Sor..oiia  Co.,  Cal.,  April  9,  1800;  m.,  Oct. 

22,  1884,  Ella  D.  Light.     If'arraer;  res.  Petulama,  Cal. 

322.  Frederick  Henry  Gibbs,"  b.  Soinona  Co.,  Cal.,  May  18,  1861;  m., 

Aug.  17,  ll'8'7,  Silva  N,  Doss.    Farmer;  res.  Petaluma,  Cal. 

323.  Carrie  Elizabeth  Gibbs,"  b.  Somona  Co.,  Cal.,  July  16,  1863;  m., 

Jan.  18,  1889,  John  B.  Meloche.     He  is  a  book-keeper;  res. 
Maderia,  Fresno  Co.,  Cal. 

324.  Esther  Allison ^  [196]  (Ebenezer,*  Andrew,^  Capt. 
Samuel,^  Samuel^).  She  was  born  in  Limerick,  N.  Y., 
March  8,  1822;  married,  1841,  Zeva  M.  Way.  He  was  a 
paper  manufacturer,  who  died  March  25,  1860,  at  Water- 
town,  N.  Y.  Three  children.  She  married,  second,  Jan.  7, 
1864,  at  Pulaski,  Capt.  Lewis  W.  Litts.  He  was  a  boat 
owner  and  captain  on  the  lakes,  and  died  at  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

ClIILDRKN. 


32o.  Emma  Gertrude  Way,"  b.  at  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  4,  1842  ;  m.  at 
Milwaukee,  Wis.,  Sept.  13,  1880,  Orson  A.  Thayer,  a  railway 
conductor;  he  died  in  Milwaukee,  March  22,  1878.  She  m., 
second,  at  Columbus,  Wis.,  Adolphus  W.  Ingalabe,  Nov.  24, 
1880,  farmer.    Cliild  by  first  marriage: 

I.    Gertrude  Esther  Thayer,'  b.  at  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  Oct.  21,  1871. 

320.  Kittie  Esther  Way,"  b.  Pulaski,  Deo.  8,  1847;  m.  at  Watertown,  N". 
v.,  June  27,  1^71,  John  II.  UolxTts,  merchant.     Child: 

I.  Lou-Lou  Way  Koberts,'  b.  Grand  Uapids,  Mich.,  June  28,  1872;  d. 
Aug.  20,  1872. 

327.     George  Z.  Way,"  b.  Pulaski,  July  5,  1854;  d.  there  Sept.  2,  18.5.5. 


328.  Julia  Allison  ^  [1971  (Ebenezer,*  Andrew,"  Capt. 
Samuel,-  Samuel^).  She  was  born  at  Limerick,  N.  Y., 
April  19, 1824  ;  m.  Edward  Williston,  at  Limerick,  N.  Y.  He 
was  a  farmer.  She  died  at  Chicago,  111.,  many  years  ago,  and 
her  daughter  was  brought  up  by  her  grandparents,  the 
Allisons. 

CniLD. 

329.     Isabel  Williston,"  b.  Jan.  2.5,  1848;  m. 
2"),  1871,  Linus  Monson,  farmer. 

I.  Julia  Monson,'  b.  Oct.  10,  1872. 

II.  Jessie  Monson,'  b.  March  8,  18*4. 

III.  Eddie  Monson,'  b.  Nov.  9,  1875. 

IV.  IJruce  Monson,'  b.  June  14,  1878. 

V.  Lillian  Monson,'  b.  Jan.  14,  1880. 

VI.  Jan  Monson,'  b.  Nov.  2,  1882. 

VII.  George  Monson,'  b.  March  14,  1890. 

330.     Lavinia  Jemima  Allison'^  [198]  (Ebenezer,*  Andrew,^ 


^ii}.: 


at  Watertown,   N.  Y.,  Sept. 
Children: 


'Ml 


112 


HARLOW   ALLISO>',   OF   LBIERICK,   N.   Y. 


Capt.  Saniuel,2  Samuel '  ).  She  was  born  in  Limerick,  N.  Y., 
June  25,  182t3 ;  married,  Feb.  21,  1850,  Jacob  Ellis  Harmon, 
son  of  James  Harmon.  He  was  born  at  Pulaski,  N.  Y.,  Jan. 
6,  182H,  where  he  resided  about  twenty-five  years,  and  in 
Watertown,  N.  Y.,  the  rest  of  his  life,  and  where  he  died 
Aug.  20,  1881;  machinist.  Mrs.  Harmon  died  at  Utica,  N. 
Y.,  Dec.  16,  1888.     They  resided  at  Watertown,  N.  Y. 


CIIII,1>REX. 

331.  De  Witt  Clinton  Harmon,'  b.   Pulaski,   N.   Y.,  Jan.  21,  1852;   m. 

April  2i»,  1880,  Marfjaret  E.  llicliardson ;  was  proprietor  of  ma- 
cliine  shop.  Kes.  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  where  he  d.  Dec.  10, 
1888.    No  children. 

332.  Herbert  Edgar  Harmon,"  b.  Adams,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  10,  18.54;  m.,  Oct. 

24,  1883,  Helen  J.  Haven,  clerk,  res.  Watertown,  N.  Y.  No 
children. 

333.  Charles  A.  Harmon,'  b.  Watertown,  N.  Y.,   July  27,  1S56;  m.  Nov. 

23,  1881,  Clara  E.  Kenyon;  locomotive  engineer;  res.  Benson 
Mills,  N.  Y.     Children: 

I.  Ella  J.  Harmon,'  b.  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  12,  1882. 

II.  Don  K.  Harmon,'  b.  Watertown,  N.  Y.  Dec.  25,  1884. 

334.  George  Allison  Harmon,"  b.  Watertown,   N.  Y.,  March  1,  1866;  in 

railroad  employ  ;  res.  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

335.  Harlow  Allison  6  [199]  (Ebenezer,*  Andrew,^  Capt. 
Samuel,^  Samuel^).  He  was  born  in  Limerick,  N.  Y.,  Oct. 
21,  1828 ;  residence,  Limerick.  He  married  Sarah  Ann 
Allen.    He  died  at  Limerick,  Jan.  7,  1889. 


CUILDKEN   BOKN  AT   LIMERICK,  N.  Y. 

336.  Wayne  Allison,'  b.   April  20,   1858;   m.,  at  Dexter,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  26, 

1883,  Lillian  E.  Randall,  who  was  b.  Oct.  12,  1865.  She  d.  Jan. 
15,  1889.  He  m.  second,  Anna  Eva  Darr,  b.  Germany,  March  15, 
1870.  They  were  m.  at  Brownsville,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  28,  1889. 
Children: 

I.  Evci-et  Allison,'  b.  Oct.  25,  1885. 

II.  Clara  Elizabeth  Allison,'  b.  June  30,  1887. 

337.  Elizabeth  Allison,'  b.  Sept.  22,  1863;  m.,  April  11,  1888,  Luna  Zim- 

merman, b.  April  14,  1865.     No  children. 

388.  William  Henry  Allison  ^  [203]  (Ebenezer,*  Andrew,* 
Capt.  Samuel,'^  Samuel^).  He  was  born  in  Limerick,  N.  Y., 
July  10,  1844;  married  Mary  Jackson  June  30,  1864; 
farmer;  residence.  Limerick,  N.  Y. 


CUILDHEN  DORN  AT  LIMERICK,  N.  Y. 

339.  Frank  Allison,"  b.  Aug.  16,  1806. 

340.  Etta  L.   Allison,"  b.   March  26,  1868;  m.,  June  25,  1885,  Wallace  J. 

Patrick,  farmer:  child,  b.  Limerick,  N.  Y. : 
I.     Ruth  Esther  Patrick,'  b.  Doc.  25,  1888. 

341.  William  Allison,'  b.  Dec.  30,  1872. 

342.  Adelbert  Allison,'  b.  May  22,  1875. 


JAMES  ALLISON,   OF   DUBLIN,   N.    H. 


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343.  John  Wilson  Allison  ^  [206]  (Eli,*  Andrew,^  Capt. 
Samuel,^  Samuel^  ).  He  was  born  in  Dublin,  N.  H.,  March 
15,  1823.  On  attaining  his  majority  he  left  his  native  town, 
and  in  1849  he  joined  the  great  flood  of  emigration  to  the 
gold  fields  of  California.  A  few  months'  stay  amid  the  hard- 
ships to  which  all  were  subjected,  and  the  bad  influence  of 
the  climate,  brought  on  a  severe  sickness,  compelling  the 
abandonment  of  his  plans  and  his  return  to  New  England. 
From  that  illness  his  system  has  never  fully  recovered.  For 
three  years  he  was  connected  with  the  postoffice  in  Boston, 
Mass.  Since  then  he  has  been  in  active  business  life  for 
others  or  for  himself,  and  in  1893  was  in  the  ships'  stores 
and  ships'  chandlery  b,usines8,  of  the  firm  of  Allison  & 
Mason,  No.  1  and  2  Russia  wharf,  270  Congress  St.,  Bos- 
ton, Mass.    Is  a  Republican  in  politics. 


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CHILDBKN  BORX  AT  U09T0N,  MASS. 

344.  Fred  Lincoln  Allison,"  b.  Dec.  31,  1854;  d.,  of  typhoid  fever,  Sept. 
3,1890.  He  res.  Miignolia  St.,  Roxbury  Dist,  Boston,  Mass. 
He  m.  Emma  Basset  of  Roxbury,  who  is  still  living.  He  was 
travelling  salesman.    Child  b.  Boston,  Mass. : 

I.     Chester  Thorp  Allison,'  b.  March  12,  1880. 

;i45.    Edwin  Charles  Allison,'  b.,  ISiiO;  d.  at  6  mos. 

346.  Lillie  Frances  Allison,"  b.  June,  18.58.    Single.    Lives  .at  home. 

347.  Sadie  Persis  Allison,"  b.  Nov.,   1861.    Single.    Res.  at  home,   Bos- 

ton, Mass. 

348.  Nellie  Hope  Allison."  b.  May,  186.5.    Res.  at  home,  Boston,  Mass. 

349.  John  Wilson  Allison,  Jr.,"  b.  Sept.  1,  1868.     Res.  Boston,  Mass. 

350.  Charles  Morrison  Allison,"  b.  Sept.,  1868;  d.  at  8  yrs.  of  age. 

351.  James  Allison ^  [209]  (Eli,*  Andrew,^ Capt.  Samuel,^ 
Samuel  ^ ).  He  was  bori:  in  Dublin,  N.  H.,  March  13, 
1830,  where  he  has  always  lived.  He  married,  March  9, 
1854,  Sarah  Jane,  daughter  of  William  and  Julia  (Johnson ) 
Darracott,  who  was  born  in  Dublin,  May  27,  1837;  died 
there  May  1,  1878.  Her  father  was  born  in  Shrewsbury,  Vt., 
Feb.  17, 1804;  died  in  Dublin,  Aug.  28,  1884.  Mr.  Allison 
married,  second,  Dec.  3,  1878,  Bessie  Maria  Darracott,  a  sis- 
ter of  his  first  wife.  She  was  born  in  Dublin,  April  29,  1839 ; 
and  died  in  Dublin  July  10,  1880.  Mr.  Allison  was  educa- 
ted in  the  common  schools  and  in  early  manhood  taught 
school  for  several  winters,  and  then  settled  on  the  homestead 
to  care  for  his  parents  in  their  declining  years.  For  nineteen 
years  he  has  served  as  agent  to  invest  and  care  for  the  trust 
funds  of  the  town  of  Dublin,  being  elected  in  1872.  For 
twenty-eight  years  he  has  served  as  a  trustee  of  the  Appleton 
school  fund,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  school  board  for  five 
years.  A  large  amount  of  probate  business  is  entrusted  to  him, 
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and  many  estates  are  settled,  and  he  acts  repeatedly  as  guardian 
for  minors.  Since  1874  he  has  held  a  commission  as  justice 
of  the  peace,  was  a  selectman  in  1870,  '71,  72,  '73,  '76,  '78, 
'80,  '81,  '82,  '85,  '86,  and  represented  his  town  in  the  legis- 
lature in  1873,  '74.  In  politics,  he  is  a  Republican ;  in 
religion,  of  the  Unitarian  faith,  having  been  a  deacon  of  the 
Unitarian  church  in  Dublin  more  than  twenty  years, 
and  agent  for  the  care  and  investment  of  the  trust  funds  of 
the  First  Congregational  (Unitarian)  society,  of  which  he  is 
a  member.    Residence,  Dublin,  N.  H. 


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CHILDREN  BOBN  AT  DUBLIN,  N.  II. 

352.    William  Andrew  Allison,"  b.  May  4,  1855;  d.  Dublin,  N.  H.,  Oct.  5, 

1862. 
Annie  Maria  Allison,"  b.  March  7,  1850;  teacher.    Res.  Dublin,  N.  H. 
Flora  Gertrude  Allison,"  b.  April  2,  1860 ;  teacher.    She  graduated, 

June,   1882,  at  State  Normal  ;>chool,   Plymouth,  N.  H.    Res. 

Revere,  Mass. 
John  Learned  Allison,'  b.  Aug.  2,  1861;   m.,  Nov.  1,  1886,  Myrtle 

Aurilla  Pratt,  dau.   of  Ira  ana (Putney)  Pratt.    She  was 

b.  Feb.  3,  1867,  in  Marlborough,  N.  H.    He  is  a  carpenter  in 

Colorado  Springs,  Colorado.    Child : 
I.    Gertrude  Mabel  Allison,'  b.  Sept.  5,  1891. 

356.  Emma  Jane  Allison,*  b.  Jan.  24,  1864;  teacher;  res.  Dublin,  N.  H. 

Educated  at  the  State  Normal  school,  Plymouth,  N.  H. 

357.  James  Francis  Allison,"  b.  March  29, 1865.    He  is  a  teacher;  gi-adua- 

ted  at  Cushing  Academy,  Ashburnham,  Mass.,  June,  1^6,  and 
at  Dartmouth  college  in  1891,  and  in  1892  is  principal  of  Sher- 
born  academy  at  Sherborn,  Mass. 

358.  Henry  Darracott  Allison,"  b.  Feb.  2,  1869.    He  is  a  bookkeeper  and 

postoflice  clerk.  Educated  at  Bryant  &  Stratton's  business 
college,  Boston,  Mass.  Res.  Dublin,  N.  H.  He  m.,  Feb.  3, 
1891,  Florence  Gowing  Mason,  dau.  of  Milton  D.  Mason;  she 
was  b.  Dec.  16,  1871. 

359.  Edwin  Sherman  Allison,"  b.  Aug.  19, 1871;  carpenter;  res.  Colorado 

Springs,  Colorado. 

360.  Mabel  Persis  Allison,"  b.  March  26,  1874;  at  home. 

361.  Royal  Bellows  Quinton*  [213]  {(Samuel,*  Margaret 
Allison,^  Capt.  Samuel,^  Samuel^).  Residence,  Denmark, 
Iowa ;  married, 

CHILD. 

362.    Alfred  Bixby  Quinton"  (398),  b.  Jan.  20,  1865;  res.  Topeka,  Kan. 

363.  James  Stockman  Allison^  [218]  (John,*  James,^ 
Capt.  Samuel,^  Samuel  i).  He  was  born  in  Weathersfield, 
Vt.,  April  10,  1827 ;  married,  Jan.  1,  1860,  Sophronia  Cole 
Butler,  of  Watertown,  Mass.,  who  died  June  11,  1890,  aged 
62  years,  9  months,  16  days.  She  was  born  in  Leominster, 
Mass.,  Aug.  27,  1827.     Early  in  life  he  removed  to  Newton, 


CLINTON  JAMES   ALLISON,  OF  OLNEY,  ILL. 


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Mass.,  where  the  larger  part  of  his  time  was  spent.  At  one 
time  he  was  in  business  in  Faneuil  Hall  market,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Porter  &  Allison.  He  was  one  of  the  leading 
business  men  of  Newton,  and  was  located  in  the  provision 
business,  on  the  spot  now  occupied  by  the  Union  Market 
National  Bank,  under  the  firm  name  of  Allison  &  Bond. 
He  was  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Union  Market  National 
Bank  for  three  years.  He  was  a  devoted  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational church,  and  by  his  courteous  manners  and  up- 
right Christian  life  won  the  confidence  and  love  of  many. 
He  died  at  his  home  on  California  street,  Newton,  Mass., 
May  1, 1881,  aged  54  years. 

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364.  Edward  Porter  Allison,*  b.  Dec,  17,  1860;  d.  Sept.  14,  1872,  aged  11 

years,  8  months,  28  days. 

365.  Albert  Butler  Allison,'  b.  March  6,  1864;  m.,  June  3,  1890,  Mira 

Alma  Graves,  of  Ludlow,  Vt.,  b.  Ascutneyville,  Vt.,  Dec.  15, 
1867.  He  was  educated  in  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of 
Xewton,  Mass.,  and  received  his  musical  education  under 
teachers  of  note  in  Boston,  Mass.,  and  now  devotes  all  his  time 
to  instruction  in  music.  He  is  organist  at  the  First  Universal- 
ist  church  in  Boxbury,  Mass.,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Congre- 
gational church  in  Newtonville;  res.  201  Califoiiiia  ave.,  New- 
ton, Mass. 

366.  Mary  Allison,"  b.  Jan.  9,  1865;  d.  Jan.  9,  1865. 

367.  James  Stoclcman  Allison.  Jr.,«  b.  Feb.  19,  1870;  d.  Aug.  19,  1872, 

aged  2  years,  6  months. 

368.  Clinton  James  Allison ^  [227]  (Samuel,*  James,^ 
Capt.  Samuel,^  Samuel^).  He  was  born  in  Weathersfield, 
Vt.,  April  24,  1824.  When  thirteen  years  of  age,  he  went 
with  his  parents  to  Conneaut,  Ohio,  where  he  lived  eight 
years ;  was  in  Indiana  fourteen  years ;  resides  at  Olney,  111., 
and  has  resided  there  for  thirty-one  years.  Manufacturer 
and  farmer.  He  married,  May  22, 1860,  Hannah,  daughter 
of  Samuel  and  Chloe  (Prather)  Campbell.  Her  father  was  a 
native  of  Pennsylvania,  born  in  1775,  removed  with  his 
father  to  Kentucky  in  1784,  and  settled  near  Lexington,  and 
removed  to  Jenning  Co.,  Indijina,  in  1816,  and  died  there  in 
1856.  She  was  born  in  Queens ville,  Ind.,  Nov.  29, 1830,  and 
died  in  Jonesville,  Ind.,  Dec.  25,  1855.  He  married,  second, 
Nov.  25, 1858,  Mrs.  Sarah  D.  Webster,  widow  of  Edward  Web- 
ster, and  daughter  of  Barnes  Hubbard,  of  Massachusetts, 
who  died  in  Conneaut,  Ohio.  She  was  born  in  Conneaut, 
June  29,  1824,  and  died  in  Olney,  111.,  May  14,  1883.  He 
married,  third.  May  1,  1887,  Mary  E.  Whorf,  who  was  born 
at  Brownsville,  Penn.,  April  14, 1847.    She  was  the  daughter 


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HENRY  ALLISON,   OF   HARDENBURG,   IND. 


of  James  W.  Whorf,  who  came  from  Yorkshire,  Eng.,  when 
a  child,  settled  at  or  near  Brownsville,  Penn.,  and  married 
Mary  Willis;  resides  at  Olney,  111.  Mr.  Allison  is  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics,  and  a  Baptist. 


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CIIILDItEX. 

369.  Walter  Campbell  Allison,"  b.  Queensville,  Bartholomew  Co.,  Ind., 

April  15,  1852;  d.  Jonesville,  Ind.,  March  20,  1850. 

370.  Eugene  Hulett  Allison,'  b.  Jonesville,  Ind.,  March  11,  18.54.    He  is 

in  the  real  estate  and  insurance  business;  res.  New  Decatur, 
Ala.  He  went  to  Olney,  111.,  with  his  father,  in  1858;  removed 
to  New  Decatur  in  1887.     He  m.  Mrs.  Mary  Par. 

371.  Adelia  Ilann;/.     Allison,"  b.  .Jonesville,  Ind.,  Nov.  2(1,  18.55;  res. 

Olney,  '  .  ,  Sept.  8,  1875,  James  E.  Whorf,  and  has  had  five 
cli?  cm  '  .      eased. 

372.  Clinton  L' It  v.  ison,"  b.  Olney,  111.,  May  11,  1800;    res.  T^^out 

Lake,  Wash. ;  is  a  printer,  and  editor  of  a  newspaper. 

373.  Edward  Roland  AUibon,"  b.  Olney,  111.,  June  11,  1804;  res.  Trout 

Lalri\  vVash. 


374.  Henry  Allison^  [228]  (Samuel,*  James,^  Capt.  Sam- 
uel,^ Samuel  ^).  He  was  born  in  Weathersfield,  Vt.,  Feb.  9, 
1826;  married,  Nov.  2,  1851,  Sarah  McConnell,  who  was 
born  January  22,  1832,  in  Hardenburg,  Ind.  Mr.  Allison 
resided  in  Weathersfield  eleven  years,  in  Conneaut,  Ohio, 
eight  years,  and  in  Hardenburg,  Ind.,  forty-five  years;  res. 
Hardenburg,  Jennings  Co.,  Ind. 


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CHILDREN   BOnN  IN  UABDENBUBO,  JENNINGS  CO.,  IND. 

375.  Mary  Allison,"  b.  Aug.  28,  18.53;  m.,  Nov.  26,  1870,  Harvey  Graves, 

fjirmer;  res.  Hardenburg,  Ind.    Children: 

I.  Rose  Graves,'  b.  Hardenburg,  Jennings  Co.,  Ind.,  April  10,  1872. 

II.  Carl  Graves,'  b.  Morocco,  Newton  Co.,  Ind.,  June  14,  1873. 

III.  Ward  Graves,'  b.  Morocco,  Newton  Co.,  Ind.,  Dec.  16,  1874. 

IV.  Boyd  Graves,'  b.  Hardenburg,  Jennings  Co.,  Ind.,  June  24,  1876. 

376.  Ora  May  Allison,"  b.  Nov.  11,  ia58;  d.  Sept.  27,  1801. 

377.  Delia  Allison,"  b.  Sept.  5,  1802;  m.,  April  23,   1889,  Joel  Wilson, 

farmer;  res.  Hardenburg,  Ind.    Cliild: 
I.    Edith  Wilson,'  b.  Elizabethtown,  Bartholomew  Co.,  Ind.,  Dec.  2, 181X). 

378.  Edith  Allison,"  b.  Oct.  6,  1800;  m.,  April  14,  1887,  Hugh  Berkshire, 

telegraph  operator;  res.  Rising  Sun,  Ind. 

379.  Hoyt  Allison,"  b.  Feb.  28,  1870;  farmer;  res.  Hardenburg,  Ind. 


380.  Ann  Moore  Allison  &  [229]  (Samuel,*  James,^  Capt. 
Samuel,^  Samuel  ^).  She  was  born  in  Weathersfield,  Vt., 
Nov.  14,  1827,  where  she  lived  ten  years,  then  in  Conneaut, 
Ohio,  nine  years,  in  Perry,  Ohio,  five  years,  and  for  thirty- 
nine  years  has  been  a  resident  of  Painesville,  Ohio,  which  is 
still  her  home.  She  is  a  member  of  the  M.  E.  church.  She 
married,  Dec.  4,  1851,  .Carlos,  son  of  John  and  Dameras 


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Bolles)  Mason,  of  Perry,  Lake  Co.,  Ohio,  and  grandson  of  Eli- 
jah Mason.  He  was  born  in  Perry,  Nov.  26,  1822,  where  he 
iived  twenty-nine  years,  and  since  then  in  Painesville,  Ohio. 
He  is  a  fanner,  and  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  resides 
some  three  miles  fr.om  the  village,  in  Painesville. 

CHILDREN   IlOItX   IN   PAINESVILLE,  OHIO. 

381.  Katie  Mary  Mason,"  b.  Nov.  9,  18.54;  m.,  .Tan.  17,  1884,  Henry  Neff; 

res.  Painesville,  Ohio. 

382.  Jessie  Allison  Mason,"  b.  Dec.  27,  1869;  res.  Painesville,  Ohio. 

383.  Rodney  Esbel  Allison  ^  [230]  (Samuel,*  Jaraes,^ 
Capt.  Samuel,^  Samuel^).  He  was  born  in  VVeathersfield, 
Vt.,  July  16,  1829;  married,  Dec.  1,  1853.  Malvina  Tyler, 
daughter  of  Ralph  and  Maria  (Gordon)  Tyler.  Her  father 
was  born  in  Marcellus,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  23,  1810,  and  died  Nov. 
17,  1871.  She  was  born  in  Mayfield,  Ohio,  June  16,  1833, 
and  was  residing  in  Perry,  Lake  Co.,  when  married.  Mr. 
Allison  lived  in  Weathersfield  eight  years,  in  Conneaut, 
Ohio,  ten  years,  and  in  Perry,  Ohio,  forty-three  years. 
P.  C).,  Painesville,  Ohio.  In  early  life  he  was  a  teacher ;  is 
now  a  farmer  and  a  justice  of  the  peace ;  does  public  busi- 
ness to  some  extent,  and  settles  many  estates ;  residence. 
Perry,  Lake  Co.,  Ohio. 


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CHILDREN  UORN  IN   PERRY,    LAKE   CO.,  OHIO. 


384.  Genevieve  Maria  Allison,"  b.  Dee.  28,  18(54;  m.,  .Inly  18,  1889,  Harry 
Graves,  b.  March  24,  1800;  merchant;  res.  Geneva,  Ashtabula 
Co.,  Oliio. 

.385.     John  Tyler  Allison,"  b.  May  8,  1870;  d.  May  17,  1872. 

380.     Gertrude  Mary  Allison,"  b.  Jan.  23,  1872. 

387.  Orman  Button  Allison ^  [231]  (Samuel,*  James,^ 
Capt.  Samuel,^  Samuel^).  He  was  born,  Feb.  3,  1831,  in 
Weathersfield,  Windsor  Co.,  Vt. ;  married,  April  15,  1857, 
Marv  I^lnora  Hause,  daughter  of  Harris  E.  and  Lucinda 
(Maynard)  Hause.  Her  father  was  born  in  New  York,  Jan. 
15,  1816 ;  died,  Feb.  12,  1870,  at  Six  Mile,  Jenning  Co.,  Ind. 
Mrs.  Allison  was  born  at  the  latter  place,  April  8,  1840.  Mr. 
Allison  lived  in  Perry,  O.,  for  seven  years ;  twelve  in  Spencer, 
Jennings  Co.,  Ind. ;  two  in  Noble,  Richland  Co.,  111. ;  eight 
in  Frankfort,  Kan. ;  four  in  Montrose,  Henry  Co.,  Missouri ; 
one  year  in  Live  Oak,  Sutter  Co.,  Cai.  Farmer.  Residence, 
Eight  Mile,  Morrow  Co.,  Oregon,  which  has  been  his  home 
for  eight  years. 


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WALTER  SCOTT  ALLISON,  OF  VERNON,  IND. 


CHILDKEX. 


Carrie  Bell  Allison,'  b.  Perry,  Lake  Co.,  Ohio,  June  4,  1858  ;  m., 
Oct.  6,  1874,  Franklin  P.  Vau^lian,  farmer.  Members  of  Cliris- 
tian  church.  Kes.,  Frankfort,  Kansas,  and  res.,  1890,  Eight 
Mile,  Morrow  Co.,  Oregon.    Children:    . 

I.  Mertie  M.  Vaughan,^  b.  Sept.  15,  1875  ;  d.  May  4,  1880. 

II.  Nellie  G.  Vaughan,'  b.  Sept.  9,  1877. 

III.  John  Vaughan,'  b.  June  18,  1883. 

IV.  Charles  Vaughan,'  b.  Feb.  24,  1887. 

389.  William  Orman  Allison,'  b.  Madison,  Lake  Co.,  Ohio,  Jan.  7,  1860  ; 

m.,  Dec.  1, 1880,  Aurilla  Snow.  Farmer  ;  res.  Montrose,  Mo. 
They  res.,  185M),  Eight  Mile,  Morrow  Co.,  Oregon.    Children: 

I.  Walter  Allison,'  b.  Xov.  10,  1881. 

II.  Pearl  Allison,'  b.  Nov.  12,  1883. 

390.  Emma  Ann  Allison,"  b.  Six  Mile,  Ind.,  Sept.  27,  1862  ;   m.,  Jan.  10, 

1882,  Alfred  Uoolittle.    He  is  a  carpenter.    Children: 

I.  Elmer  Allison  Doolittle,'  b.  April  22,  1883. 

II.  Ermie  Doolittle,'  b.  Oct.  9,  1885. 

III.  Lester  Doolittle,'  b.  Jan.  10,  1887.    Mr.  Doolittle  res.  North  Bend, 

King  Co.,  Washington. 

391.  Gertrude  Allison,'  b.  Six  Mile,  Ind.,  March  28,  1804  ;  d.  there  May 

4  1864. 

392.  Oscar  Hause  Allison,"  b.  Noble,  Richland  Co.,  111.,  Oct.  13,  1887  ; 

farmer  ;  res.  Eiglit  Mile,  Morrow  Co.,  Oregon. 

393.  Cora  Lucinda  Allison,"  b.  Frankfort,   Kansas,   June  23,  1873  ;   res. 

Eight  Mile,  Morrow  Co.,  Oregon. 

394.  Walter  Scott  Allison^ [iid 2]  (Samuel,*  James,^ Capt. 
Samuel,^  SaraueU).  He  was  born  in  Weathersfield,  Vt., 
July  9,  1832 ;  married,  Oct.  9,  1857,  Rebecca  McConnell, 
born  at  Hardenburg,  Ind.  He  went  to  Ohio  when  eight  years 
of  age,  where  he  lived  fifteen  years,  and  in  Vernon,  Jennings 
Co.,  Ind.,  nine  years.  Machinist.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Union  army  in  Sixth  Regiment  Indiana  volunteers,  and  died 
at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  July  27,  1864. 

CHILDKEN  nOKN  IN  NOUTII   VERNON,   JENNINGS   CO.,  IND. 

395.  Frank  Ellsworth  Allison,"  b.  June  9, 1801  ;  farmer  ;  res.  Pittsburgh, 

Kan.  ;  m.  Clivra  Ann  Hoffman,  b.  Jersey  Co.,  111.,  Nov.  8, 
1861.  They  were  manied  at  Gerard,  Kansas,  Aug.  10,  1882, 
Cliildron: 

I.  i^cssie  Blanche  Allison,'  b.  Pittsburgh,  Kan.,  Jan.  16,  1884. 

II.  Ellsworth  George  Allison,'  b.  Leon,  Butler  Co.,  Kan.,  Aug.  21,  1885. 

III.  Walter  M.  Allison,'  b.  Leon,  Kan.,  Oct.  10,  1886. 

396.  Flora  Dell  Allison,"  b.  June  2,  1863  :   m.,  Oct.   10,  1882,  at  Harden- 

burg, Ind.,  Morton  Oathout,  b.  Hardenburg,  Ind.,  Oct.  2, 
18(J1.     Res.  Ewing,  Jackson  Co.,  Ind.    Childi-en: 

I.  Walter  Oathout,'  b.  Queensville,   Jennings  Co.,  Ind.,  June   12,  1883. 

II.  Ralph  Logan  Oathout,'  b.  Queensville,  Ind.,  March  21,  1888. 

III.  Hazel  May  Oathout,'  b.  Ewing,  Jackson  Co.,  Ind.,  Oct.  5,  1890. 

897.  Roland  Hill  Alli8on6[284]  (Samuel,*  James,^  Capt. 
Samuel,'*  SamueU).  He  was  born  in  Weathersfield,  Vt., 
July  6,  1836  ;  married,  Oct.  5, 1862,  Theodocia  W.,  daughter 


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of  Rev.  Martin  E.  and  Clarissa  (Tousley)  Cook,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Josiah  Cook  of  Windhara,  Vt.  Her  family  lived 
in  Massachusetts,  Bellville,  N.  Y.,  Dayton,  O.,  and  her  father 
died  in  Streetsboro',  O.,  Oct.  4,  1841.  She  was  born  at  Day- 
ton, O.,  Dec.  27,  1837.  Mr.  Allison  left  Ohio  in  1854,  and 
lived  in  Jennings  Co.,  Ind.,  with  his  brother,  Clinton  J.,  until 
1856 ;  removed  to  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  living  there  until  '59 ;  then 
was  in  trade  in  Ottawa,  111.,  until  Aug.,  1861,  when  he  en- 
listed in  Company  B.,  Fifty-third  regiment,  Illinois  volun- 
teers ;  was  promoted  to  first  lieutenant,  then  to  captain,  and 
two  years  later  was  commissioned  major  of  the  same  regi- 
ment, and  resigned  in  1865.  He  participated  in  the  siege  of 
Corinth,  Miss.,  of  Vicksburg  and  of  Atlanta,  and  was  in 
Sherman's  March  to  the  Sea,  ending  at  Savannah,  Ga.,  in 
Dec,  1864.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  is  engaged  in  the 
sale  of  machinery  and  agricultural  implements,  and  he  and 
his  family  are  Baptists  in  their  religious  faith ;  res.  Clinton, 
Henry  Co.,  Mo.     No  children. 

398.  Alfred  Bixby  Quintone  [362]  (Royal  Bellows  Quin- 
tou,^  Samuel  Quinton,*  Margaret  Allison,^  Capt.  Samuel,^ 
Samuel^).  He  was  born  in  Denmark,  Iowa,  Jan.  26,  1865; 
married,  Jan.  25,  1882,  Georgie  Helen,  daughter  of  George 
A.  and  Helen  M.  (Crane)  Hoffman,  of  Topeka.  Her  father 
was  born  in  Lyons,  N.  Y.,  in  1830,  a  son  of  Charles  Ogden 
Hoffman,  who  died  in  New  York  city,  in  1885,  and  grand- 
son of  Ogden  Hoffman.  She  was  born  in  Rochester,  N.  Y., 
Sept.  9,  1867.  Mr.  Quinton  graduated  at  Michigan  Uni- 
versity, at  Ann  Arbor,  in  1876.  He  then  located  in  Topeka, 
Kan.,  and  has  been  in  the  active  practice  of  his  profession  as 
an  attorney.  He  has  been  county  judge  for  four  years ; 
resides  at  Topeka,  Kan. 


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CiriLDREX  BORN   IN  TOPEKA,  KAN. 

399.  Helen  Hoffman  Quinton,'  b.  April ."),  1882. 

400.  Georpie  Fay  Quinton,'  b.  Oct.  24,  1885. 

401.  Eugenie  Quinton,'  b.  Jan.  15,  1888. 

402.  Alfred  Bixby  Quinton,  Jr.,'  b.  Aug.  17,  1800. 


ALLISONS,   OR  ELLISONS,   OF  NEW    HAMPSHIRE. 


403.  Mrs.  Mary  Allison  (or  probably  Ellison),  of  Notting- 
ham, N.  H.,  died  Jan.  17,  1859,  in  the  109th  year  of  her  age. 
She  was  born  in  Lee,  N.  H.,  May  20,  1750.  She,  at  her 
death,  had  eight  daughters  living.  The  youngest  was  sixty 
years  of  age,  three  of  them  were  over  eighty  years  of  age. 


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and  the  eldest  was  in  her  eighty-sixth  year.  (N.  E.  Hist. 
Reg.,  1859,  vol.  13.) 

404.  Richard  Allison  (or  Ellison),  of  New  Hampshire, 
was  arrested  on  suspicion  of  conspiring  against  the  state  dur- 
ing the  War  of  the  Revolution.  On  June  9,  1777,  a  com- 
mittee of  the  General  Assembly  was  chosen  to  investigate, 
and  they  reported  in  favor  of  sending  him  to  jail  for  safe 
keeping.     (N.  H.  Town  Papers,  vol.  8,  p.  680.) 

406.  Joseph  Allison  enlisted  April  26,  1781,  for  three 
years,  or  for  the  war,  in  the  army  of  the  Revolution. 

406a.  Ebenezer  Allison,  (or  Ellison),  of  Deerfield,  N.  H., 
refusec^  to  sign  the  Association  List,  in  1776. 


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CHAPTER  VI. 


ALLISONS   OF   PENNSYLVANIA. 


The  name  Allison  occurs  quite  frequently  among  the 
Scotch-Irish  who  settled  in  the  south-western  part  of  Chester 
county,  Pennsylvania,  from  1718  to  1740,  at  about  the  same 
dates  as  the  emigrations  from  the  same  localities  in  the 
north  of  Ireland  occurred  to  New  Hampshire,  Massachusetts, 
and  to  Maine.  (See  Futhey  &  Cope's  Hist,  of  Chester  Co., 
Penn.)  The  surnames,  with  the  same  Christian  names  of 
the  early  Scotch-blooded  settlers  in  New  Hampshire,  were 
often  duplicated  at  the  same  dates  in  the  Scotch  settlements 
in  Pennsylvania,  and  among  them  are  Allison,  Park,  Morri- 
son, Cochran,  Boyd,  Dickey,  McAllister,  Stewart,  Wilson, 
Mitchell,  Steele,  Campbell,  and  others.  Nor  is  this  strange 
wken  we  remember  "  that  as  early  as  1718  no  less  than  five 
vessels  of  immigrants  from  the  north  of  Ireland  arrived  on 
the  coast  of  New  England,  but,  forbidden  to  land  at  Boston 
by  the  intolerant  Puritans,  the  immigrants  moved  up  the 
Kennebec  and  there  settled.  The  winter  of  1718-19  being 
one  of  unusual  severity,  the  great  majority  of  these  settlers 
left  the  Kennebec  and  came  overland  into  Pennsylvania,  set- 
tling in  Northampton  county." — Letter  of  Wm.  H.  Egle, 
M.  D.,  of  Harrisburg,  Penn.,  dated  April  13,  1878.  He  is 
the  author  of  the  ''  Illustrated  History  of  the  Commonwealth 
of  Pennsylvania,"  published  in  1876. 


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ALLISONS   OF  ALLEN  TOWNSHIP,  PENN. 

406.  James  Allison,  Sr.,  in  1780,  lived  in  the  Scotch-Irish 
settlement  of  Allen  towtiship,  Northampton  county,  Penn., 
and  was  there  taxed.  He  lived  on  the  property  owned  a  few 
years  ago  by  Daniel  Saegar.  This  settlement  included 
Weaversville  and  the  adjacent  localities.  In  relation  to  this 
settlement.  Rev.  J.  C.  Clyde,  D.  D.,  in  his  "History  of  the 
Allen  Township  Presbyterian  Church,  Northampton  County, 
Penn.,"  says,  that  "as  early  as  1717  [it  was  1718]  no  less 


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than  five  vessels  of  immigrants  from  the  north  of  Ireland 
arrived  on  the  coast  of  New  England,  but  forbidden  to  land 
at  Boston  by  the  intolerant  Puritans,  the  emigrants  moved 
up  the  Kennebec  and  there  settled.  The  winter  of  1717-18, 
being  one  of  unusual  severity,  the  great  majority  of  these 
settlers  left  the  Kennebec,  and  came  overland  into  Pennsyl- 
vania, settling  in  Northampton  county."  (See  p.  44,  note 
to  Samuel  Allison,  No.  1,  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.)  It  was  at 
this  very  time  that  one  portion  of  those  emigrants  went  from 
the  Kennebec,  and  founded  the  Scotch  settlement  of  London- 
derry, N.  H. 

In  the  Scotch  settlement  of  Allen  township  were  the  fol- 
lowing Allisons,  all  presumably  the  children  of  James  Alli- 
son, Sr.     Mr.  Allison  was  a  farmer. 

CIIILDKEN. 

407.  Jiimes  Allison,  .Tr.    Ho  was  a  farmer;  res.  in  Allen  township,  and 

was  taxed  in  17S0. 

408.  John  Allison.     He  was  a  farmer;  a  resident  of  Allen  township,  and 

was  taxed  in  17H(), 

409.  Sarah  Allison,  m.  .Joseph  Ilorner. 

410.  Mary  Allison,  m.  Joseph  Hays. 

411.  .Icannio  Allison,  m.  William  Scott. 

412.  Margaret  Allison. 

413.  Ann  Allison,  m.  James  Wilson. 


REV.    FRANCIS   ALISON   AND   HIS   DESCENDANTS. 

414.  Rev.  Francis  Alison,  D.  D.,  was  perhaps  the  most 
influential  person  of  this  family  name  in  Chester  county  at 
that  early  period.  He  was  born  in  1705,  in  the  parish  of 
Leck,^  county  of  Donegal,  Ireland ;  educated  at  the  Univer- 
sity at  Glasgow,  Scotland;  emigrated  to  America  in  1735; 
licensed  as  a  Presbyterian  minister  in  1736  or  1737  ;  installed 
over  the  church  in  New  London,  Chester  county.  May  25, 
1736,  and  remained  fifteen  years ;  went  to  Philadelphia  in 
1752,  took  charge  of  the  academy  there,  and  became  vice- 
provost  of  the  college  of  Pennsylvania,  afterwards  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  on  its  establishment  in  1755.  He  was  pro- 
fessor of  moral  philosophy  and  assistant  pastor  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  church  in  Philadelphia,  Penn.  In  1756  the 
degree  of  A.  M.  was  given  him  by  Yale  college,  and  in  1758 
the  degree  of  D.  D.  was  conferred  upon  him  by  the  Univer- 
sity of  Glasgow,  Scotland.    It  is  asserted  that  he  was  the 

'  Leek  is  a  parisli  on  the  direct  road  between  Letter  Kenney  and  Raphel, 
and  some  three  miles  from  Letter  Kenney.  There  is  a  church  there,  and 
Rev.  A.  W.  Smyth  was  the  incumbent  in  1892. 


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first  clergyman  in  this  country  to  receive  the  degree  of  D.  D. 
He  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  James  Armitage,  of  New- 
castle, Delaware,  and  died  Nov.  28,  1779,  in  his  74th  year. 
The  father  of  Mrs.  Alison  was  a  son  of  Benjamin  and  Mary 
Armitage,  who  came  from  Holmfirth  Parish,  Yorkshire,  Eng., 
and  resided  near  Bristol,  Penn. 


CHIMIBEN. 

41.5.  Francis  Alison, •  d.  iu  Infancy, 

416.  Ezckiel  Alison,'  d.  in  infancy. 

417.  Benjamin  Alison,'  d.  unmarried  about  1782. 

418.  Frances  Alison,  Jr. « (421),  b.  In  17.51';  res.  Chatham,  Chester  Co., 

Penn.,  May  11,  1818.    Ho  m.  Mary  Mackey. 
410.     Mary  Alison,'  d.  unmarried. 
(See  foot  note.') 

421.  Francis  Alison,  Jr.,^  [418]  (Francis i).  He  was 
born  in  Chester  county,  Penn.,  in  1751 ;  married  Mary 
Mackey,  who  was  born  in  Chester  county,  Penn.,  in  1757. 
She  died  in  Chatham,  Penn.,  in  1827.^  Mr.  \lison  was  grad- 
uated in  arts  from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  (then  the 
college  of  Philadelphia)  in  1770 ;  studied  medicine,  and  was 
a  surgeon  during  the  Revolution.  He  was  a  physician  of 
eminence,  and  died  in  Chatham,  Chester  county,  Penn., 
where  he  resided  May  11,  1813. 


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CHILDnEN   DOKN  IN    CIIESTEB    COUNTY,  PENN.,    PKOBAULY   IN  CHATHAM. 

422.  Francis  Alison,*  d.  1704,  afjed  14  years. 

423.  Rachel  Alison,'  d.  April  l.S,  184.S,  aged  62  years;  single. 

424.  Sarah  Alison'  (432),  m.  Alexander  Adams;  res.  Chester  Co.,  Penn. ; 

d.  June,  1843,  aged  60  years. 
42.5.    Horatio  Tates  Alison,^  d.  1808,  aged  25  years;  single. 

426.  Agnes  Alison,"  d.  1800,  aged  13  years. 

427.  Oliver  Alison,'  d.  Oct.  14,  18.55,  aged  66  years;  single. 

428.  Robert  Alison'  (4;S5),  b.  1789;  m.,  May  27,  183i>,  Elizabeth  Aitken. 

He  d.  May  4,  1854. 

429.  Maria  Alison,'  m.  William  Hesson;  res.  Chester  Co.,  Penn.,  and  d. 

in  1811,  aged  21  years.  They  had  a  son.  Horatio  Hesson,*  who 
married  Margaret  Downing.  They  head  cliiidren  who  went 
west  and  married  there,  namely, — 

»  Otheii  Allisons.  420.  Anne  Allison,  of  Donegal,  Penr . ;  m.  Thomas 
Anderson,  Nov.  30, 1774.  420  a.  Miss  Allison,  of  Bemis's  Valley,  Penn. ; 
m.  Oct.  30,  1879,  Frank  Stewart,  a.  in  Bellefonte,  Penn.  420  b.  Robert 
Alison  was  made  a  lieutenant  in  a  Pennsylvania  regiment,  Feb.  8,  1747- 
'48.  He  was  a  nephew  of  Rev.  Francis  Alison,  on  the  authority  of  Dr. 
Robert  S.  Alison,  of  Ardmore,  Penn.  420  c.  James  Allison  was  a  res- 
ident of  Pennsylvania,  June  6,  1758. 

'  She  was  the  daughter  of  John  and  Rachel  (Elder)  Mackey,  who  lived 
near  New  London,  of  Chester  county,  Penn.,  and  granddaughter  of  Rob- 
ert Mackey,  of  the  same  place.  Her  grandfather  was  lieutenant  of  the 
Provincial  forces  of  1747-48,  and  her  father,  John  Mackey,  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  constitutional  convention  in  1776. 


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I.  William  Hesson." 

II.  Jeanette  Hesson," 

III.  Wright  Hesson.' 

IV.  Madge  Hesson." 

430.    Louisa  Alison,'  d. ,  aged  70  years;  single. 

4.S1.    Julia  Alison,'  d.  June  27,  1854,  aged  49  years;  single. 


432.  Sarah  Alison s  [424]  (Francis,"  Francis,  i)-  She 
was  born  in  Chester  county,  renn.,  and  married  Alexander 
Adams. 


CHILDBEK. 


433. 


Thomas  Adams,*  (439)  b.  Feb.  24,  1810,  in  Londondeny,  Chester 
Co.,  Penn.:  m.,  183.'>,  Ruth  A.  England. 
434.    Mary  Adams,*  b.  Feb.  24,  1810;  m.  Samuel  Ramsey.    Children: 

I.  Margaret  Ramsey." 

II.  Adams  Ramsey.' 

III.  Francis  Ramsey.' 

IV.  Horatio  Ramsey.' 

V.  Lucetta  Ramsey.' 


435.  Robert  Alison  3  [428]  (Francis,"  Francis  i)-  Dr. 
Alison  was  born  in  Chester  county  in  1789.  Ho  graduated 
in  medicine  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvp.nia  in  1819, 
and  practised  his  profession  until  his  death.  May  4,  1854. 
He  resided  in  Chatham,  and  Jennerville,  Chester  county, 
Penn.  He  married,  May  27,  1839,  Elizabeth  Aitken,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Jane  Aitken,  of  Chester  county.  Jane 
Aitken  was  the  daughter  of  Capt.  James  and  Sarah  (Gettys) 
McDowell  of  Chester  county,  Penn.  (See  Futhey  &  Cope's 
history  of  Chester  county,  Penn.).  She  was  born  in  1807  ; 
died  Aug.  21,  1851,  in  Wilmington,  Delawf  re. 

CIIILDBEN  BORN  IN  JENNEKVILLE,  CIIE8TEH  CO.,  PENN. 

4:^6.     Louisa  Jane  Alison,*  b.  1841;  d.  Aug.  21,  1850. 

437.  Francis  John  Alison,*  (440)  b.  May  10,  1843;  lawyer;   res.  Philadel- 

phia, Penn. 

438.  Robert  Henry  Alison,*  (450)  b.  Juno  8,  1845;  pi  ysician;  res.  Ard- 

more,  Penn. 

439.  Thomas  Adams*  [433]  (Sarah  Alison,^  Francis," 
Francis^).  He  was  born  in  Londonderry,  Chester  county, 
Penn.,  Feb.  24,  1810.     He  married,  1835,  Ruth  A.  England. 


CHILDREN. 

440.  Sai-ah  Adams.' 

441.  Mary  Adams,'  m.  Joseph  Pratt.    Children: 

I.  Xathaniel  Pratt.» 

II.  Adams  Pratt." 

442.  Robert  Adams,'  m.  Elizabeth  Strawbridge.    Children: 

I.  Anna  Adams." 

II.  Sarah  Adams." 


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III.  Louisa  Adams.* 

IV.  Rob  "jrt  Adams.' 

V.  Edwin  Adams.' 

443.  Louisa  Adams,'  m.  Andrew  J.  Toung;  res.  1330  Spring  Garden  St., 

Philadelphia,  Penn.    Children: 

I.  Edwin  Stanton  Young." 

II.  James  Thomas  Toung.' 

444.  Oliver  Adams.' 
446.    Emmeline  Adams.s 


446.  Francis  John  Alison*  [437]  (Robert,^  Francis,^ 
Francis^).  He  was  born  in  Jennerville,  Chester  county, 
Penn.,  May  16,  1843 ;  married,  Sept.  6, 1877,  Sophia  Dallas 
Dixon,  who  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  Dec.  28,  1853. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Fitz  Eugene  and  Catherine  Chew 
(Dallas)  Dixon.  Her  father  was  born  in  Amsterdam,  Sept. 
4, 1820 ;  resided  in  Farley,  Bucks  county,  Penn.,  and  died  in 
Philadelphia,  Penn.,  Jan.  22,  1880.  He  was  the  son  of 
Thomas  Dixon,  Jr.,  and  his  wife,  Mary  B.  Dixon,  who  was 
born  Jan.  26,  1781,  in  Westminster,  London,  Eng. ;  resided 
in  Boston,  Mass ,  where  he  died  Sept.  15,  1849.  He  was  the 
son  of  Thomas  Dickson  (or  Dixon),  born  Nov.  6,  1739,  in 
Perthshire,  Scotland  ;  resided  in  Amsterdam ;  married  Eliz- 
abeth Mann,  and  died  in  Amsterdam,  Oct.  25,  1824. 

Mr.  Alison  graduated  from  the  academic  department  of  Har- 
vard University,  Cambridge,  Mass.,  in  1865 ;  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  of  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  June  7,  1875,  and 
practises  his  profession  as  a  lawyer  at  216  South  4th  St.,  of 
that  city ;  resides  at  327  South  18th  St.,  Philadelphia,  Penn. 

CHILDREN  BOBK  IN  PniLADELnilA,  PENN. 

447.  Catherine  Dallas  Alison,'  b.  June  11,  1878. 

448.  Mary  Elizabeth  Alison,'  b.  June  17.  1880. 

449.  Frances  Arraitage  Alison,'  b.  March  27,  i880. 

450.  Robert  Henry  Alison  *  [438]  (Robert,^  Francis,2  Fran- 
cis^). He  was  born  in  Jennerville,  Chester  county,  Penn., 
June  8,  1845.  He  graduated  in  arts  at  Yale  College,  New 
Haven,  Conn.,  in  1867,  and  in  medicine,  from  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  in  1839.  He  is  a  physician.  From  May,  1871, 
to  Oct.,  1872,  he  was  a  resident  physician  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Hospital  in  Philadelphia.  From  Feb.,  1883,  to  Nov., 
1884,  when  he  resigned,  he  was  port  physician  of  the  port 
of  Philadelphia.  He  removed  to  Ardmore,  Montgomery 
county,  Penn.,  Nov.  4,  1884;  unmarried  r  resides  at  Ard- 
more, Penn. 


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JAMES  ALISON,  OP  PITTSBURGH,  PENN. 


OTHER  ALLISONS  OP  PENNSYLVANIA. 


Rev.  James  Allison,  of  Pittsburgh,  Penn.,  in  a  personal  let- 
ter, Dec.  17,  1890,  says:  "Part  of  the  Allison  family,  to 
which  I  belong,  went  to  Mecklenburg  county.  North  Carolina, 
nearly  one  hundred  and  fifty  years  ago.  Many  of  the 
descendants  are  still  there  (see  sketch  of  Allisons  of  North 
Carolina,  No.  579).  Another  part  went  to  Virginia,  and 
thence  passed  on  into  Indiana  (see  Allisons  of  Indiana,  No. 
463).  One  family  of  the  part  that  went  to  North  Carolina 
returned  to  Cecil  county,  Maryland,  and  afterwards  removed 
to  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania.  One  of  its  number 
(Hon.  James  Allison,  No.  486),  afterward  going  to  Beaver 
county,  Pennsylvania,  served  in  the  Eighteenth  congress  and 
was  reelected  to  the  Nineteenth,  but  declined  on  account  of 
ill-health.  The  late  Hon.  John  Allison,  register  of  the  United 
States  Treasury,  was  his  son  (see  sketches  of  Hon.  James 
Allison,  and  of  his  son,  Hon.  John  Allison,  No.  486).  The 
father  of  Hon.  William  B.  Allison,  United  States  senator 
from  Iowa,  removed  from  the  Cumberland  valley,  Pennsyl- 
vania, to  Bellafonta,  Pennsylvania,  and  then  to  the  Western 
Reserve,  Ohio,  where  William  B.  Allison  was  born  (see 
sketch  of  Hon.  William  B.  Allison,  No.  489).  One  of  my 
grandfather's  brothers  went  from  the  Cumberland  valley  to 
Erie,  Pennsylvania,  where  his  descendants  still  live  (James 
Allison  and  his  descendants  of  Lake  Pleasant,  Erie  county, 
Pennsylvania,  may  be  of  this  family.  See  notice  of  them, 
No.  490).  Another  went  to  Butler ;  and  my  grandfather 
himself  removed  to  the  south  side  of  the  Monongahela  river, 
near  this  city,  in  1810,  and  afterward  to  a  place  ten  miles 
north  of  this  city,  where  he  resided  until  his  death." 

460.    James  Allison  *  ( James,^  George,'^  Allison  ^).^ 

Rev.  James  Allison  was  born  in  Pittsburgh,  Penn.,  Sep- 
tember 27,  1823 ;  married,  August  6,  1851,  Mary  Jane, 
daughter  of  Robert  Anderson,  who  was  born  in  Lancaster 
county,  Penn.,  and  who  lived  in  Washington,  Washington 
county,  and  in  Sewickley,  Alleghany  couniy,  Penn.  Mrs. 
Allison  was  born  and  died  in  the  latter  place.  He  married, 
second,  November  6,  1855,  Caroline,  daughter  of  Hon.  John 
M.  Snowden.  She  was  born  in  Pittsburgh,  Penn.  Mr.  Alli- 
son graduated  at  Jefferson  College,  Penn.,  in  the  class  of 
1845,  taking  the  first  honor.    He  studied  theology  in  the 

>  He  is  the  son  of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Briukett)  A  llison,  grandson  of 

George  and  Susan  (McRoberts)  Allison,  son  of Allison,  an  emigrant 

from  the  north  of  Ireland, 


ALLISONS  OF  INDIANA. 


127 


Western  Theological  Seminary,  Alleghany,  Penn.  In  1848 
he  took  charge  of  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Sewickley, 
Penn.,  fourteen  miles  from  Pittsburgh,  where  he  continued 
to  be  pastor  until  1864.  During  his  pastorate  the  church 
had  grown  to  be  the  strongest  in  the  county  outside  of  Pitts- 
burgh. In  1864  he  resigned,  and  became  editor  and  pro- 
prietor, in  connection  with  the  late  Robert  Patterson,  of  The 
]Preshyterian  Banner,,  at  Pittsburgh,  of  which  from  1856  to 
1861  he  had  been  one  of  the  editors  and  proprietors.  This 
paper  was  started  in  Chillicothe,  Ohio,  July  6,  1814, — one  of 
the  very  first  religious  newspapsrs  of  its  kind, — and  is  very 
widely  circulated.  Mr.  Allison  is  its  editor  in  1891.  He 
was  one  of  the  original  signers  of  the  memorial  on  the  sub- 
ject of  the  reunion  between  the  old  and  new  school  Presby- 
terian churches  in  1864,  and  was  the  author  in  1868  of  the 
platform  by  which  the  union  was  effected  in  1869.  Much 
of  the  time  during  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  he  was  in 
the  field  with  the  Pennsylvania  troops,  though  not  a  soldier. 
From  1865  to  1890  he  served  on  the  General  Assembly's 
Board  for  Freedmen,  acting  as  treasurer,  without  salary,  from 
1870  to  1889. 


CHILDUEN  BORS   IN  SEWICKLEY,   PENN. 

461.  Lizzie  Allison,'  b.  in  1852;  m.,  in  1875,  S.  W.  Reinhart;  res.  Brook- 

line,  Mass. 

462.  John  M.  S.  Allison,'  b.  in  ia57;  m.  Mins  M.  B.  Laughlin;  was  an 

editor;  res.  Pittsburgh,  Penn.;  d.  Dec.  27,  1877. 


ALLISONS  OF  INDIANA — A  BRANCH  OF  THE  PENNSYLVANIA 

FAMILY. 

The  account  of  the  Allisons  as  furnished  by  this  family  is 
that  there  were  six  brothers : 


46.3.  George  Allison*  settled  in  Iredell  Co.,  N.  C. 

,464.  William  Allison  >  settled  in  Charlotte,  N.  C. 

465.  John  Allison'  settled  in  North  Carolina. 

466.  Thomas  Allison '  settled  in  Nortli  Carolina;  was  a  teacher. 

467.  Robert  Allison*  settled  in  North  Carolina;  see  sketch  of  North 

Carolina  Allisons. 

468.  James  Allison, '  (469)  m.  Miss  Young;  res.  Donegal,  Penn. 

469.  James  Allison  ^(468).  He  settled  in  Donegal  town- 
ship, Penn.,  near  where  Harrisburg  now  stands.  Pie  was  an 
elder  in  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  married  Miss  Young. 
He  had  three  sons,  and  perhaps  other  children. 


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WILLIAM   ALLISON,   OF  DONEGAL,   PENN. 


CHILDKEN. 

470.  William  Allison*  (473).    Settled  near  Staunton,  Va. 

471.  John  Allison.'    He  was  a  colonel  in  the  Revolution,  it  is  said. 

472.  James  Allison.' 

WiUiam  Allison  « [470]  (James  i).  He  left  his  father's 
home  in  township  of  Donegal,  Penn.,  and  settled  near  Staun- 
ton, Va.  In  the  Revolutionary  army  he  was  a  lieutenant, 
and  was  with  General  Washington  in  his  retreat  through 
New  Jersey.  After  his  settlement  in  Virginia  he  was  for 
many  years  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  church,  for  like  most 
of  the  Allisons  he  was  a  pronounced  adherent  of  that  church. 

CIIILDREK. 

474.  James  Allison  *  (476).    Deceased. 

475.  John  Allison.'    Deceased. 

476.  James  Allison  3  [474]  (William,^  James  i).  He 
went  West,  and  married,  near  Cincinnati,  O.,  Sarah  Cox,  a 
lady  of  German  descent,  who  died  before  Mr.  Allison.  He 
had  several  children.    Among  them  were : 

CHILDREN. 

477.  William  Allison.*    Res.  Toledo,  Ohio. 

478.  Mary  Ann  Allison,*  m.  James  Shevoel;  res.  Lawrenceburg,  Ind. 

479.  James  Younsr  Allison,*  (480)  b.  in  Jefferson  Co.,  Ind. ;  res.  Madison, 

Ind. 

480.  James  Young  Allison*  [479]  (James,'  William,^ 
James').  Hon.  James  Y.  Allison  was  born  in  JefiEerson 
county,  Ind.,  Aug.  20,  1823 ;  married  Antoinette  Mclntire. 
He  was  educated  at  Hanover  college,  Jefferson  county,  Ind.; 
studied  law  with  Joseph  G.  Marshall,  of  Madison,  Ind.;  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  Sept.,  1847;  served  three  terms  as 
prosecuting  attorney,  one  term  as  a  state  senator,  and  was 
elected  judge  of  the  fifth  judicial  circuit  in  Oct.,  1873,  for  six 
years,  and  was  reelected  for  six  years  more  in  1878.  He 
resided  in  Madison,  Ind.,  in  that  year. 


ClIILDKEN. 


481.  Edward  Allison.' 

482.  James  Graham  Allison." 
488.  Antoinette  M.  Allison.' 
484.  Charles  B.  Allison.' 


486.  Hon.  James  Allison.  He  was  born  in  Cecil  county, 
Maryland,  Oct.  14,  1772;  lawyer.  Acquired  a  high  legal 
position  in  western  Pennsylvania,  was  elected  to  18th  con- 


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HON.  WM.   B.  ALLISON, 

UNITED      STATES     SENATOR      FROM      loWA. 


WUiLIAM  B.   ALLISON,   OF  DUBUQUE,  IOWA. 


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fress  from  Pennsylvania,  reelected  to  19th.    After  practising 
is  profession  for  fifty  years  he  died  in  June,  1854. 

486.  Hon.  John  Allison,  son  of  the  foregoing  James 
Allison,  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  Aug.  5, 1812.  Studied 
law  but  never  practiced.  Was  elected  to  the  assembly  of 
Pennsylvania  in  1846-47  and  '49,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
33d  and  34th  congresses,  house  of  representatives,  from 
Pennsylvania.  He  was  appointed  registrar  of  the  treasury 
of  the  United  States  in  1869;  and  died  while  in  office,  March 
23, 1873. 

487.  John  Allison,  his  son,  is  living  on  a  ranch  in  Mon- 
tana.    (See  letter  of  Rev.  James  Allison,  preceding  No.  460.) 

488.  Hon.  Robert  Allison  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  and 
was  a  representative  to  congress  from  that  state  from  1831- 
'33.  (From  Charles  Lanman's  "Biographical  Annals  of  the 
United  States  Government."  The  sketch  of  W.  B.  Allison 
is  from  Harper's  Weekly,  March  17, 1888). 

489.  Hon.  William  B.  Allison,^  United  States  senator  from 
Iowa.  He  was  born  in  Perry,  Wayne  county,  Ohio,  March  2, 
1829,  and  is  the  son  of  John  Allison,^  who  was  born  in.  Belle- 
fonte  (or  its  neighborhood),  Peun.,  in  1798,  and  who  re- 
moved to  Ohio  about  1824,  and  resided  on  a  farm  in  Perry. 
John  Allison^  was  the  son  of  Archibald  Allison^,  who  migra- 
ted from  the  county  of  Monaghan,  Ireland,  in  1783,  and 
settled  in  Centre  county,  Peun. 

Senator  Allison  spent  his  early  years  upon  a  farm  and  was 
educated  at  Allegheny  college,  Penn.,  and  at  Western 
Reserve  college,  Ohio.  He  studied  liiw,  and  practiced  in 
Ohio  till  1857,  Avhen  he  located  in  Dubuque,  la.,  which  has 
been  his  home  since  April,  1857.  He  began  his  public  career 
when  the  war  broke  out  as  a  member  of  the  staff  of  the  gov- 
ernor, and  his  first  task  was  to  aid  in  the  organization  of  the 
volunteer  regiments  that  were  destined  to  serve  in  the  War 
of  the  Rebellion.  He  was  sent  to  congress  while  the  war  was 
going  on,  and  has  been  representative  and  senator  from  that 
time  to  the  present,  except  between  1871  and  1873,  when  he 
declined  an  election,  so  that  he  has  participated  in  all  the 
legislation  that  has  been  enacted  during  and  since  tlie  great 
conflict.  He  has  done  his  full  shai-e  in  it  all,  and  his  impress 
is  on  the  statutes  which  have  framed  and  modified  our  fiscal 
and  banking  systems,  our  methods  of  taxation,  as  it  was  on 
the  laws  which  gave  to  Mr.  Lincoln  the  power  to  put  down 
the  rebellion,  and  which  readjusted  their  relations  to  the 
Union  of  the  once  insurrectionary  states.  His  biography  is 
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WILLIAM   B.  ALLISON,   OF  DUBUQUE,   IOWA. 


part  of  the  history  of  the  times  in  which  he  has  lived. 
Through  them  Mr.  Allison  has  accurately  represented  the 
sentiments  and  opinions  of  his  section  and  of  his  party.  He 
has  performed  the  duties  imposed  upon  him  with  calmness 
and  caution.  He  was  one  of  the  congressmen  depended  upon 
by  the  president  and  secretary  of  the  treasury  to  devise  ways 
and  means  needed  for  the  support  of  the  government.  After 
the  war  he  continued  to  be  a  radical  Republican,  always  act- 
ing with  his  party,  opposed  to  Johnson,  and  a  believer  in  the 
reconstruction  measures  which  were  intended  to  revolutionize 
the  political  complexion  of  the  conquered  South,  and  to  make 
the  freedman  a  citizen  and  a  voter. 

Senator  Allison  is  one  of  the  safe  men  of  the  Republican 
party.  He  is  without  passion,  prejudice,  or  very  strong 
friendships.  He  has  not  made  the  mistake,  so  common  of 
recent  years,  of  allying  himself  to  a  faction.  He  is  not  weak, 
nor  a  trimmer,  nor  a  man  of  undecided  views.  It  is  not  for 
any  one  of  these  qualities  that  he  fails  to  make  enemies  ;  it  is 
because  he  is  never  carried  away  by  the  passions  of  the 
moment,  but  is  so  moved  and  dominated  by  his  judgment 
that  the  public  men  who  know  him  and  have  been  associated 
with  him  realize  that  his  action  is  always  the  result  of  his 
matured  opinion. 

There  are  very  few  men  who  have  been  so  long  in  public 
life  as  he  who  are  so  scrupulously  devoted  to  their  work. 
Men  like  him  are  oftener  found  in  the  British  parliament, 
where  tenure  of  place  is  more  secure.  Practically,  Mr. 
Allison's  tenure  has  been  as  strong  as  theirs,  and  his  familiar- 
ity with  the  business  of  legislation  is  as  accurate  and  thorough 
as  that  of  the  under-secretaries  of  the  British  cabinet.  This 
is  especially  true  of  his  acquaintance  with  fiscal  matters.  On 
his  first  entrance  into  congressional  life  he  came  to  the  front 
in  the  consideration  of  all  questions  affecting  the  treasury, 
the  banks,  and  taxation.  He  was  a  member  of  the  ways  and 
means  committee  of  the  house  of  representatives  very  early, 
if  we  take  into  consideration  the  very  large  majority  which 
his  party  had  in  congress  at  the  time,  and  the  number  of  able 
men  in  both  houses.  The  reputation  that  he  then  made  for 
himself  for  accurate  information  and  sound  judgment  has  not 
been  lost.  He  has  not  been  tempted  to  endeavor  to  shine 
in  the  discussion  of  other  questions.  He  has  been  content 
to  be  easily  the  first  authority  on  all  bills  relating  to  expen- 
ditures. Some  of  his  short  speeches  have  indicated  that  he 
might  have  been  a  leading  debater  on  questions  of  constitu- 
tional law  and  on  taxation  and  bank  policy.    So  far  as  the 


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last  two  subjects  are  concerned,  he  has  been  prominent,  and 
there  are  very  few  public  men  of  his  party  whose  opinions  on 
all  fiscal  matters  are  more  respected  than  Mr.  Allison's  ;  but 
of  recent  years  he  has  been  chairman  of  the  appropriations 
committee,  and  none  but  the  most  reckless  undertake  to 
question  his  statements  of  fact  concerning  the  expenditures 
of  the  government. 

As  chairman  of  the  appropriations  committee  he  has  been 
of  very  important  service  to  the  cause  of  sound  administra- 
tion. He  is  a  wise  economist.  This  means  judicious  lib- 
erality as  opposed  to  an  extravagant  saving.  The  modern 
deficiency  bill,  and  the  urgency  bill,  which  has  only  recently 
become  one  of  the  appropriation  bills  to  be  reckoned  with  at 
every  session  of  congress,  would  not  exist,  or  would  involve 
inconsiderable  amounts  of  money,  if  Mr.  Allison's  views  about 
the  regular  and  stated  bills  always  prevailed.  The  chairman 
of  the  senate  appropriations  committee  knows  what  each 
branch  of  the  public  service  needs  for  its  proper  maintenance, 
and  is  willing  to  take  the  responsibility  of  advocating  its 
appropriation.  The  spirit  in  which  he  performs  this  vital 
public  function  is  directly  opposed  to  that  which  moves  very 
many  members  of  congress,  who  do  not  appreciate  their 
responsibilities  to  refuse  appropriations,  and  thus  lower  the 
aggregate,  when  the  refusal  will  not  attract  public  attention 
and  arouse  popular  protest.  Not  many  years  ago  the  mem- 
ber of  the  house  committee  who  had  charge  of  the  diplomatic 
appropriation  bill  refused  to  allow  the  secretary  of  state  any 
money  for  postage  or  cable  charges,  and  thus  threatened  to 
cut  off  the  state  department  from  all  correspondence  with 
our  representatives  in  foreign  countries.  This  incident  illus- 
trates the  tendency  and  attitude  of  certain  persons  who  seek 
to  figure  before  the  country  as  savers  of  the  people's  money, 
and  who  have  wider  reputations  as  economists  than  Mr. 
Allison ;  but  Mr.  Allison  is  neither  sordid  nor  extravagant. 
He  does  not  advocate  loose  and  unguarded  expenditure,  and 
he  is  always  desirous  that  every  department  and  division  of 
the  government  shall  have  all  that  it  needs.  It  is  not  exag- 
gerating to  say  that  when  he  is  ready  to  sign  a  report  of  his 
committee  on  an  appropriation  bill  he  knows  as  much  of  the 
requirements  of  the  objects  for  which  the  proposed  expendi- 
tures are  to  be  made  as  the  executive  officer  who  is  at  the 
head  of  the  department.  And  in  all  the  years  during  which 
he  has  acted  in  his  present  capacity  there  has  not  been  a 
whisper  injuriously  affecting  his  reputation. 

Mr.  Allison's  influence  on  general  legislation  has  been  felt 


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WILLIAM   B.   ALLISON,   OF  DUBUQUE,   IOWA. 


because  he  insists  on  having  a  reason  for  his  votes.  He  is 
largely  influenced  by  the  feeling  and  opinions  of  his  section 
of  the  country.  This  has  made  him  an  advocate  of  lower 
rates  of  tariff  duties,  an<l  a  consistent  friend  of  the  land-grant 
railroads.  In  1870,  after  lie  had  declined  a  reelection  to  the 
house  of  representatives,  and  just  before  he  was  chosen  to  be 
Senator  Harlan's  successor,  he  took  a  very  prominent  part  in 
the  debate  on  Mr.  Schenck's  taiiff  bill.  In  the  course  of  a 
speech  on  that  measure,  he  said, — "The  tariff  of  1846, 
although  confessedly  and  professedly  a  tariff  for  revenue, 
was,  so  far  as  regards  all  the  great  interests  of  the  country, 
as  perfect  a  tariff  as  any  that  we  have  ever  had." 

Perhaps  the  following  extract  from  the  same  speech  will 
best  illustrate  his  tariff  views  of  that  time:  "Our  policy 
should  be  so  to  cheapen  manufactured  products  that  we  can 
revive  our  export  trade,  now  swept  away  because  we  cannot 
compete  with  other  nations  in  the  markets  of  the  world.  If 
we  could  restore  what  we  have  lost,  and  in  addition  greatly 
enlarge  our  exportations  of  manufactures,  we  would  then 
have  an  enlarged  home  market  for  our  agricultural  products 
in  a  concentrated  form,  in  exchange  for  other  commodities 
which  we  do  not  and  cannot  produce." 

He  is  really  the  author  of  the  existing  silver  law,  although 
he  did  not  bring  forward  and  advocate  the  measure  as  an 
original  proposition.  As  the  Bland  bill  passed  the  house  of 
representatives  it  was  a  free  coinage  measure,  and  the  senate 
finance  committee  was  equally  divided  for  and  against  it, 
Mr.  Allison  neither  approving  nor  opposing  it.  Some  silver 
legislation  was  inevitable,  and  Mr.  Allison  suggested  the 
measure  which  was  adopted.  He  is  a  bimetallist,  but  not  of 
the  Bland  kind,  and  the  law  as  it  stands  to-day  (1888) 
ought  to  bear  Mr.  Allison's  rather  than  Mr.  Bland's  name. 
The  measure  was  probably  the  most  conservative  that  could 
have  been  adopted  at  the  time  it  became  a  law. 

Mr.  Allison's  friendship  for  the  land-grant  roads,  which 
came  into  existence  during  the  beginning  of  his  service  in 
the  house,  was  shown  by  his  opposition  to  the  Thurman  act. 
There  was  no  question  as  to  the  sincerity  of  his  position, 
however.  He  voted  and  spoke  against  the  bill  because  he 
believed  that  it  would  be  injurious  to  the  interests  of  the 
roads  which  had  done  very  much  for  the  building  up  of  the 
material  interests  of  his  state. 

For  the  rest  he  has  always  been  a  strong  friend  of  the 
national  bank  system,  and  the  treasury  has  leaned  upon  him 
as  one  of  its  wisest  and  most  influential  friends  in  congress. 


' 


WILLIAM   B.   ALLISON,   OF   DUBUQUE,   IOWA. 


183 


It  is  one  of  his  excellent  traits  that  he  never  deals  with  the 
public  business  in  a  partisan  sjjirit.  As  a  legislator  he  is  pre- 
eminently a  man  of  affairs.  He  manages  the  subjects  en- 
trusted to  him  with  the  view  of  doing  the  best  that  is  ])ossible 
for  the  government.  It  is  because  he  is  determined  to  do 
the  best  that  is  in  his  power  that  he  confines  himself  so  close- 
ly to  one  class  of  subjects.  He  is  not  brilliant.  He  does  not 
address  the  galleries  nor  the  country,  and  while  his  si)eeches 
are  not  works  of  art,  they  are  very  earnest,  and  very  interest- 
ing and  informing  to  those  who  desire  to  obtain  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  the  question  under  discussion.  Perhaps  the 
most  popular  speech  that  he  ever  made  in  congress  was  that 
on  the  tariff,  from  which  excerpts  have  been  given.  His 
argument  on  the  silver  question  was  full  of  learning.  The 
part  he  has  taken  in  the  political  debates  which  have  been 
made  in  the  senate,  especially  those  of  the  special  session  in 
1879,  when  both  houses  of  congress  were  controlled  by  the 
Democrats,  and  when  there  was  a  bitter  conflict  between 
them  and  President  Hayes,  has  been  that  of  a  (luestioner  and 
suggester ;  and  in  that  way  he  has  had  more  influence  upon 
legislation  than  many  a  senator  whose  appearance  upon  the 
floor  has  furnished  entertainment  for  the  idlers  of  the  capitol. 

While  he  has  not  filled  any  executive  office,  his  Republican 
colleagues  regard  him  as  a  man  of  exce{)tional  executive 
capacity.  When  Mr.  Garfield  was  elected  president,  Mr. 
Allison  might  have  been  secretary  of  the  treasury.  There 
was  then  a  general  consensus  of  opinion  that,  next  to  Mr. 
Sherman,  he  was  the  best  equipped  of  his  party  for  that  office. 
The  relations  between  the  president  and  himself  were  very 
close.  They  had  served  together  in  the  house,  and  they  had 
acted  together  on  almost  every  question  of  public  policy, 
with  the  exception,  perhaps,  of  that  involved  in  the  silver 
bill.  Mr.  Garfield  was  desirous  that  the  Iowa  senator  should 
be  his  finance  minister,  but  the  latter  was  unwilling  to  quit 
the  senate,  and  Mr.  Windom  was  appointed. 

In  the  interest  ng  and  exciting  times  that  followed  the  in- 
auguration of  his  friend,  he  never  permitted  himself  to  turn 
from  the  duties  with  which  he  was  charged  to  take  part  in 
the  factional  strife.  He  was  consulted  by  both  sides  in  the 
confident  belief,  which  was  never  disappointed,  that  he  would 
not  betray  the  councils  of  either.  He  is  too  thoroughly 
devoted  to  the  public  business  to  permit  party  politics  to  in- 
terfere with  it,  and  too  strongly  devoted  to  his  party  to  do 
anything  to  divide  it  into  factions. 

He  is  as  quiet  in  his  social  life  as  he  is  in  the  senate,  and 


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WILLIAM  B.  AL^TSON,   OF  DUBUQUE,  IOWA. 


yet  he  is  a  man  who  loves  society.  For  many  years,  while 
Mrs.  Allison  was  alive,  his  comt'ortable  house  on  Vermont 
avenue  was  one  of  the  social  centres  of  the  capital.  His 
hospitality  was  generous,  but  not  profuse.  He  is  a  kindly, 
agreeable  man,  an  excellent  listener,  and  a  general  favorite. 
His  fortune  is  ample,  his  tastes  are  refined,  and  those  who 
know  him  best  like  him  most.  He  has  a  repose  and  restful- 
ness  which  make  him  a  pleasant  comrade,  and  many  a  ner- 
vous man  finds  it  a  great  comfort  to  be  with  him,  even  if  he 
does  n't  say  a  word. 

He  has  a  sturdy  frame  and  a  fine  face.  He  comes  from 
strong  Scotch-Irish  stock.  His  ancestors  settled  in  Pennsyl- 
vania, where  his  father  was  born.  When  he  began  his  profes- 
sional and  public  life  he  had  the  vigor  which  has  kei)t  him 
young,  for  his  sixty-four  years  sit  lightly  upon  him.  He  has 
been  a  leading  candidate  for  the  Republican  nomination  for 
the  Presidency.  He  married  Annie  Carter;  married  second, 
Mary  Heally.     Resides  Dubuque,  Iowa. 


OTHER   ALLISONS   OF   PENNSYLVANIA. 

490.  James  Allison  ^  (see  letter  of  Rev.  James  Allison 
previous  to  No.  4H0),  born  in  Pennsylvania;  lived  in  Mary- 
land. 

490  a.  William  Allison,^  his  son,  born  Baltimore,  Md.; 
resided  at  Lake  Pleasant,  Erie  county,  Penn.;  married  Nancy 
Gilchrist  of  Harrisburg,  who  died  March  27,  1846.  He  died 
at  Lake  Pleasant,  Nov.  25,  1825.     His  son, 

490  b.  Williani  Allison,^  b.  in  Erie  county,  Penn.,  Jan. 
18,  1808;  resided  at  Lake  Pleasant,  Erie  county,  Penn.;  mar- 
ried Harriet  H.  Carson,  who  was  born  at  Wattsburgh,  Erie 
county,  Penn.,  Oct.  2, 1805.  Mr.  Allison  died  at  Lake  Pleas- 
ant, Dec.  29,  1889. 

CIIILDHKX   BOKX   AT  LAKE   PLEASANT,    PENN. 

401.    John  Allison,*  b.  1837;  d.  Lake  Tlcasant,  April  4,  1843. 

492.  Catherine  K.  Allison,*  b.  1831»;  d.  Lake  Pleasant,  April  0,  1843. 
41)3.     Infant  son,*  1).  1840;  d.  1840. 

494.     Mary  Amelia  Allison,*  b.  1842;  m.  Martin  Van  Bnren  Gifford;  res. 
Cassewajfo,  Penn.,  .and  Erie,  Penn. 

493.  Kachel  R.  Allison,*  b.  1843;   m.  George  W.  Gifford;   res.  Madison, 

Ohio. 
496.    James  Wallace  Allison,*  b.  1846;  m.,  Sept.  15,  1874,  Clarissa  Adell 
Frith;  res.  Erie,  Penn. 


497.     George  Allison^  located  in  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  and 
was  a  blacksmith. 


ALLISONS  FROM  COUNTY  OF  LONDONDERRY,  IRE.        135 

498.  Matthew  Allison,^  his  brother,  is  thought  to  have  lo- 
cated in  the  state  of  New  York. 
George  Allison,^  above-named,  had 

child: 

500.    George  AlHaon,'  never  married. 

oOl.    3Iattuew  Allison,'  removed  to  Maryland;  married,  and  had  a  large 
family. 

502.  Elijah  Allison,'  married  in  Pennsylvania,  res.  there  several  years; 

then  romoved  to  Kentucky,  theneo  to  Ohio,  thence  to  Indiana, 
thence  to  Illinois,  where  ho  died,  afjed  !t7  years.  The  maiden 
name  of  his  wife  was  Margaret  Shepherd. 

CHii.n. 

503.  Solomon  Allison,"  m.,  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Philip 

Sloat,  a  Revolutionary  soldier.    She  was  b.  in  N.  Y.    Children: 
.504.     Cieorge  Allison,*  m.,  went  to  Iowa,  and  died  there. 
505.     Amanda  Allison,*  m.  Hon.  E.  K.  Allen,  an  influential  man  in  Pike 

Co.,  Ohio.     No  children. 
500.    Sarah  E.  Allison,*  m.  AVilliam  Ilammauer,  a  farmer,  who  d.  with- 
out issue. 

507.  :Mary  Allison,*  m.  William  Rotroff,  farmer.     Two  children. 

508.  Wilfiam   L.  Allison,*  m.,  in  Washington,   D.  C,   Mary  Sypherd; 

was  recorder  of  deeds  for  Pike  Co.,  Ohio.  lies.  Waverlev,  Pike 
Co.,  Ohio.  ' 

ALLISONS  FROM  THE  COUNTY  OF  LONDONDERRY,  IRELAND. 

There  landed  in  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  about  the  first  of 
July,  1750,  three  emigrants  of  Scotch  blood  and  Presln'terian 
faith.  They  came  from  the  County  of  Londonderry,  Ireland. 
Tney  were  brothers,  named  Andrew  Allison,  Robert  Allison, 
James  Allison.  From  them  have  sprung  many  descendants, 
who  are  widely  scattered,  residing  in  Pennsylvania  and  many 
of  the  western  states.  They  are  mostly  Presbyterians.  As  a 
family  they  have  been  healthy  and  long  lived;  the  earlier  gen- 
erations were  mostly  farmers.  Many  professional  men  were 
in  the  later  generations. 

509.  James  Allison,^  one  of  the  three  brothers,  settled  in 
Franklin  county,  Penn. 

610.     Andrew  Allison  ^  settled  in  Lancaster  county.  Penn. 

511.  Robert  Allison  ^  resided  in  Cumberland  county, 
Penn.,  for  some  years;  then  removed  to  Indiana  county  where 
he  passed  the  remainder  of  his  diiys,  and  died  in  1805.  He 
married,  in  1752,  Rebecca  Heard,  who  came  in  the  same  ship 
V -th  him  across  "the  deep  blue  sea."  She  was  a  grand- 
Odughter  of  one  Charles  Stewart  (or  Stuart),  a  soldier,  who 
was  wounded  in  the  hand  at  the  '*  Battle  of  the  Hoyiie." 

512.  John  B.  Allison,^  grandson  of  Robert,  died  in  1878, 


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136       WILLIAM  ALLISON,  NEAR    HARKISBTTRG,  PENN. 

aged  eighty-two  years.  He  lived  on  the  farm  on  which  he 
was  born  till  he  was  seventy  years  of  age,  when  he  moved  to 
Indiana,  the  county  seat  of  Indiana  county,  Penn.,  where  he 
died.     His 

CHILD. 

512.    Rebecca  A.  Allison,*  res.  Indiana,  Indiana  Co.,  Penn. 


HON.     JOSEPH 


ALLISON     OF      PHILADELPHIA,    PENN.  —  HIS 
BRANCH  OF  THE  ALLISONS. 


513.  Mr.  Allison,  of  Scotch  blood,  lived  in  a  double  cabin 
some  three  miles  from  Londonderry,  Ireland.  He  had  rela- 
tives of  the  name  of  Knox  and  McIUvaine,  who  lived  there 
in  1867.  He  had  several  children.  Among  them  were  three 
daughters,  names  not  known  to  the  compiler,  who  lived  and 
died  in  Ireland. 

514.  His  son,  Joseph  Allison,^  lived  at  the  old  home  near 
Londonderry,  Ireland,  and  died  there  about  1870. 

515.  William  Allison,^  another  son,  emigrated  to  Amer- 
ica when  eighteen  years  of  age ;  landed  at  Wilmin^ron,  Del., 
and  immediately  joined  his  relatives  by  name  of  Mac  Beth, 
or  MacBeg,  near  Harrisburg,  Penn.  He  had  no  known  Alli- 
son connections  in  this  country.  Pie  became  a  successful 
hardware  merchant  in  Harrisburg,  where  he  spent  the  active 
years  of  his  life.  He  finally  joined  his  son,  Judge  Joseph 
Allison,^  in  Philadelphia,  and  lived  the  life  of  a  retired  busi- 
ness man,  and  died  there.  He  marned,  in  Harrisburg,  Penn., 
Mary  Andrews,  who  when  a  child  was  brought  to  this 
countr}'  from  ylrmagh,  Ireland,  by  her  parents.  She  died  in 
Harrisburg  about  1818.  She  had  a  sister  who  married  Mr. 
Irwin,  of  Scotch  blood,  and  they  lived  in  Wiiichester,  Va., 
where  she  died,  and  her  large  family  later  wont  to  Missouri. 
Her  brother,  in  early  life,  settled  in  the  city  of  New  York. 
William  Allison^  had  six  --ons  and  one  daughter,  all  deceased 
except  Judge  Allison,  of  Philadel]:  iiia.     Among  them  were : 

510.  Robert  Henderson  Allison,^  a  phj'sician,  who  died 
about  1855,  in  Charleston,  Coles  county,  Illinois. 

517.  James  Irwin  Allisoji^  was  for  many  years  a  magistrate 
in  Philadelphia,  Penn. 

518.  Arthur  David  Allison^  was  a  merchant  in  Philadel- 
phia, Penn. 

519.  Joseph  Allison,^  born  August  31,  1819 ;  named  for 
his  uncle.  He  studied  law  in  Harrisburg,  Penn. ;  admitted 
to  the  bar  of  Dauphin  county  in  1843 ;  elected  solicitor  of 


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SAMUEL  ALLISON,  OF*GEEENE  COUNTY,  OHIO.        137 


Spring  Garrlen  in  1846,  and  held  the  office  many  years,  till 
he  was  elected  an  associate  law  judge  of  the  court  of  common 
pleas  of  the  first  judicial  district  of  Pennsylvania.  In  1865 
he  succeeded  to  the  presidency  of  the  court,  and  has  to  the 
present  (1892)  held  that  position — a  period  of  forty  years. 
Has  been  five  times  elected,  the  last  two  times  without  oppo- 
sition, receiving  at  the  last  election  145,000  votes  with  none 
against  him.  He  married  in  1843,  and  has  a  family.  Resi- 
dence Philadelphia,  Penn.^ 

520.  Samuel  Allison^  was  born  in  Northumberland  county, 
Penn.,  about  1785,  and  it  is  said  his  father  was  a  chaplain  in 
the  Revolutionary  army.  Mr.  Allison  was  in  the  1812-15  war. 
Fe  married  Annie  Caldwell,  of  Northumberland  county, 
Penn.,  and  about  1816  he  took  up  military  lands  in  Greene 
County,  Ohio. 


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521.  James  Allison,'  born  about  1817,  was  a  prosperous  merchant  and 

banker;  was  prominent  in  constructing  the  first  railroad  in  that 
locality,  and  built  the  fii'st  gasworks  in  Xenia,  Ohio.  He  m. 
Anne,  dau.  of  Captain  Mattliew  Corey.  He  d.  June,  1864. 
They  had  but  one  child. 

522.  Matthew  Corey  Allison,"  b.  in  Xenia,  Oliio,  Dec.  IS,  1840;  manu- 

f.acturcr  and  banker,  at  Xenia,  Ohio;  educated  at  Wittemburg; 
and  m.  Frances,  dau.  of  Rev.  John  Elkin,  n.  n.  Ho  d.  May  2, 
1888.     Children: 

523.  James  Ekiu  Allison,*  b.  Xenia,  Ohio,  May  10,  1805;  j^raduated  at 

Harvard  University  in  1887.  Kemoved  to  Nasliville,  Tenn., 
in  1888,  and  resides  there  in  1803.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Her- 
mitage Club. 

524.  Frederica  Lee  Allison,*  b.  Xenia,  Ohio,  July  30, 1800;  m.  George  Gill 

Whitaker,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo,,  in  1880. 

525.  Matthew  Herbert  Allison,*  b.  Xenia,  Ohio,  Oct.  .SO,  1807;  m.  in  1886, 

Mary  Pettengill,  of  Ithaca,  Mk   , 


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ALLISONS    OF    BAMELTON,   COUNTY   OF   DONEGAL,   IRELAND, 
MIDDLETOWN,   PENN.,    AND  TRENTON,   N.   J. 


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These  Allisons  descended  from  a  Scotch  family  who  came 
over  from  Scotland  at  the  time  of  the  Plantation  of  Ulster ; 
they  left  their  native  land  during  the  religious  persecution. 
There  was  one  woman  of  the  Allison  family,  called  Isabella 
Allison,  who  with  another,  called  Marion  Harvey,  was  put 
to  death.  They  were  chained  out  in  the  sea  till  the  tide 
came   in,  and  when  it  was  surging  into  their  mouths,  were 


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after  repeated  requests.  L.  A.  M. 


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138  SAMUEL  ALLISON,   OF  RAMELTON,   IRELAND. 

asked,  "  Will  you  recant  now,  and  kiss  the  pope  ?  "    They 
held  up  their  hands,  saying : 

"  For  Zion's  King,  and  Zion's  cause, 
And  Scotland's  covenanted  laws." 
and  died.i 

526.  Robert  Allison  ^  came  first  to  Ramelton  from  Scotland, 
and  took  a  farm  called  Louchras  (?),  but  lost  the  same 
through  some  chicanery,  Ramelton  is  fifteen  miles  west  of 
the  city  of  Londonderry,  a  town  of  considerable  note,  and 
was  peopled  by  the  Scotch  and  English.  The  Lough  Swilly 
river  flows  into  the  town. 


CniLDHEN. 

527.    Samuel  Allison'  (528)  lived  and  died  in  Ramelton,  Co.  Donegal,  Ire- 
land,   lie  m.  Lydia  Cunan. 

528.  Samuel  Allison^  [527]  (Robert^).  He  was  born  in 
Ramelton,  county  Donegal,  Ireland ;  lived  in  that  place,  where 
he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
They  were  excellent  people,  and  gave  their  children  the  best 
possible  education.  He  married  Lydia  Curran,  a  cousin  of 
the  brave  John  P.  Curran.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Allison  died  in 
Ramelton,  and  are  buried  in  the  churchyard  there. 


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CIIlLDllP^X,   HORN  RAMELTON,   COUNTY  DONEGAL,   IRELAND. 

529.  William  Allison'  (rm),  h.  Sept,  18,  1777;  res.  ^Nliddletown,  Penn. 

530.  Robert  AlHsoir'  (54.")),  res.  liamelton,  Ireland;  m.  Xaney,  dan.  of 

Uioliiird  ^NlcConnell.     She  had  a  brother,  Richard  3IcConnell, 

531.  John  Allison'  emigrated  to  America  some  years  after  his  brother, 

William  Allison, 

532.  Samuel  Allison,'^  res.  Xow  Mill,  Ramelton,  Ireland.     He  m.  Eliza- 

beth liockhart.  He  liad  a  son,  William  Allison,  who  was  in  the 
IJritish  army  and  went  abroad,  and  of  whom  tliere  is  no  knowl- 
edge. Another  son  emigrated  to  America;  and  daughters  Ellen 
Matilda  Allison,^  Eliza  Ann  Allison,*  Avho  m.  Frank  Anderson, 
rea.  Glasgow,  Scotland,  and  had  son,  Frank  Anderson,"  res.  Aus- 
tralia, and  Isabella  Allison.* 

533.  Lydia  Allison,-'   m.   Robert  Jackson,  and  emigrated  to  America. 

Settled  in  New  i'ork  city,  and  had  sons  John  Jackson,*  Robert 
Jackson,*  and  Si.  inuel  Jackson.* 

534.  Isabella  Allison,''  m.  McXaught,    He  d.  in  Ireland.     She  emigrated 

to  Philadelphia,  Peini.     Children: 

I.  Samuel  McXaught;*  res.  Philadelphia,  Penn, 

II.  Mary  Ann  McXaught;*  res.  Philadelphia,  Penn. 

535.  Mary  Ann  Allison,'  m.  John  Jackson.    She  d.  in  Ireland.     lie  witk 

his  family  emigrated  to  America,  ho  dying  upon  the  passage. 
Thefumiiy  settled  in  Xew  York  city. 


'From  letter  of  John  Allison,  Clooney  Cottage,  Ramelton,  Ireland,  .fan. 
14,  1892.     An  old  gentleman  of  80  years  of  age. 


WILLIAM  ALLISON,   OF   MIDDLETOWN,   PENN. 


139 


586.  WilliamAlli8on3(529)  (Samuel,2Roberti).  He  was 
born  in  Ramelton,  county  of  Donegal,  Ireland,  where  he 
received  a  fine  education.  He  was  a  friend  and  correspondent 
of  the  celebrated  and  unfortunate  Emmet.  Mr.  Allison  came 
to  America  about  1800 — at  about  23  years  of  age,  as  he  was 
bOrn  Sept.  18,  1777.  He  settled  in  Middletown,  Penn.,  and 
he  said  that  he  was  of  the  same  stock  as  the  Allisons  who,  at 
an  early  date,  settled  in  Pennsylvania,  and  traditions  are  in 
the  family  of  their  descent  from  Scottish  ancestors.  As  he  was 
acquainted  with  the  then  secret  art  of  blistering  steel,  he 
went  into  partnership  with  Thomas  Stubbs,  in  Middletown, 
Dauphin  county,  Penn.  It  was  claimed  that  they  manufac- 
tured the  first  steel  in  America.  He  was  a  man  of  consequence 
in  his  locality,  and  was  a  director  in  the  Saratoga  bank.  He 
married,  Sept.  26, 1801,  Kuth,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Eliza- 
beth Stubbs,  a  granddaughter  of  Thomas  Stubbs,  born  March 
9, 1784 ;  died  March  25,  1818.  He  married,  second,  Juliana, 
daughter  of  Charles  and  Mary  Brandon,  March  14,  1819. 
He  died  Nov.  2, 1825,  and  is  buried  in  a  private  burial  lot  on 
the  Fisher  estate.  Mrs.  Allison  was  born  March  6,  1785 ; 
died  March  21,  1870,  at  Wheeling,  VV.  Va. 


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CniLDKEX, 

5.37.    Elizabeth  Allison.^  b.  Sept.  29,  1S02;  d.  Oct.  7,  If^O.",. 

538.  Samuel  Stubbs  Allison,*  b.  July  2U,  1S04;  d.  Oct.  T,  l^Oo. 

539.  Sarah  Ann  Allison,*  b.  Aug.  7,  1808;  died  Sept.  9,  1810,  at  Middle- 

town.  Penn. 

540.  Thomas  Stubbs  Allison*  (.'j.^O),  b.  Mav  21,  1810;  d.  Feb.,  1871. 

541.  Lvdia  Cuiran  Allison,*  b.  July  29,  is  12. 

542.  Piiebe  Caroline  Allison,*  b.  Oct.  l.j,  1S14. 

543.  William  Wintield  Scott  Allison,*  b.  Feb.  11,  1817;  d.  .July  17,  1817, 

at  Middletown,  Penn. 

544.  Charles  William  ISrandon  Allison^  (55S),   b.   Dec.  12,  1S20;    d.  at 

Wheelin};',  W.  Va.,  Dec.  :>,  1870. 


11^ 


545.     Robert  Allison  3  [5.30]  (Samuel,^  Robert  ^  ).  He  was 
born   at   or   near    Ramelton,   county  of  Dotiegal,   Ireland; 

married  Nancy ,  and  died  in  1870;  she  died  in  1858. 

They  were  Presbyterians  and  lived  in  Ramelton,  Ireland. 

CniLDHEX. 

540.    John  Allison*  (.■)(>-l),  b.  Dec.  2."),  isuii;  res.  Clooney  cottage,   Ramel- 
ton, county  of  Donegal,  Ireland. 

547.  Elizabeth  Allison,'  m.  Kichey  Gallagher,  and  lived  in  Londondeny, 

Ireland;  she  is  deceased;  three  sons  and  two  daughters. 

548.  Isabella  Allison,*  lives  with  her  brother  at  Clooney  cottage,   Ram- 

elton, Ireland. 
540.    Nancy  Allison,*  m.  William  Oidlagher  and  is  deceased;  her  husband 
subseipiently  came  to  America. 


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140         THOMAS   STUBBS   ALLISON,   OF  TRENTON,   N.  J. 

550.  Thomas  Stubbs  Allison*  [540]  rWilliam,^  Samuel,^ 
Robert^).  He  was  born  in  Middletown,  Dauphin  county, 
Penn.,  May  21,  1810;  married,  Dec.  19,  1833,  Margaret, 
daughter  of  Henry  Sigismund  Gatzmer,  who  was  born,  1729, 
in  Berlin,  Germany,  and  who  with  his  wife,  Agnes  Schutz 
lived  in  Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,  where  he  died  Dec.  24, 1844. 
He  was  the  son  of  Frederick  Ernest  Gatzmer,  of  Berlin,  Ger- 
many. Mrs.  Allison  was  born  in  Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,  July 
16,  1811 ;  resided  in  Trenton,  N.  J.,  with  her  family,  where  she 
died  May  21,  1864.  Mr.  Allison  lived  in  Somerville,  N.  J., 
from  1831  to  1851,  and  then  in  Trenton,  N.  J.  He  was  an 
editor,  then  secretary  of  state  for  the  state  of  New  Jersey. 
He  was  made  a  paymaster  in  the  United  States  army,  and 
died  in  Atlanta,  Ga.,  Feb.  1,  1871. 

CHILDREN  BOEN  IN   SOMERVILLE,    N.    J,,    EXCEPT  THE   YOUNGEST, 


51  i 


551 


552, 
553, 


I. 
II. 
III. 
IV. 

554, 


ooo. 
556 


I. 

II. 
Ill 
IV, 

557 


Mary  Elizabeth  Allison,"  m.,  Oct.  25,  1807,  William  G.  Cook;  res. 
Trenton,  N.  J. ;  an  officer  in  two  banks.  He  is  dead.  No  chil- 
dren. 

Augusta  Allison,"  res.  222  West  State  Street,  Trenton,  N.  .1. 

Margaret  Gatzmer  Allison,"  m.,  March  14, 18(57,  Ferdinand  W.  Robel- 
ing,  .a  native  of  Saxonbnrg,  Penn.  He  was  a  son  of  John  A. 
liobeling,  the  architect  of  the  Brooklyn  bridge.  Mr.  Kobeling 
is  an  engineer  and  largely  engaged  iii  tlie  iron  works  of  Tren- 
ton, N.  .J.  Res.  222  W*est  State  street;  Trenton,  N.  J.  Chil- 
dren b.  Trenton,  N.  J : 
Margaret  J.  Robeling,"  b.  July  22,  18fi8. 
Cliarles  G.  Robeling,"  b.  July  7,  187o. 

Augusta  Henrietta  Robeling,"  b.  Sept.  20,  1875. 

Ferdinand  William  Robe  "ng,  Jr.,"  b.  Sept.  .30,  1879. 

Ellen  McGowan  Allison,  m.,  Jan.  20,  1871,  Dr.  A.  K.  Smith.  He 
was  from  Hartford,  Conn.,  and  b.  there,  Feb.,  1820.  He  was 
.an  army  surgeon,  and  retired,  on  account  of  age,  Foi\,  1889. 
His  rank  was  that  of  a  colonel.  Res.  Dobbs'  Ferry,  N.  Y. 
Child: 
Thomas  Allison  Smith,"  b.  July,  1872.  He  is  a  cadet  at  West  Point 
Military  academy. 

William  Allison,"  d.  May  27,  1845. 

Florence  Allison,"  m.,  Aug.  20,  1809,  Harry  II.  Anderson,  son  of 
William  Marshall  Anderson,  of  Circlcyille,  Ohio.  He  is  a 
nephew  of  Gen.  Robert  Anderson  of  Fort  Sumter  fame.  Mr. 
Anderson  is  a  first  lieutenant  in  4th  Artillery,  U.  S.  regular 
army.  Cliildren : 
William  Allison  Anderson,"  b.  .lune,  1871;  res.  Trenton,  N.  J.  He  is 
in  tlie  iron  works  witli  his  uncle,  Mr.  Robeling. 
Davis  Catlin  Anderson,"  b.  Jan.,  1873.    Student. 

Duncan  Mc Arthur  Anderson  "  b.  Jan.,  1874. 

Margaret  Allison  Anderson,"  b.  Oct.,  1877. 

Emily  Allison,"  m.,  Sept.  30,  1874,  Frank  A.  Briggs,  son  of  Hon. 
.Tames  F.  Briggs  of  Manchester,  N.  H.  Mr.  Briggs  was  a 
cr.aduate  of  West  Point  Military  academy.  He  is  treasurer  of 
iron  works  of  John  A.  Robeling' s  sons.  Res.  Trenton,  N.  J. 
Child: 
Frankland  Briggs,"  b.,  Trenton,  N.  J.,  June  4,  1877. 


! 


CHARLES  ALLISON,  OF  WHEELING,  WEST  VIRGINIA.    141 

558.  Charles  William  Brandon  Allison  *  [544]  (William,^ 
Samuel,^  Robert^).  He  was  son  of  Major  William  Allison 
and  was  born,  Dec.  12, 1820,  in  Middletown,  Dauphin  county, 
Penn.;  removed  to  Ohio  in  1831.  He  was  raised  upon  a 
farm ;  was  placed  at  hard  work  there,  and  later  was  a 
mechanic.  During  this  time  he  attended  the  district  school, 
and  studied  at  night,  preparing  himself  for  his  lifework.  In 
1839  he  commenced  the  study  of  law,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  Columbus,  O.,  in  Dec,  1841.  He  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  Hon.  Augustus  Hall,  late  member  of  congress  from 
Iowa  and  chief  justice  of  Nebraska,  and  later  with  Otway 
Curry.  In  1851  he  removed  to  Belief  on  taine,  O.,  and  formed 
a  partnership  with  Congressman  Benjamin  Stanton.  Was  a 
Whig,  and  then  a  Republican,  in  politics.  In  May,  1862,  he 
enlisted  for  three  months  in  the  army,  and  was  made  captain 
of  Company  E,  Eighty-sixth  regiment,  Ohio  volunteers,  and 
a  few  days  afterwards,  was  commissioned  as  colonel  of  the 
Eighty-fifth  regiment  Ohio  volunteers,  and  his  company  was 
transferred  to  that  regiment.  In  October,  1862,  he  was  ap- 
pointed colonel  of  the  rendezvous  for  drafted  men  at  Camp 
Dennison,  where  he  remained  in  command  until  that  service 
was  closed,  Jan.  1, 1863.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Ohio  house 
of  representatives  convened  January,  1864,  and  was  chairman 
of  the  committee  on  military  affairs,  and  a  member  of  the  judi- 
ciary committee.  He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Ohio  state 
senate,  and  was  chosen  its  president.  In  1866  he  with  Mr. 
Stanton  opened  an  office  in  Wheeling,  West  Va.,  and  removed 
there  with  their  families  April  1,  1867,  where  they  carried  on 
a  most  extensive  and  lucrative  practice.  Mr.  Stanton  died 
June  2,  1872.  Mr.  Allison  continued  in  practice  till  his 
death,  Dee.  5, 1876.  He  was  a  self-made  man.  He  preferred 
to  follow  the  convictions  of  his  judgment  rather  than  to  act 
from  considerations  of  policy.  He  had  a  discriminating  and 
investigating  mind,  and  ranked  high  as  a  lawyer.  He  mar- 
ried, Nov.  5,  1844,  Sophronia,  daughter  of  Dr.  Elislia  S.  and 
Elizabeth  Lee,  of  Marysville,  O.,  who  died  Aug.  26,  1848. 
She  was  born  in  Knox  county,  O.,  Oct.  24,  1825.  He  mar- 
ried, second.  May  21, 1851,  Mary,  daughter  of  Hon.  Benjamin 
Stanton,  son  of  Elias  and  Martha  (Wilson)  Stanton,  grand- 
son of  Benjamin  and  Mary  Stanton,  his  law  partner  of  Belle- 
fontaine,  O.  Mrs.  Allison  was  born  at  Mount  Pleasant,  O., 
Dec.  27,  1830,  and  now  lives  at  No.  36  15th  St.  Wheeling, 
West  Va. 


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142 


JOHN  ALLISON,   OF   RAHIELTON,   IRELAND. 


CHILDREN. 

559.  Julia  Soplironia  Allison,'  b.  Marysville,  C,  Aup.  1.5,  1845;  m.,  Feb. 

24,  lStJ."»,  Owen  J.  Hopkins,  b.  Belief ontaine,  Logan  Co.,  O. 
June  14,  1844;  was  son  of  Daniel  and  Sarah  (Carter)  Hopkins. 
His  grandfather  is  said  to  h.ave  been  killed  at  Ft.  Meigs,  C, 
1813,  and  his  great  grandfather  was  Stephen  Hopkins  of  Rhode 
Island,  b.  March,  1707;  d.  1785;  a  signer  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence.  Mr.  Hopkins  was  four  years  in  the  army.  Is 
now  a  bookkeeper.  Res.  1330  Huron  St.,  Toledo,  O.  Children 
b.  Toledo,  O. : 

I.  Annie  Allison  Hopkins,'  b.  18(50;  res.  Toledo,  O. 

II.  Oliver  Perry  Hopkins,"  b.  18fl8;  res.  Toledo,  O. 

III.  Frederick  Livingstone  Hopkins,'  b.  1870;  d.  1872  in  Toledo,  O. 

IV.  Cordelia  Oswald  Hopkins,"  b.  1873;  res.  Toledo,  O. 

V.  Charles  Benjamin  Hopkins,"  b.  1882. 

VI.  Julia  S.  Hopkins,"  b.  1887. 

560.  Otway  Allison,'  b.  Marysville,  O.,  April  2,  1848;  d.  there  Oct.  5, 

1848. 

561.  Kate  Allison,' b.  Bellefontaine,  O.,  May  29,  1852;  res.  No.  36  15th 

St.,  Wheeling,  West  Va. 

562.  Benjamin  Stanton  Allison,'  b.  Bellefontaine,  O.,  Dec.  18,  1854;  res. 

No.  36  15th  St.,  Wheeling,  West  Va.,  and  is  not  married.  He 
graduated  at  the  University  at  Wooster,  O.,  in  June,  1876,  at  the 
law  school  at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  in  May,  1878,  and  the  same  month 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Wheeling,  W.  Va.  He  then 
formed  a  law  partnership  with  William  Erskine,  and  is  now 
engaged  in  the  .active  practice  of  the  law.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  politics  and  has  been  the  candidate  of  his  party  for  mayor  of 
tlie  city. 

563.  Ann  B.  Allison,'  b.  Bellefontaine,  O.,  Jan.  10,  1858;  d.  there  Aug. 

16,  1803. 

564.  John  Allison  *  [546]  (Robert,^  Samuel,2  Robert  ^  )• 
He  was  born  in  Ramelton,  county  of  Donegal,  Ireland,  Dec. 
25,  1806 ;  resided  Clooney  cottage,  Ramelton,  Ireiaiid,  on  Jan. 
14,  1892.  He  and  his  family  are  all  Presbyterians.  Mr. 
Allison  is  a  farmer,  having  sixty  acres  near  Ramelton. 


CHILDREN. 


505. 

566. 

567. 

568. 
569. 


Robert  Allison,"  b.  Dec.  29,  1S3S;  emigrated  to  Melbourne,  Aus- 
tralia.   Single. 

Thomas  William  Allison,' b.  Jan.  18,  1840;  emigrated  to  America, 
and  died  in  Wisconsin.     He  married  JaneMcClure;  no  children. 

John  Allison,"  b.  April  21,  1844;  emigrated  to  America,  and  died. 
He  was  married,  but  left  no  children. 

James  Allison,' (570)  b.  Feb.  23,  1846;  residence  Ramelton,  Ireland. 

Joseph  Allison,'  b.  May  4,  1848;  has  for  twenty  years  been  a  mem- 
ber of  that  splendid  body  of  men,  the  Royal  li-ish  Constabulary, 
and  has  been  promoted.  He  is  loyal  to  his  queen,  and  is  I'e- 
spected  by  his  acijuaintances.  He  lives  in  the  county  of  Wex- 
ford, Ireland,  in  town  of  Crohan. 


570.     James   Allison  ^  [568]     (John,* 
Robert  1).     He  was  born  in  Ramelton, 


Robert,^  Samuel,^ 
Ireland;  resides  at 


JAMES  ALLISON,   OF  BAMELTON,  IRELAND. 


143 


Clooney  cottage,  Ramelton,  Ireland.    He  married  Mary  Jane 
Malseed  ;  they  have  seven  daughters. 

CHILDBEX. 

571.  John  Allison,"  b.  Aug.  28,  1876;  res.  Ramelton,  Ireland. 

672.  Bella  Allison."  b.  April,  28,  1878. 

573.  Jean  Ann  Allison,"  b.  Feb.  12, 1880. 

574.  Mary  Elizabetb  Allison,'  b.  April  28,  1882. 

575.  Margaret  Allison,"  b.  April  28,  1884. 
570.  Agnes  Allison,"  b.  June  28,  1886. 

677.  Martlia  Allison,"  b.  Nov.  3,  1888. 

678.  Josephine  Allison,"  b.  Jan.  17,  1891. 


m 


CHAPTER  VII. 

Allisons  of  North  Carolina— Five  Branches— Allisons  of  Glas- 
gow, Scotland,  North  Carolina,  and  Virginia.' 


Five  brothers  by  name  of  Allison,  born  in  Pennsylvania^ 
(one  account  says  in  Ireland),  lived  on  the  Yellowstone  river 
in  that  state,  and  between  1760  and  1770,  and  before  the 
War  of  the  Revolution,  they  moved  to  North  Carolina,  while 
their  brother,  James  Allison,  remained  in  Pennsylvania. 
They  were  of  that  strong  Scotch  stock  which  went  from  Scot- 
land to  Ireland,  and  later  to  Pennsylvania,  New  Hampshire, 
and  the  southern  states,  and  who  have  been  such  magnificent 
builders  of  states  and  commonwealths.  They  settled  in  Iredell 
and  Mecklenburgh  counties,  where  the  name  to-day  is  very 
common.  The  names  of  these  emigrants  to  North  Carolina 
were: 

579.  William  Allison^  (68G),  who  resides  at  Bethany 
Church,  N.  C. 

580.  John  Allison,!  married,  first,  a  sister  of  Colonel  Rich- 
ard Allison,  of  Iredell  county,  N.  C.  The  relationship  between 
them  is  not  known.  There  was  no  issue  by  this  marriage. 
He  married  a  second  time. 

581.  Polly  Anderson,^  his  daughter,  married  her  cousin, 

582.  James  Allison,^  son  of  Robert  Allison.^  Mr.  Allison 
lived  at  Poplar  Tent,  Mecklenburgh  county,  N.  C. 

583.  George  Allison,^  settled  in  Mecklenburgh  or  Iredell 
county,  N.  C. 

584.  Thomas  Allison,^  born  1743,  was  never  married.  He 
was  a  school  teacher  of  renown,  and  was  widely  known  as 
"Master  Allison."  He  died  in  Nov.,  1811,  aged  68  years. 
A  sister  of  these  five  Allisons  married  a  Mr.  Todd,  settled 
in  Mecklenburgh,  N.  C,  and  their  descendants  live  in  that 
county  today. 

585.  Robert  Allison^  (588),  born  in  1750 ;  married  Sarah 
Graham  ;  resided  on  Clark's  Creek,  Cabarrus  county,  N.  C. ; 
died  in  1804,  aged  54  years. 

'See  notice  in  account  of  the  Allisons  of  Pennsylvania,  in  letter  of  Rev. 
James  Allison,  whicli  precedes  No.  400. 


Mi 


WILLIAM  ALLISON,  OF  BETHANY  CHURCH,  N.  C.        145 


ALLISONS    OF  NORTH  CAROLINA. 

686.  William  Allison^  [579],  one  of  the  five  emigrants 
from  Pennsylvania,  and  a  brother  of  Robert  Allison,  as  stated 
in  a  record  by  Robert  Washington  Allison,  of  Concord,  N.  C, 
April,  1887.  He  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  and  his  people 
from  Ireland,  like  all  of  the  residents  in  Ulster,  were  weavers. 
He  resided  in  Pennsylvania,  removed  to  North  Carolina  with 
his  brothers,  and  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  in  Iredell 
county,  and  one  of  its  first  purchasers  of  land.  He  owned  a 
plantation  which  has  been  in  possession  of  his  descendants 
for  more  than  one  hundred  years.  Residence  at  Bethany 
Church,  N.  C,  where  he  died. 


"V  'i  ''■'ii 


CllII-D. 


587.     Thomas  Allison'  (.507);  res.  Bethany  Church,  N.  C. 

688.  Robert  Allison^  [586],  one  of  the  five  brothers  who 
went  south  from  Pennsylvania,  between  1760  and  1770,  prob- 
ably, was  born  in  1750,  and  settled  near  Charlotte,  N.  C.,  and 
married  Sarah  Graham.^  Mrs.  Allison  was  a  sister  of  Joseph 
Graham,  the  father  of  Hon.  William  A.  Graham,  once  gov- 
ernor of  North  Carolina,  and  candidate  for  vice-president  of 
the  United  States  on  the  ticket  with  General  Winfield  Scott, 
in  1852.  Mrs.  Allison  was  the  aunt  of  Miss  Graham,  sister 
of  Hon.  William  A.Graham,  who  married  Rev.  Hall  Morrison, 
D.  D.,  and  one  of  their  daughters  married  General  D.  H.  Hill, 
and  another  married  General  Thomas  J.  Jackson,  known  as 
"Stonewall"  Jackson.  In  1790,  Mr.  Allison  removed  to 
Poplar  Tent  on  Clark's  creek,  in  what  is  now  Cabarrus  county, 
and  was  a  ruling  elder  in  the  church  there.  He  died  in  1804, 
aged  54  years.  Mrs.  Allison  was  delicate  in  appearance,  had 
great  energy,  and  was  a  fine  manager  and  a  strong  Presby- 
terian. 


CHILDIIEN. 


589. 


William  Allison'  (.509),  born  Oct.  7,   1780;  m.  Peggy  Young;  res. 
Charlotte,  N.  C. 

590.  James  Allison,''  m.  his  cousin,  Polly,  dau.  of  Uncle  John  Allison.^ 

591.  Mary  Allison,'  m.  James  Young,  a  brother  of  Mrs.  Thomas  and 

Mrs.  William  Allison.     Their  sons 

I.  John  Young,'  lived  in  Concord,  N.  C,  in  1887. 

II.  Joseph  Young,''  lived  in  Concord,  N.  C,  in  1887.^ 

'She  was  a  daughter  of  Widow  Graham,  of  Pennsylvania,  who,  with 
slender  means  and  five  small  children,  John  Graham,  George  Graham, 
Joseph  Graham,  Sarah  Graham,  and  Ann  Graham,  removed  to  Mocklen- 
bui'gh,  N.  C,  about  17(55. 

'The  Youngs  were  of  the  same  Scotch  blood  who  came  from  Ireland  to 
Pennsylvania,  and  later  to  North  Carolina. 
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592. 


WILLIAM  ALLISON,   OF  CHAKLOTTE,   N.  C. 


Thomns  Allison' (005),  born  March  5,  1785;  m.  Sarah  Young,  a  sis- 
ter of  liis  brotlter  William's  wife;  res.  Poplar  Tent,  Cabarrus 
Co.,  N.  C, 

693.  Anno  Allison,'  m.  Sandy  MeKinley,  of  Rocky  River,  N.  C,  and  d. 
young.    Cliild : 

I.    Fanny  McKinley,"  who  m.  Rev.  Cyrus  K.  Caldwell. 

5tU.  John  Graham  Allison,*  m.  Almira,  dau.  of  John  Johnston.  They 
died  without  children. 

.'iO.').    Sarah  Allison,'  m.  W.  C.  Johnston,  son  of  John  Johnston.  Their  son, 

500.     Robert  Allison  Johnston,'  m.  a  Miss  Reeves. 

697.  Thomas  Allison^  [687]  (William').  He  was  a  farmer 
and  tanner.  Residence  at  Bethany  Church,  N.  C.  Married 
Miss  Kerr;  married,  second.  Miss  Matthews.  He  died  at 
Bethany  Church,  N.  C,  in  1844. 

CHILD. 

698.  William  M.  Allison'  (020),  b.  Juno  28,  1816;  res.  Bethany  Church, 
N.  C. 

699.  William  Allison2  [689]  (Robert^-  He  was  born  Oct. 
7,  1780,  and  was  a  merchant  in  Charlotte,  N.  C.  He  married, 
Nov.  7,  1806,  Peggy  Young ;  born  July  13,  1784.  He  died 
Feb.  25,  1816,  and  she  married  second  Mr.  Gillespie,  and  had 
two  children.    She  died  Oct.  30,  1850. 


CIIII.DKEN. 


600. 


Sarah  Maria  Allison,'  b.  1800;  d.  18;J4.    SL?  m.  Mr.  Erwln,  and  lived 
in  Kentucky.     They  left  three  children. 

601.  Robert  Washington  Allison^  (622),  born  April  24,  1809. 

602.  Margaret  Allison,'  born  1811;    m.  David  Kistler.     She  d.  in  1868, 

leaving  three  married  daughters. 

603.  Jane  Allison,' b.  1813;  m.  Henry  C.Owens.    She  d.  1867.   Children: 

I.  William  A.  Owens,*  lawyer;  res.  Ch<arlotte,  N.  C. 

II.  James  Henry  Owens*  was  another  son. 

604.  Anne  Allison,'  b.  July  4,  1815;  m.,  in  1836,  Charles  Overman;  d.  in 

1874,  leaving  three  daughters  and  two  sons.     Children: 

I.  Margaret  Eliza  Overman,*  m.  A.  H.  Tate;  has  had  eight  children. 

One  only  living. 

II.  Mary   Cornelia   Overman,*  m.   Thomas  R.  Tate,   who  d.  in  1872. 

Two  children. 

III.  William  W.  Overman*  is  a  shoe  merchant;  res.  Newark,  N.  J. 

IV.  Hamilton  Overman*  is  a  merchant  in  Reidsville,  N.  C. 

605.  Thomas  Allison  2  [692]  (Robert  i).  He  was  born 
March  6,  1785  ;  was  a  farmer,  and  a  person  of  moral  and  in- 
dustrious habits,  and  accumulated  a  considerable  property. 
He  married,  in  May,  1810,  Sarah  Young,  who  died  Sept.  16, 
1847.  They  were  members  of  the  Poplar  Tent  Presbyterian 
church,  in  Cabarrus  county,  N.  C,  and  lived  within  the  limits 
of  that  congregation. 


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ROBERT  WASHINGTON  ALLISON,  OF  CONCORD,  N.  C.    147 


FOUHTEEN  CHII.DKRN. 

600.  Sarah  Caroline  Allison  »  b.  April  27,  ISll;  m.,  Doc,  183;J,  WU  lain 
Young,  who  (1.,  and  she  in.,  second,  David  G.  Ilolbrooks.  3he 
d.  Dec,  1H(U. 

607.  Mary  Ann  Allison,"  b.  Jan.  17,  1813  ;  m.  Henry  Farr  in  Jan.,  1834, 
and  (1.  In  Oct.,  US47. 

008.    Maryarottc  Allison,''  1».  Jan.  5,  181.');  d.  Oct.,  1815. 

001).     Robert  Allison,'  b.  Sept.  lit,  1810;  d.  Ausr.,  1824. 

610.  Thomas  Franklin  Allison,"  b.  Nov.  29,  1818;  d.  Nov.,  184.'>. 

611.  Elizabctli  Jemima  .Vllison,'  b.  Jan.  l.'i,  1821;  d.  Fob.  1),  188.5. 

612.  James  Allison,'  (0:12)  b.  April  29,  1823;  ros.  Davidson  Collepe,  N.  C. 

613.  Martha  Jane  Allison,' b.   Der.   27,    1825;    m.,   Dec,   1859,  John  F. 

Sloan,  and  d.  in  .Juno,  1885.    Two  children — one  living — Mrs. 
Margaretto  Johnston.* 

614.  John  Graham  Allison,"  b.  April  27,  1828;  d.  in  AuR.,  ia')4. 

615.  Ruth  Minerva  Alli.son,=  b.  June  8,  1830;  m.,  in  May,  1802,  W.  F.  Stilll, 

who  is  deceased.    She  still  lives  at  Davidson  College,  N.  C. 
010.    Agnes  Henrietta  Allison,'  b.  Oct.  1,  1832;  ra.,  Jan.,  1851,  J.  Fisher. 
She  d.  June  12,  18.53. 

617.  Robert  William  Allison,"  b.  Nov.  9,  1834;  d.  in  California  in  May, 

1877. 

618.  Silas  Young  Allison,'  b.  Jan.  23,  1837;  m.  Harriot  Moore;  d.  Dec, 

1802. 
619. Allison,'  b.  Jan.  2.3,  1837;  d.  Feb.  15,  1837. 

620.  William  M.  Allison  ^  [698]  (Thomas,^  William »). 
He  was  born  at  Bethany  Church,  N.  C,  June  28,  1816.  He 
owned  and  lived  upon  the  homestead  of  his  father  at 
Bethany  Church,  or  Turnersburg,  N.  C,  and  was  a  farmer, 
who  also  carried  on  the  tanning  business.  He  married  Eliz- 
abeth B.  Johnston,  and  died  at  Turnersburg,  X.  C,  June  20, 
1870. 

CHILD. 

621.  Thomas  .lohnston  Allison,*  (0:^0)  b.,  Feb.  2,  1849,  at  Bethany  Church, 
N.  C. ;  res.  Statesville,  N.  C. 

622.  Robert  Washington  Allison  ^  [GOl]  (William,2 
Robert^).  He  was  born  in  Charlotte,  Mecklenburgh  county, 
N.  C,  April  24,  1809 ;  married.  May  31,  1842,  Sarah  Ann 
Phifer  of  Cabarrus  county,  N.  C;  resided  at  Concord,  N.  C. 
In  1823,  Mr.  Allison  left  Charlotte,  N.  C,  his  native  place, 
and  entered  the  store  of  his  uncle,  Joseph  Young,  in  Concord, 
N.  C,  where  he  ever  afterwards  lived.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
merchant,  and  filled  public  positions  of  trust  and  importance. 
He  was  a  delegate  to  the  state  constitutional  convention,  a 
member  of  the  state  legislature,  clerk  and  master  of  the  court 
of  equity  for  a  number  of  years,  a  justice  of  the  peace,  and 
chairman  of  the  board  of  county  commissioners,  which  posi- 
tion he  held  in  1878.  Like  most  of  the  Allisons  he  was  a 
Presbyterian — an  elder  in  that  church.  His  wife  was  a 
daughter  of  a  prominent  citizen  of  Mecklenburgh  county.   In 


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148        JAMES    ALLISON,   OF  CABARRUS   COUNTY,   H.   C. 

a  Ifttter  dateil  Dec.  9,  1878,  he  said:  "  I  have  never  regretted 
my  name  ;  have  always  been  thankful  that  my  lot  has  been 
cast  in  this  country ;  that  my  forefathers  emigrated  to  Amer- 
ica, and  that  they  settled  in  this  beautiful  country  between 
the  Yadkin  and  Catawba  rivers,  where  ^ve  have  good  land, 
fine  water,  a  healthy  and  delightful  climate,  jDeaceable  and 
quiet  citizens ;  where  we  can  worship  God  according  to  the 
dictates  of  our  ovu  consciences,  v/ithnone  to  molest  or  make 
us  afraid." 

CIIILD15EN. 

Esther  Phifer  Allison,*  b.  1843;  m.,  in  1808,  Capt.  Samuel  E.  Wliite 
of  Soutli  Carolina. 

.Joseph  Young  Allison,*  b.  1840.  Ho  was  oduoiitcd  at  Davidson  col- 
lege, N.  C.,  and  at  the  University  of  Vir,'ini!i,  and  became  a 
lawyer  ;  practised  three  years,  disliked  the  profession,  studied 
for  the  ministry  at  Columbia,  S.  C,  graduated  in  1876,  and 
became  a  clergyman;  in  1887  was  pastor  of  a  church  in  Baton 
Kouge,  La.  He  m.  Carrie  Davant,  of  South  Carolina,  in  1S76. 
He  was  a  delejifnte  to  tlie  General  Assembly  of  the  church  at 
Knoxvillc,  Tenn.,  in  1878. 

John  Phifer  Allison,*  b.  1848;  m.,  1880,  Annie  Craige,  of  Salisbury, 
N.  ".;  men^hant.     He  succeeded  his  father  in  business  in  Con- 


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cor.!,  N.  C. 
JIarv  Louise  Allison,*  b.  18.")0  ;  d.  1879. 
E.  Adaline  AMison,*  b.   1852;  m..    in   187.5,    Col. 

Soutli  Carolina,  who  d.  in  1877. 
AVilliam  Ilenrv  Allison,*  b.  IS.U  ;  d.  18:)4. 
Caroline  Jane  Allison,*  b.  IS:).")  ;  d.  18.j7. 
Ann  Susan  Allison,*  ii.  isr)7:  d.  IS")',). 
Robert  Wasliington  Allison,*  b.  1802  ;  d.  1805. 


John  M.  White  of 


632.  James  Allison «  [612]  (Thomas,2  Robert  i ).  He  was 
born  April  29,  1823.  at  Poplar  Tent,  Cabarrus  county,  N.  C; 
married,  Aug.  3.  1847,  Mary  Clarissa  Johnston.  He  settled 
on  a  farm  in  Cabarrus  county,  eleven  miles  northeast  of  Con- 
cord, N.  C.  Mrs.  Allison  and  her  husband  were  members  of 
the  Bethpage  church.  She  was  fond  of  Sunday-school  work, 
and  was  a  teacher  of  a  large  class  of  ladies  in  that  church. 
She  was  a  strong-minded  and  pious  woman.  She  died  Jan. 
17,  1860,  and  is  buried  in  the  cemetery  at  Poplar  Tent 
church.  He  surrendered  with  Lee  at  A|)pomattox,  walked 
to  his  home,  and  on  April  26,  1865,  married  Mary  L.  N. 
Kilpatrick.  She  died  in  June,  1887,  and  he  married,  third, 
in  Aug.,  1890,  Mary  S.  Scott,  of  Taylorsville,  N.  C.  Since 
the  fall  of  1868  he  lias  been  a  merchant  at  Davidson  College, 
N.  C,  where  he  resides. 


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Thomas  Jolinston  Allison^  (()4'i),  b.  May  30,  1849;  clci'gyman;  res. 
at  Way  Cross,  (i;i. 

Allison,'  b.  .Iiilv  ',1.  18.54:  d.  Julv  i),  18.54. 

Victor  Alexaiidi-r  A''.ison,*  !>.  .»nly  14. 'lH5('.;  d.  Dee.  23,  1S50. 
Minnie  Louisa  Allison.*  b.  Nov.  17,  1858;  d.  Oct.  12,  1803. 


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THOMAS  JOHNSTON  ALLISON,  OF  STATESVIL7,,  N.  C.     149 

63(3.  Thomas  Johnston  Allison^  [(521]  (William  M.,3 
Thomas,^  William  i).  He  was  born  at  liethany  Church,  N.  C, 
some  tea  miles  north  of  Statesville.  Feb.  "2,  1849;  married, 
Nov.  23,  1870,  Bettie  Crawford  Chunn,  daughter  of  Matthew 
Lock  and  Caroline  (Foard)  Chunn,  and  granddaughter  of 
William  and  Mary  (Lock)  Chunn,  of  near  China  (Jrove, 
Rowan  county,  N.  C.  Mrs.  Allison  was  born  Aug.  31,  1853, 
near  Salisl)ur\%  N.  C.  Mr.  Allison  was  born  on  the  plantation 
where  his  great-grandfather  settled  more  than  a  century  ago, 
and  which  was  owned  by  his  grandfather  and  his  father.    The 

Uisons  were  the  first  to  acquire  land  in  the  o^iening  of  the 
settlement,  and  the  first  deeds  given  in  the  county  Avere  given 
to  Allisons.  They  were  large  real  estate  owners,  often  buy- 
ing and  rarely  selling  land.  Mr.  Allison  received  a  portion 
of  his  c'lnfution  at  Davidson  college,  N.  C.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  l.ainef,  the  same  as  his  predecessors.  He  added  the  man- 
ufacture of  iiarness  and  saddlery  to  his  business,  and  dealt  in 
saddlery  and  hardware  till  1884.  He  has  served  as  county 
commissioner ;  was  elected  sheriff  of  Iredell  county,  N.  C, 
in  J  .-ifci  and  held  the  position  till  he  was  appointed  by  Pres- 
iu-jj;  Cleveland,  in  1893,  United  States  marshal  for  the 
Western  District  of  North  Carolina.  Residence,  Statesville, 
N.  C. 

Cnil.niiEN   UOKN    IN   TUI{Ni:USBLU«J,    N.    C. 

637.  Carrie  Allison,"  b.  J.au.  1,  1874. 

Oas.  William  Lock  Allison,"  b.  March  20,  1870. 

639.  .T<>l<i:ar  Matthews  Allison,''  b.  Juno  ."),  1880. 

640.  Lizzie  Allison,'*  b.  .March  2:!,  ISSo. 

641.  Kaymoml  Allison,^  b.  Sept.  2,  1880. 

642.  Mary  Allison,'  b.  Nov.  20,  1888. 

643.  Thomas  Johnston  Allison^  [638]  (James,^  Thomas,^ 
Robert^).  He  was  born  at  the  homestead  in  Cabarrus  county, 
N.  C,  May  30,  1849,  and  lived  there  till  his  father's  removal 
to  Davidson  College,  N.  C,  in  1868.  He  entered  Davidson  col- 
lege in  1867,  and  was  graduated  in  1871,  with  the  degree  of 
A.  H.,  and  received  the  degree  of  A.  M.  in  1874,  and  in  the 
spring  of  1868  united  with  the  Davidson  College  Presbyterian 
church.  In  1871  he  entered  the  Union  Theological  seminary 
at  Hampden  Sidney,  Va.,  and  graduated  in  1874;  was  licensed 
by  the  Concord,  N.  C,  presbyteiy  in  1874,  and  in  August 
accepted  a  call  to  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Tarboro,  N.  C. 
He  was  ordained  and  installed  on  Nov.  8,  1875,  preaching 
once  a  month  at  Kingston,  and  at  liocky  Mount.  On  Sept. 
12, 1876,  he  married  Jeannette,  daughter  of  Rev.  John  Tiilett. 
Resigning  his  charge  in  1877,  he  preached  at  Rockingham  and 
Lumberton,  N.  C.     In  1879  he  was  installed  over  tlie  church 


150 


THOMAS   ALLISON,   OF   STATESVILLE,   N.   C. 


at  Mebaneville,  N.  C,  and  continued  there  eight  years.  His 
work  there,  as  at  his  former  parishes,  was  greatly  blessed. 
Resigning  in  1887,  his  next  pastorate  was  over  the  Third 
Creek  and  Fifth  Creek  churches,  his  home  being  at  Elmwood, 
N.  C.  He  labored  there  till  April,  1891,  when  he  resigned, 
and  is  now  engaged  i«  evangelistic  work  in  the  Savannah 
(Ga.)  presbytery,  and  resides  at  Waycross,  Ga. 

CUILDKKN. 

6-44.  Minnie  Laura  Allison."  b.  Aug.  H,  1877;  d.  Feb.  1,  1885. 

645.  Thomas  Tillctt  Allison,"  b.  April  2(5.  lS7!t. 

646.  James  Cumniing  Allison."  b.  April  (',,  1881. 

647.  Charles  Walter  Allison,-  b.  Feb.  4,  1,SS3. 

648.  Wilbur  Graham  Allison,'  b.  Oct.  ;50,  1888. 

649.  Julius  Kartell  Alli-<on,"  b.  Oct.  14,  1890. 

650.  Henry  Johnston  Allison,^  b.  Au{>'.  11,  1892. 


ALLISONS   OF   NORTH    CAROLINA — BRANCH   NUMBER  TWO. 

651.  Thomas  Allison  ^  went  south  to  North  Carolina  about 
1750,  from  Pennsylvania.  He  was  born  April  14, 1722;  died 
May  5,  1794,  at  Statesville,  N.  C.  He  married  Magdaline 
Neil,  who  was  born  Aug.  31,  1725.  He  was  of  the  Allisons 
of  Scotland,  his  ancestors  going  to  Ireland,  and  emigrating 
from  Ireland  to  America. 


CniLDKEN. 


6r)2.  Theophilus  Allison,'  b.  Feb.  1,  1748;  d.  early. 

653.  Alexander  Allison,''  b.  Nov.  27,  1749;  d.  May,  1781. 

654.  Magdaline  Allison,'  b.  Dec.  28,  1751;  m. Knox,  and  d.  Nov.  27, 

1802. 

655.  Theophilus  Allison,'  b.  Mav  30,  1751;  d.  Nov.,  1805. 

656.  Margaret  Allison,'  b.  Aug.  29,  17r«();  d.  Sept.  24,  177S). 

657.  Tlionias  Allison'  (()()2),  b.  Jan.  18,  1759;  d.  Nov.,  1799. 

658.  Richard  Allison'  ((iC>8),  b.  Sept.  20,  1701;  d.  June  14,  1823. 

659.  ISlary  Allison,-  b.  Sept.,  1704;  ni. Kerr;  d.  Aug.  24,  1839. 

660.  John  Allis(ui,'  b.  Feb.,  1707;  d.  June  2(!,  1804. 

661.  Ann  Allison,'  b. ;  m. Neill.     She  d.  Feb.  11,  1809. 


662.  Thomas  Allison^  [057]  (Thf)masi).  Ne  was  born 
Jan.  18,  1759;  married,  March  11,  1790,  Esther  Neill.  He 
died  Nov.,  1799.     Farmer. 


CIIII.DUKX,    UOItX    XEAR   STATESVILLE,    If.    C. 

003.  noxnnniih  Allison,"  b.  May  10,  1791. 

004.  Magdiiliiie  Allison,-'  b.  Sept.  12,  1792;  m,,  Jan.  13,  1813,  James  Rani- 

scv.     Sin-  (].  Oct.  13,  1S2I. 

005.  Thomas  Alexander  Allison  '  (OSl),  b.  Dec.  19,  1794;  d.  June  8,  1879, 

at  statesville,  X.  ('. 
600.     Esther  Allison,"  h.  Jan.  23,  1797. 
667.     Margaret  Allison, 'b.  April  12,  17t>9. 


RICHARD  MONROE  ALLISON,  OF  STATESVILLE,  N.  C.    151 


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668.  Richard  Allison ^  [658]  (Thomas^).  He  was  born 
Feb.  20,  1761 ;  died  June  14,  1823.  He  married,  July  24, 
1785,  Lettice  Neill,  born  Feb.  9,  1766 ;  died  Oct.  13,  1824. 


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Cnil-DUEN. 

669.  Thomas  Allison,^  b.  .Tan.  1,  ]7S7;  d.  Sept,  13,  18.30. 

670.  Koxannali  Allison,'  1>.  Aug.  '2'.),  IT^-^;  m.  Matthews.     She  d. 

Dec.  •_>(>,  1844. 

671.  Andrew  N.  ill  Allison,'  b,  July  23,  1700;  d,  .Tan,  28,  1867. 

672.  Masdaline  Simontoii  Allison,' b.  Dec.  24.  17!»L';  d.  Dec.  2!),  18.')8. 

673.  Margaret  Allison,'  b.  Dec.  18.  17!)4;  d.  April  D,  17t»."). 

674.  Lettice  Allison,"  b.  .Ian.  10,  17SH);  m. ;  d.  Oct.  18,  1877. 

675.  Margaret  Allison,^  b.  Jan.  6,  1708. 

676.  Richard  Allison."  b.  March  25,  1800;  d.  ,Ian.  20,  18;{2. 

677.  Sarah  Adaline  Allison,^  b.  Ai)ril  10.  1802;  d.  ,Iune  20,  1829. 

678.  .lohn  Allison,'  b.  Aug.  1(!,  1S04. 

679.  .Tenny  Lncinda  Allison,'  b.  Nov.  13,  1806. 

680.  Marv"  Allison.'  b.  May  2."),  1800;  in. Davis.     Her  child,  Elnathan 

Hayne  Davis,<  b!  Nov.  2"),  is;i;i.     Mrs.  Davis  d.  Jan.  14,  is:38. 

681.  Thomas  Alexander  Allison'^  [605]  (Thomas,^ 
Thomas  0-  He  was  born  Dec.  19,  1794;  died  Feb.  24. 1854. 
He  married,  Sept.  19,  1816,  Lettice,  daugliter  of  Richard 
Allison,  and  his  own  cousin.  She  was  born  June  19,  1796  ; 
died  June  8,  1879,  at  States ville,  N.  C.  Before  the  war  he 
was  one  of  the  largest  land  owners  and  farmers  in  Iredell 
county.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  state 
legislature,  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  noted 
for  his  piety  and  strong  character. 


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CIIILDRKX, 

Evalinc  Allison,*  b,  July  26,  1817;  ni.,  Nov.  12,  ISm,  Miles  M. 
Hailov.     .She  d.  July  17.  18.-)2. 

Esther  . Sell na  Allison,'  b.  May  25,  1819;  m.  Rev.  ThiddeusC.  Craw- 
ford. Scjit.  1,  ls-17,  and  d.  May  23,  1848.     No  <hildren. 

Richard  Monroi-  Allison'  (Oi'l  i.  b.  April  22,  1821;  in.,  Oct.  27,  1842, 
Elizabeth  C,  Ilaioiiton     ri's.  Statesvillc.  N.  C 

lA'titia  .Vllison.'  ni.  Dr.  liu  liard  f 'arson. 

Margaret  Adaline  Allison,*  b.  Oct.  20.  1S2(;;  ni.,  Sept.  1,  1S48,  Auuus- 
tus  ('.  Houston,  and  d.  Auu.  13.  \<t().  II. •  d.  Feb.  20,  1S50.  Ono 
son,  ,Io]in  Augustus  Ib'uston,   b.  June  II,  1S48. 

John  Andrew  Allison,'  li    .luly  20.  1S2S:   ■!.  Sei)t.  13,  18;il), 

Andrew  .loliu  Anu)s  Allison'  (O'.i'.'i.  b.  Oct.  10.  l^i'  ■  pliysiciim;  rps. 
!Mississipiii:  lu.  .Mary  Lock,      m.,  second,  Laura  Matthews. 


Uu.Kanua!i  Allison.'  b.  Aug.  4,  ls:i3;  d. 
.Toscpli  CVuiU'lius  Allison.'  Ii.  Si'pt.  2S. 
Thomas  Alexander  Allison,  .Ir.     He  w 


Aug.  II,  lh.;3. 

1S;!4;   (1.  Dec.  15,  1S3(). 

IS  killed  by  a  falling  tree. 


691,  Richard  Monroe  Alli>oii  '  [6S4]  ('rhnmas  Alexander,* 
Thomas.- Thomas').  He  wa.s  horn  April  •J2,  ISill,  i-i  Iredell 
county.  N.  ('.  Married,  Oct.  27,  1X.">J,  i-^lizaheth  CuniiichiMil 
Hampton,  born  Jan.  14,  183.">.  at  Cedar  Hill,  near  Jonesville. 
Yadkin  county,  N.  C\,  a',  I  la  ighter  of  Henry  Gray  and 
Charlotte  Tem})Ie   (IXiby )   Hampton,  of   Ce<hir  Hill.     Her 


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152         ANDREW  J.  A.  ALLISON,  OF  STATESVILLE,  N.  C. 

father  was  son  of  Thomas,  and  grandson  of  Henry  Hampton. 
Mr.  Allison  was  edncated  at  the  state  nniversity  at  Chapel 
Hill,  N.  C,  stndied  law  under  Chief  Justice  Pearson,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Jan.,  lHo'2.  He  was  a  ))racticing' 
lawyer,  county  attorney  for  Iredell  county,  and  died,  after  a 
brief  illness,  at  Statesville,  N.  C,  April  30,  1884.  He  was 
cast  in  a  heroic  mould,  a  man  of  most  i)ositive  convictions, 
and  was  never  false  to  friend  or  client,  and  no  one  was  more 
unswerving  in  adherence  to  principle.  He  was  buried  with 
Masonic  honors. 

c'liiLniJEN,  noux  at  statksvim.k,  X.  c. 

092.  Thomas  Ilainptou  Allison,'' b.  Sept.  4, 1854;  m.,  Nov.  30, 1S81,  Nannie 
Gaines';  tobacco  nianufactni-er;  res.  Mooresville,  N.  C. 

(!it;J.  Andrew  John  Allison,"'  b.  .June  l(i,  ]8")(!;  m.  Colie  Bagfiette;  farmer; 
res.  Era,  Ark. 

im.  Letitia  Evaline  Allison,'' b.  Dec.  U,  isns;  m.,  Sept.  12,  1882,  David 
Francis  Stevenson;  res.  Statesville,  N.  C. 

6!).},     Kichard  Monroe  Allison,''  1).  .July  8,  18(11;  d.  Sept.  1."),  1801. 

<)!•(].  Wade  Hampton  Allison,'"'  b.  July  3,  18()");  merchant;  res.  States- 
ville, N.  C. 

097.  Mary  Selina  Allison,"  b.  Dec.  7,  18(>7;  m.,  Oct.  12, 188!»,  John  B.  Gill; 
res.  Statesville,  N.  C. 

608.     Hiehard  Preston  Allison,"  b.  June  24,  1870;  res.  Statesville,  N.  C. 

699.  Andrew  John  Amos  Allison •*  [688]  (Thomas  Alex- 
ander,^ Thomas,2  Thomas  0-  He  was  born  Oct.  10,  1830. 
Married,  Oct.  lil,  1856,  Mary  E.  Locke,  of  Alabama;  she 
died  Feb.  12,  1863.  He  married  second,  in  Tuscaloosa,  Ala., 
Laura  Matthew.s,  Dec.  14,  18()5,  who  died  about  1880.  He 
entered  Davidson  college,  N.  C,  in  1851,  graduated  in  1854; 
received  the  degree  of  M.  D.  from  Jefferson  Medicul  college, 
in  Philadelphia;  was  a  physician  in  -Lowndes  oumty,  Miss., 
till  1861,  when  he  returned  to  Philadelphia  and  took  a  special 
course  in  surgeiy.  During  the  war  he  practiced  at  home,  and 
in  the  hospitals  in  Virginia.  In  1864  he  opened  a  hospital 
for  the  sick  and  wounded  soldiers  at  Statesville.  Residence, 
Utaiusville,  N.  C. 

<'iiii.ni!K\,  noux  IX  xouTir  CAitoi.iXA. 
700.     Mai-s-ni.t  'r..rrence   Allison,'' 1).  April  20,    lS(iT;  in.  Walter  H.  Tor- 


rence,  wiio  died  ill  Mav,  lS<n  ;  physici 

701.  John  Matthew  Allison.'  b.  Mav  20.  i8(i!t. 

702.  J!r)l)er(  lluyh  AlliM-.u.^  l,    Mai-ch  11,  1871. 

703.  M;nv  AUisiiii,'    b.  Sept.  4,  1873. 

704.  Charles  Allison,"  b.  1874. 


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ALLISONS   OF  NORTH   CAROLINA.    BRANCH   NUMBER  THREE. 

The  emigrant  ancestor  of  this  family,  of  Scotch  blood, 
Christian  name  not  known,  came  from  the  north  of  Ireland 
and  settled  in  Pennsylvania  or  Maryland.     His  son, 

705.  William  Allison,^  according  to  my  information,  was 
born  in  Maryland,  lived  in  Wilkes  county,  N.  C,  where  he 
raised  a  large  family,  which  remained  there  till  each  member 
arrived  to  mature  age,  and  soon  after  that  period  became 
scattered.     He  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier. 


CniLDItKN  BOIJN   IN   WII.KES   COUNTY,    N.    C, 

706.  Ephraira  Allison/  (713)  m.  Elizabeth  Coffee;  d.,  1845,  in  Cooper  Co., 

Mo. 

707.  Hugh  Allison' (721).     He  wash.  Feb.    11,  1771;  res.   Cooper  Co., 

Mo. 

708.  Benjamin  Allison,''  rem.  to  Miller  Co.,  Mo. 

709.  Samuel  Allison.'' 

710.  Daniel  Allison." 

711.  William  Allison.' 

712.  Thomas  AUison.s  rem.  to  Cooper  Co.,  Mo. 
712a.    Allison,"  his  dau.  m.  Mr.  Petty. 

7l2b.    Allison,"  his  dau.   m.   Mr.   Perkins;  had  IS  children  and 

their  descend.ants  are  numerous  in  Central  Illinois. 

713.     Ephraim  Allison  3  [706]  (William,^ Allison  i  ). 

He  was  born  in  Wilkes  county,  N.  C;  married  Elizabeth  Cof- 
fee. Upon  arriving  at  manhood  he  removed  to  a  spot  near 
Booneville,  Cooper  county.  Mo.,  where  he  spent  his  life,  and 
died  about  March,  1845.  His  first  halting  place  in  Missouri 
(to  which  he  and  his  two  brothers  removed  in  1815),  was  at 
New  Franklin,  Howard  county. 


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CIIILDIJEN. 

714.  Thomas  Allison,*  (727)  b.  Oct.  24, 1800;  d.  Feb.,  1845,  in  Saline  Co., 

Mo. 

715.  Lucy  Allison,*  b.   — ;    m.   Vincent  Johnson.    They  are  deceased. 

Child: 
I.    Elizabeth  Johnson,"  m.  Mr.  Kirkpatrick;  res.  Butler,  Mo. 

716.  N.ancy  Allison,*  m.  James  llarvcy;  res.  Sedalia,  Mo. 

717.  Rebecca  Allison,*  m.  Thomas  Jones.     They  are  deceased. 

718.  Elizabeth     Allison,*     m.   John     Chambers.     Tliey    are    deceased. 

Joseph  Chambers,"  Booneville,  Mo.,  is  a  grandson.  Frank 
Chambers,'  county  clerk,  Booneville,  Mo.,  is  a  great  grandson. 
William  H.  Allison,"  of  Clinton,  Henry  Co.,  Mo.,  is  a  grandson. 

719.  Matilda  Allison,*  m.  Thomas  L.  Johnson,  and  both  are  dead. 

720.  William  Allison,*  d.,  unmarried,  of  yellow  fever  at  New  Orleans,  La. 


721.     Hugh   Allison  ^  [707]    ( William,2 


Allison  ^ ). 


He  was  born  near  Jacksboro',  Wilkes  county.  North  Carolina, 
Feb.  11, 1771 ;  resided  at  Ft.  Boonesborough,  Madison  county. 


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HUGH   ALLISON,   OF   COOPER   COUNTY,   MO. 


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Ky.,  after  1797,  and  lived  in  Cooper  county,  Mo.,  after  March^ 
1821,  where  he  died  April  25,  1846.  He  married,  Nov.  5, 
1788,  Rebecca  Sanders  Hartt.  Hugh  Alli.son  was  a  fair  bus- 
iness man.  Was  elected  coroner  of  Cooper  county,  Mo., 
August,  1824,  and  again  in  1828,  serving  eight  years  in  all. 
As  a  military  man  he  served  three  years  in  Colonel  Whitley's 
regiment  of  volunteers  in  1812-'13-'14,  and  was  in  Harrison's 
army,  was  at  the  battle  of  Lundy's  Lane.  After  his  dis- 
charge he  was  commissioned  a  captain  in  the  Kentucky 
militia.  He  always  declared  that  he  would  gladly  have 
fought  three  years  longer  rather  than  to  have  let  Great  Brit- 
ain have  one  foot  of  ground  in  America.  He  was  a  fiery 
patriot  and  was  ever  ready  to  serve  his  country.  He  was  a 
believer  in  a  sound  national  currency  that  was  worth  one 
hundred  cents  on  a  dollar  anywhere  on  earth.  In  1840,  by 
appointment,  he  met  and  spent  a  short  time  with  Gen.  W.  H. 
Harrison,  the  Whig  candidate  for  president,  at  Vincennes,  In- 
diana. On  July  4,  1840,  he  was  present  at  the  grand  Whig 
rally  at  Rochefort,  Mo.,  it  being  one  of  the  largest  political 
gatherings  ever  held  in  the  state.  There  are  said  to  have 
been  17  steamboats  loaded  with  people  who  came  to  attend. 
Mr.  Allison  was  a  great  friend  and  admirer  of  President  Har- 
rison, and  was  greatly  overcome  when  the  news  reached  him 
in  1841  of  the  death  of  his  old  commander.  He  was  a  farmer, 
and  a  dealer  in  fat  cattle  and  hogs.  Was  a  Baptist.  Was 
an  uncompromising  Whig.  He  took  an  active  part  in  the 
election  of  General  Harrison  to  the  presidency  in  1840.  He 
favored  the  extension  of  the  charter  of  the  U.  S.  bank;  he 
also  favored  a  protective  tariff. 

CIIII.DJIKN. 

721a.  Rebecca  Allison/ 1).  altout  1701 ;  in.  .lames  Pearce,  and  after  the 
close  of  tlie  wnv  of  1812-1"),  they  settled  in  Illinois,  and  some  of 
this  family  lived  in  Alhanibra,  Madison  county,  111. 

722.  Jesse  Allison,'*  b.   .Sei)t.  2Vt,    17!)1;   m.  Mai'v  Sno'dRvass,   in   1809; 

served  in  the  U.  S.  army  in  1812- i:]-' 14.  Went  to  Illinois 
in  1821,  Co.  Madison;  rem.  to  Cooper  Co.,  Mo.,  in  1840,  and 
later  to  Arrow  liock.  Saline  Co.,  in  fall  of  18'A),  and  d.  there 
abont  March  1,  18()(l.  .lames  Allison,  Yuba  Dam,  I'uba  Co., 
Cal.,  and  Dr.  .Jolin  L.  .\llison,  Poplar  IJluff,  Uutler  Co.,  Mo., 
are  of  that  branch  of  the  family. 

723.  Lucinda  Allison,*  is  deceased;  she  was  b.  Feb.  0,  170:3. 

724.  Thomas  Allison,*  b.  in  North   Carolina,  Sept.  4,  170.").     Hcs.  Wilkes 

Co.,  N.  C,  Madison  Co.,  Ky.,  and  in  St.  (Jharlcs  Co.,  Coopei* 
Co.,  Pettis  (;o.,  and  Lawrence  Co.,  Mo.  He  enlisted  in  the 
militia  acainst  tlie  rebels  in  18():J,  bein<j;  over  (iO  years  of  age, 
and  was  killed  near  Mount  Vernon,  in  Lawrence  Co.,  ilo., 
about  May,  180:5.  lie  m.  Koxanna  Snyder  in  1810.  He  m, 
second,  Nancy  Orr,  in  18.")0.  Children:  Nathaniel  T.  Alllison," 
Greene  P.  Allison,"  Martin  S.  Allison,"  Iluj^h  Allison,"  Elizabeth 


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Allison,"  Rebecca  Allison",  Lncindi  Allison',  John  L.  Aliison" 
(was  a  soldier  in  the  state  militia  (luring  tlie  war),  Thomas 
F.  Allison,"  Frances  Allison,''  Mary  Allison,"  Louisa  Allison," 
Henry  V.  Allison'',  Uoxaiuin  Allison'',  who  m.  Frank  Payne, 
IIu(,'lie8villc,  Mo.     Mrs.  Ahsaloni  McVey  was  of  this  family; 

res.  Sedalia,  Mo. Allison,"  his  dau.,  m.  .lames  Lapsley; 

res.  Diamond  Grove,  Newton  Co.,  Mo.  Monroe  Allison," 
grandson  of  Thomas  Allison,*  lives  in  .silverton,  Colorado. 

725.  Nathaniel  Thompson  Allison,*  (7;<'))  h.  Ft.  Hoonesborough,  Madison 

Co.,  Ky.,  April  2'.t,  17!»8;  m.  Ruth  Goodrich,  and  d.  March  18, 
1877. 

726.  John  L.  Allison,*  b.  in  North  Carolina,  Aug.  L'2,  ISOl.     lie  lived  in 

Wilkes  Co.,  N.  C,  M.adison  Co.,  Ky.,  St.  f"harles  Co.  and 
Cooper  Co.,  Mo.     Farmer.     He  d.  abdut  1S44.     Children: 

I.  Shelton  R.  Allison,"  went  to  Richmond,  Ft.  Bend  Co.,  Texas,   about 

IS.')!!. 

II.  Lucinda  Allison"  removed  to  Richmond,  Ft.  IJend  Co.,  Texas,  about 

185<). 

727.     Thomas  Allison  *  [714]  (Ephraim,^   VVilliam,^  

Allison  ^  ),  He  was  born  in  North  Carolina  Oct.  24,  1800, 
and  emigrated  with  his  parents  to  Missouri  when  fifteen  years 
of  age.  He  married  Lydia  Jones;  resided  in  Henry  county, 
Mo.,  and  died  in  Saline  county,  in  Feb.,  1865. 

CHILDUEN'. 

728.  Josephine  Allison,"  m.  'Willi  m  Claycomb,   and  lives  at  Herndon, 

Saline  Co.,  Mo. 

729.  Belinda  Allison,' m.  William  Adkisson,  and  died  at  Warrensburg, 

Mo.,  in  1S8.-). 

730.  Alfred  J.  Allison,"  lives  near  Marsh.all,  Saline  Co.,  Mo. 

731.  Sarah  Allison,"  m.  Thomas  Dysart,  and  lives  in  Granbury,  Hood  Co., 

Texas. 

732.  Ephraim  Allison,"  b.  Saline  Co.,   Mo.,    Nov.   '27,    18:}5;  m.  May  28, 

18()S,  Itutli.  dau.  of  ICdward  Creso))  and  Mary  E.  (Hrown) 
McCarty  of  Virginia.  She  was  b.  in  Saline  Co.,  Mo.,  Ajiril  7, 
184'2.  Siie  was  gi'iuiddaughter  of  P.  and  Ruth  (C-'resop)  McCarty, 
and  great  grandilaughtcr  of  Edward  and  Ann  (Miller)  McCarty, 
of  Virginia.  3Ir.  Allison  is  a  merchant,  and  res.  Clinton,  Mo. 
ChiMren  b.  Clinton,  Mo.: 

I.  Charles  S.  Allison,"  b.  May  l."),  ISO'.t. 

II.  Thomas  E.  Allison,"  1).  Mav  S,  IS71 ;  d.  Sept.  0,  1872. 
in.     Marv  L.  Allison,"  b.  Julvfi,  1S73. 

IV.  William  15.  Allison,"!),  .julv  IS,  1875;  d.  Sept.  12,  187<!. 

V.  Anna  ,M.  Allison,"  1).  Feb.  7,  1877. 
VL     Nellie  B.  Allison,"  b.  .Vug.  ;!.  1,^78. 

733.  Matilda  Allison,'' m.  Thomas  Ferry;  and  d.  about  1882,  in  Clinton, 

Mo. 

734.  William  II.  Allison,"  res.  Clinton,  Mo. 

_  735.     Nathaniel   Thompson   Allison*   [724]   (Hugh,^  Wil- 

liam,2 Allison  ^).      He  was  bora  in  Fort  Boonesborough, 

Madison  county,  Ky.,  April  29, 1798.  Married,  May  19, 1822, 
Ruth  Goodrich,  who  was  born  in  St.  Charles  county.  Mo., 
Feb.  6.  1806,  and  was  daughter  of  Elijah  (or  Elisha)  Good- 
rich, a  liberally  educated  man,  and  a  native  of  Hartford,  Conn. 
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raiser,  and  at  the  commencement  of  the  war  was  in  good 
circumstances.  He  resided  in  Cooper  county,  Mo.,  and  was 
a  justice  of  the  peace ;  assessor  in  Cooper  county  in  1868. 
He  had  a  fine  memory,  and  was  a  good  conversationalist.  He 
■was  a  Whig,  then  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a  Baptist  in 
his  religious  faith.  He  lived  a  blameless  life.  He  was  a  staunch 
Unionist  during  the  war.  He  kept  open  house  for  his  neigh- 
bors and  strangers  for  fifty-five  years.  He  was  a  great  hunter, 
and  could  use  his  rifle  almost  to  perfection.  He  was  six  feet 
two  and  one  half  inches  in  height  and  weighed  185  pounds. 
He  died  March  18,  1877,  at  his  son's  in  Pilot  Grove,  Mo. 

CIIILnUEN. 


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735p     Ann  Eliza  Allison,"  b.  Dec.  27,  1823;  d.  April  30,  1844. 

^Srb,     Elizabeth  Allison,"  b.  Dec.  28,  182.J;  d.  Dec.  21,  18:18. 

V35c.    Mary  Ann  Allison,"  born  Jan.  7,  1828;  m.,  July  8,    1847,  Lewis 

Feck  Evans,  and  d.  Oct.  8,  18.51.    He  was  b.  in  Baltimore,  Md., 

Dec.  2.5,  1823.    He  was  a  farmer  in  Saline  Co.,  Mo.,  and  d.  March 

13,  1876.     Child: 
X.    Eliza  Evans,'  b.  Aug.  20,  1849;  m.  James  Thornton;  res.  Arrow  Rock, 

Saline  Co.,  Mo. 
735d.    HuKh  Allison,"  b.  July  23,  1821);  d.  Sept.  12,  1829. 
73r>e.    Luciiida  Allison,"  b.  Sept.  7,  1S:J0;  d.  Au),'.  21,  18:19. 
735f.    Marsarot  Allison,"  b.  Sept.  2:1,  18:1:1:    ni.,  Nov.    18,   1853  William 

G.  Hindmnn;  b.  Oct.  8,  1828;  farmer;  res.  Napton,  Saline  Co., 

Mo.     Children: 

I.  Nathaniel  Thomas  Hindman,'  b.  Jan.  24,  1857;  d.  April  14,  18(53. 

II.  Ruth  Goodrich  Hindman,'  b.  Feb.  21,  18(58. 

III.  William  Rea  Hindman',  b.  Oct.  22,  1872. 

735g.  Paulina  Allison,"  b.  Oct.  27,  1835;  m.  Jan.  19,  1858,  James  M. 
Morton;  b.  in  Madison  Co.,  Kv.,  April  2(5,  18:15;  res.  Iconium, 
St.  Clair  Co.,  Mo.;  farmer.    Ciiildren: 

I.  William  Henry  Morton,'  b.  May  2S,  1S59;  d.  Aug.  9,  1878. 

II.  James  Quinn  Morton,'  b.  Sept.  18,  1801;  m.,  June  22,  1885,  Elizabeth 

Riddle. 

III.  Mattie  Morton',  b.  July  2(5,  1808;  m.,  July  20,  1891,  Harrison  Grant 

Nida. 
735h.  Nancy  Jane  Allison,"  b.  March  19,  18.18 ;  m.,  Sept.  17,  1857,  Thomas 
J.  Morton.  He  was  born  March  30,  18.S4;  d.  in  Alton,  111., 
Dec,  18(54.  She  m.,  second,  May  17,  18ttM,  William  F.  Fore- 
man. She  d.  Feb.  22,  1874.  Thomas  Jell'erson  Morton's  chil- 
dren, b.  Cooper  Co.,  Mo.: 

I.  Marietta  Margaret  Morton,'  b.  Oct.  4, 1859 ;  m.  ,Nov.,  1878,  RobertBaise. 

II.  Matilda  Maud  Morton,'  b.  Oct.  13,  1801 ;    m.,  Oct.  27,  1878,  Joseph 

Crawford. 

III.  Mary  Madora  Morton',  b.  Dec.  24,   1802;  m.,  Oct.  3,  1887,  Joseph 

Tuttle;  res.  Boonevillc,  Mo. 

IV.  Nannie  Thomas  Morton,' b.  Jan.  8,18(55;  ni..  May  5,  1884,  James 

Campbell.     She  d.  Aug.  10,  188(5. 
735i.    Matilda   CArolino  Allison,"  b.  April  4,   1840;  m.,    Nov.   10,   1870, 
Andrew  J.  Howard;  res.  Iconium,  St.  Clair  Co.,  Mo.    Children: 

I.  Florence  Mary  Howard,'  b.  Aug.  23,  1871 ;  m.,  March  13,  1890,  Martin 

Harvey. 

II.  Alice  Mav  Howard,'  b.  Jan.  2.">,  1874. 

III.    Howard',  b.  Aug.  1,  1877;  d.  Aug.  1,  1877. 

IV.  John  Allison  Howard,'  b.  Oct.  5,  1878. 


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WILLIAM  H.  H.  ALLISON,  OF  ALBUQUERQUE,  N.  M.      157 

735j.  William  Henry  Harrison  Allison,'  b.  Xov.  18,  lft42,  in  Cooper 
county.  Mo.;  m.,  April  18,  1873,  Mae  Amanda  Williams^ 
daugliter  of  S.imuel  K.  Williams,  of  Fairfleid  county,  Ohio, 
and  McDonald  county.  Mo,,  who  died  Feb.,  1886.  She  was 
born  Au^r.  2,  18i)2,  in  Lancaster,  Fairfield  county,  Ohio.  Mr. 
Allison  was  educated  in  the  conimtm  schools  and  two  years  in 
an  academy.  Was  n  teacher,  then  a  lawyer.  He  ^as  assistant 
United  fStates  marshal  for  takinf^  the  ninth  census  in  tiie  north 
half  of  Cooper  county,  Mo.  He  was  deputy  assessor  and  dep- 
uty collector  in  the  same  county  in  I8<i8-'(K).  Justice  of  the 
peiice  for  four  years,  and  in  Nov.,  1870,  was  elected  superin- 
tendent of  rejjistration  of  voters  for  Cooper  county  on  the  Re- 
publican ticket,  but  did  not  qualify.  He  went  to  Xeoslio, 
I  Newton  county,  Mo.,  in  Aug.,  1871,  and  practised  law.  Went 
to  Colorado  in  1876,  and  enpaKed  in  business,  as  the  state  of 
his  health  demanded  active  life.  He  removed  to  New  Mexico 
in  1871),  which  is  now  his  home,  and  is  in  business.  Ho  served 
in  the  home  guard,  in  Col.  Parker's  rejjiment,  in  the  fall  of 
1864,  at  Sedalia,  Mo.,  and  thinks  tliat  "treason  should  be 
made  odious."  He  voted  for  Lincoln  in  18(V4.  He  is  a  Rei)ul)- 
lican  in  politics,  a  Methodist  in  reli>?ion.  H;is  served  as  super- 
intendent of  S.abbath  school,  and  class  leader.  Residence, 
Albuquerque,  New  Mexico.    Children: 

736k.  Hugh  Nathaniel  Allison,'  b.  Feb.  21,  1874.  He  is  a  steam 
engineer. 

736.  Nannie  Kate  Allison,'  b.  July  4,  1876;  d.  Oct.  12,  1878. 

737.  Fletcher  James  Allison,'  b.  March  20,  1878.     In  school. 

738.  Ruth  Goodrich  Allison,'  b.  June  7,  1880.     In  school. 

739.  Seldon  Coke  Allison,'  b.  Jan.  20,  1882;  d.  June  29,  1884. 

740.  Nathaniel  Thompson  Allison,"  b.  Cooper  county,  Mo.,  Jan.  24, 1846. 

Printer  and  teacher.  Ho  served  a  year  in  the  28th  Regiment 
Illinois  Volunteers  in  the  late  war.  He  enlisted  March  13, 
186.5;  was  discliarged  March  13,  18(56.  Ho  has  tlie  degrees  of 
A.  B.  and  A.  M.  He  is  one  of  the  publishers  of  tlie  Colum- 
bus Star-Courier.  Resides  Columbus,  Kansas.  Is  a  Demo- 
crat in  pollti(!S.  He  married,  November,  1S68,  Nannie,  daugh- 
ter of  Gruinn  and  Artaiuasia  (Ellison)  Mf)rt(in.  Her  father  was 
a  native  of  Kentuokv.  She  was  born  in  (hooper  county,  Mo., 
May  16,  1848;  died  iii  Bolivar,  Mo.,  Nov.  2tl,  1870.  He  married, 
second,  Mrs.  Nannetto  (Martin)  Cook,  daughter  of  James  Mar- 
tin, a  native  of  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  a  n-sident  of  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  and  his  wife,  Anna  MayJield  (Waton)  Martin.  Mrs.  Alli- 
son was  born  in  Cole  county.  Mo.,  Oct.  2,  IS4').  Resided  in 
Clinton,  Mo.,  and  now  in  Columbus,  Kan.    Children: 

Cmi.DKEN. 


741, 
742, 
743, 
744, 
746, 


I, 

II. 

III. 

IV. 


Lou  Ella  Allison,'  b.  April  l:t,  IS?);   d.  Mav  25,  1.S72. 

Olive  Allison/  b.  BVb.  20.  1.S74. 

Ruth  Allison,' b.  .Mav-S  IHT('>;  <1.  June  12,  187S. 

Hortense  Allison,'  b."  Boliviir,  Mo.,  Nov.  10,  \HVX 

Harriet  Ann  Allison,"  b.  Oit.  IS.  181,S;    m.,   May  :^.l.    1,868,   George 

Rothwell  Potter,  b.    .lulv  30,   1S4(1.     Hes.    lilackwater.    Cooper 

Co.,  Mo.     Cliildren: 
William  Allison  Potter,'  b.  Marcli  3,  lS(i!);  m.,  Oct.  .'i,  1890,  Mary  Ann 

.JoiU's. 
Webster  (ireene  Potter,'  b.  Dec.  .".,  1S70;  d.  Oct.  14,  1871. 
Edward  Loviis  Potter,'  b.  Sept.  10,  1ST4;  d.  April  27,  1875. 
Eva  Leona  Potter,'  b.  Dec.  28,  1876. 


I 


158     WILLIAM  JEFFERSON  ALLISON,  OF   HEBER,   ARK. 

ALLISONS    OF    GLASGOW,    SCOTLAND,    NORTH    CAROLINA 
AND   VIRGINIA — FOURTH  BRANCH. 

746.  David  Allison^  of  Glasgow,  Scotland,  said  to  be  a 
brother  of  the  noted  William  Allison  of  that  city,  emigrated 
to  Ashe  county.  North  Carolina  His  wife  was  Nancy  Black. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  stock  raiser ;  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
order.    Their  son, 

747.  Samuel  Allison,'  born  in  Glasgow,  Scotland,  married 
Rebecca  Scott ;  lived  and  died  in  Ashe  county.  North  Caro- 
lina ;  was  a  farmer  and  stock  raiser.  His  death  was  a  tragic 
one — an  insane  man  stole  into  his  room  in  the  dead  of  night 
and  cut  his  head  off  with  a  corn  cutter.     His  son, 

748.  Robert  Allison,^  removed  to  Broad  Ford,  Smythe 
county,  Va.,  where  he  lived  in  1892.  He  married,  in  1847, 
Anna  Mary  Reedy,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Susan  Reedy, 
of  Grayson  county,  Virginia.  He  purchased  a  farm  of  800 
acres,  and  raised  a  family  of  eight  sons  and  a  daughter.  Mr. 
Allison  has  held  many  public  offices,  and  was  collector  of 
internal  revenue  for  the  second  district  of  Virginia,  in  1892. 


CHILD. 

749.  William  .leiTorson  Allison,'  b.  Sept.  22,  1848;  m.,  April  5,  1868,  Jane 
Hill  of  Ashe  Co.,  N.  C. ;  i-eii.oved  to  Ohio  in  1871;  became  a 
Btudent  of  medicine;  graduated  in  187<S  from  the  school  of 
physi(;1'm8  and  surgetms  in  Cincinnati,  and  successfully  prac- 
tised his  profession.  Mrs.  Allison  died  in  1881.  Mr.  Allison  is  a 
member  of  the  "  Cliurch  of  Christ,  or  Disciples."  lie  became  a 
minister,  traveled  over  fourteen  states  and  one  territory,  preach- 
ing the  gospel,  and  received  many  into  the  church.  In  1887  he 
married,  near  Marion,  Ya.,  Susan  Mcsscr,  and  in  Oct.,  1890, 
settled  in  or  near  Hebor,  Cleburne,  Co.,  Ark.,  and  resided  there 
in  1892 — a  practising  pliysician  and  preacher.  His  express  office 
is  Searcy,  White  Co.,  Ark.    Children: 

750-    Arley  Spencer  Allison.^ 

7r)I.    Christopher  Columbus  Allison.' 

752-  Jolm  Fielden  Allison,°  m.  Jane  Bastie  near  Charleston,  W.  Va. ; 
and  has  six  children ;  farmer;  res.  Charleston,  Kanawha  Co., 
W.  Va. 

7ria.  David  Jesse  Allison,!  teacher  of  music;  m.  Lizzie  Brown,  of  Chil- 
licothe,  O. ;  he  is  in  the  mercantile  business  at  Greenfield,  Ohio. 

754.  James  N(tah  Allison*;   m.  Susan,  dau.  of  Maxie  (ioffe,  Knawlia  Co., 

W.  Va;  farmer;  res.  Cliarlcston,  W.  Va. 

755.  Zilplia  Catherine  Allison,*  m.  Rev.  Millard  Fillmore  Marsh,  son  of 

William  Marsh,  attorney,  Wythe  Co.,  Va.,  a  Methodist  clergy- 
man; res.  iilaine,  Marshall  (^o.,  Kan. 

75(L  Samuel  Fre<lerick  Allison,"  spent  several  years  as  teacher  of  vocal 
and  instrumontal  music;  m.  Miss  Harnum,  and  is  now  a  far- 
mer in  tlie  fine  blue-grass  region  of  Baptist  Valley,  Tazewell 
Co.,  Va. ;  has  held  several  public  oflices, 

757.  Thomas  Mailison  Allison,'  farmer;  res.  on  the  home  farm  at  Broad 
Ford,  Va. ;  single. 


THEOPHILUS  ALLISON,   OF  NORTH  CAROLINA.         159 

*758,  Addison  Alexander  Allison,*  m.  Joanna  Wilkinson,  of  Cliarleston, 
W.  Va.  He  is  a  machinist  in  railroad  employ;  res.  Charleston, 
W.  Va. 

*750.  Robert  Franklin  Allison*  is  principal  of  a  business  college  at  Wav- 
erly,  C,  and  Point  Pleasant, V'.Va. ;  res.  Jackson  Court  House, 

ALLISONS  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA — FIFTH  BRANCH. 

760.  Andrew  Allison  ^  had  a  son, 

761.  Theophilus  Allison'  who  was  born  in  1747 ;  settled  in 
Iredell  county,  N.  C.  There  is  a  tradition  that  he  was  born 
in  Scotland,  that  he  first  settled  in  Pennsylvania,  lived  for  a 
time  in  Georgia,  and  then  made  North  Carolina  his  home. 
He  married  Sarah  Siraonton,  and  died  Oct.  5, 1815. 

CHII.DKEN. 

162.    Thomas  Jefferson  Allison'  (705),  b.  Oct.  25,  1801;  d.  Jan.  28,  1839; 

res.  in  North  Carolina. 
708.    Robert  Allison,*  b.  in  Georgia ;  is  deceased.     His  son, 
I.    704.    John  A.  Allison,  res.  Granite  Hill,  N.  C. 

765.  Thomas  JefiPtrson  Allison  ^  [762]  (Theophilus," 
Andrew^).  He  was  born  in  North  Carolina,  Oct.  25,  1801 ; 
resided  at  Troutman's,  Iredell  county,  N.  C.  He  was  prom- 
inent in  his  locality,  was  a  member  of  the  Associate  Reformed 
Presbyterian  church,  and  was  an  elder  in  one  of  the  oldest 
churches  in  that  section  of  North  Carolina.  He  married  Jane, 
daughter  o/  William  and  Ann  (Allison)  Neill,  of  Lincoln  coun- 
ty, N.  C.  Her  grandfather  was  Andrew  Neill,  of  Rowan  coun- 
ty, N.  C.  Mrs.  Allison  was  born  Oct.  17,  1803;  died  June 
9,  1860.     He  died  Jan.  28,  1839. 


CHILDREN. 

766.  Theophilus  Washington  Allison,*  b.  Nov.  0,  1827;  ros.  Salisbury, 

N.  C. 

767.  William  Lafayette  Allison,*  b.  June  8,  1820;  m.,  July  25,  1861,  Ase- 

nath  Cavin,  and  is  still  living;  res.  Troutman's,  N.  C.    Chil- 
dren: 

I.  John  W.ishiugton  Allison,"  b.  June  S,  ISOS;  m.  Laura  Cornelia  Sher- 

rlll,  Dec.  22,  188i).     She  was  b.  March  12,  18(J5. 

II.  Thomas  Young  Allison,'  b.  Feb.  3,  1W17. 

III.  William  Elmore  Allison,'  b.  Jan.  12,  IHaS;  res.  Leesburg,  Fla. 

IV.  Jennie  Cordelia  AlliHon,'  b.  Aug.  1,  18(l!t. 

708.    Andrew  Neill  Allis<m,*  b.   May  11,  182»;  m.,  Aug.  21,  1801,  Jane 

Elizabetli  White;  rc«.  Iredell  Co.,  N.  C. 
701'.    Richard  Allison*;  is  deceased. 

770.  Tliomas  Jefferson  Allison* ;  Is  deceased. 

771.  Julia  Ann  Allison,*  b.  May  31,  1833;    d.  of  consumption,  June  5, 

1801.    She  and  her  sister  were  devoted  Christians,  and  noted  for 
their  kindneHH  and  philanthropic  principles. 

772.  Sarah  Keziah  Allison,*  b.  Oct.  4,  '-  S;  d.  Oct.  10,  18o8. 


160     AXDREW  NEILL  ALLISON,   OF  NORTH   CAROLINA. 


M 


778.  Andrew  Neill  Allison*  [768]  (Thomas  Jefferson,* 
Theophilus,''  Andrew^).  He  was  born  May  11,  1829 ;  mar- 
ried, Aug.  21, 1861,  his  cousin,  Elizabeth  White.  His  parents 
were  wealthy,  and  his  early  life  passed  in  ease  and  luxury. 
He  attended  the  public  school,  but  the  educational  facilities 
in  the  south  were  very  limited,  and  received  so  little  appro- 
bation that  his  education  was  quite  limited.  The  >var  freed 
the  slaves  belonging  to  the  family,  so  that  when  :t  closed 
he  was  compelled  to  work  on  the  farm ;  but  work  did  not 
go  as  hard  with  him  as  with  many,  and  he  became  a  suc- 
cessful and  prominent  farmer.  He  still  lives  on  the  Allison 
homestead.  He  is  prominent  in  county  politics  ;  an  elder  in 
the  Associate  Reformed  Presbyterian  church ;  a  man  of  good 

i'udgment  and  spotless    character ;   residence,  Troutman's, 
redell  county,  N.  C. 

CHILDKEX. 

774.  Thomas  Calvin  Allison,"  b.  June  1).  1862;  d.  June  12,  1803. 

775.  Maggie  Ann  Allison,"  b.  April  23,  1804;  d.  J.an.  21),  1887. 
770.     Sarah  Jane  Allison,"  b.  Oct.  19,  186.'> ;  d.  May  2»,  1871. 

777.  Mary  Etta  Allison,"  b.  April  10,  1807 ;  d.  in  infancy. 

778.  James  White  Allison,"  b.  Dec.  11,  1808;  railroad  employ<5. 

779.  William  Theophilns  Allison,"  b.  Sept.  2!>,  1870 ;  student, 

780.  Julia  Bell  Allison,"  b.  Aug.  7,  1872;  d.  Nov.  4, 1874. 

781.  Elver  Lorannah  Allison,"  b.  April  14,  1874;  student. 

782.  Frances  Cremiler  Allison," b.  Sept.  4,  1870;  student. 

783.  Andrew  NelU  Allison,"  b.  Oct.  20,  1878 ;  d.  Oct.  15,  1879. 


CHAPTER  Vm. 


Allisons  of  Virginia,  Kentucky,  Tennessee,  and  Louisiana 
— Allisons  of  Liffokd,  County  Doneoal,  Ireland,  and  Ten- 
nessee. U.  S. 

784.  Robert  Allison.*  He  was  born  about  1730,  and  was 
was  living  in  Iredell  county,  N.  C,  in  1757.  In  the  year 
1781  he  removed  to  the  eastern  part  of  Washington  county, 
Va.,  one  and  one  half  miles  from  Gla'de  Spring.  There  he 
reared  three  sons  and  two  daughters.  About  1811  he  and 
his  two  sons,  Robert  and  James  Allison,  removed  to  Logan 
county,  Ky.,  leaving  his  son  William  and  his  two  daughters 
in  Washington  county,  Va.  He  resided  in  Logan  county, 
Ky.,  the  last  of  his  life,  and  died  there. 


785. 

786. 
787. 


788. 


CHILDREN. 

William  Allison « (790),  b.  in  Iredell  Co.,  N.  C,  in  1757;  d.,  1818,  in 

WashinjjtonCo.,  Va. 
Robert  Allison,'  res.  in  Logan  Co.,  Ky. 
Mary  Allison,' m.  William  Beattle,  of  Washington  Co.,  Va.    They 

reared  a  large  family,  and  many  of  them  located  in  the  great 

West. 
Elizabeth  Allison,' m.  Ezra  Hayter  in  Washington  Co.,  Va.    They 

reared  a  large  family,  and  their  descendants  are  mostly  in  the 

West. 
789.     James  Allison,'  res.  in  Logan  Co.,  Ky. 

790.  William  Allison  2  [785]  (Robert^.  He  was  bom 
in  1757,  in  Iredell  county,  N.  C. ;  resided  in  Washington 
county,  Va.,  where  he  died  in  1818,  having  emigrated  to  Vir- 
ginia with  his  father  in  1781.  He  married  Susannah  Hayter, 
born  in  Washington  county,  Va.,  and  died  there  in  1 835. 


« 


:•  .1 


CHILDREN. 

791.  W^illiam  Beattio  Allison>  (799),  b,  March,  1800,  in  Washington  Co., 

Va.,  where  bed,,  1849. 

792.  Elizabeth  Alliso.i,' m.    William  Ilavter   b.  Washington  Co.,  Va.; 

they  removed  to  Tennessee,  anci  later  to  Missouri.    They  are 
deceased. 

793.  Robert  Allison,^  d.  in  Washington  county,  Va.,  when  comparatively 

young;   his  family  moved  to  Missouri,  in  1830.    His  wife's 
name  was  Lucy  Scott,  of  Washington  Co.,  Va. 

794.  Josiah  Allison.'    He  never  married;  lived  in  Washington  Co.,  Va., 

and  d.  when  an  old  man. 

795.  Hiram  Allison,'  m.  Ellon  Thomas.    They  had  one  daughter  who  is 

deceased. 

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I 


162       BOBERT  CLARK  ALLISON,  OF  OLADE  SPRING,  VA. 

706.  James  Allison,'  m.  Sarah  Williams,  removed  to  sontli-west  Missouri, 

and  reared  a  family. 

707.  Abram  Ilayter  Allison,*  m.  Susie  Meek,  of  Washington  Co.,  Va., 

reared  a  large  family,  and  in  1844  removed  to  north-west  Mis- 
souri.   Tliev  are  deceased. 
706.    Israel  Allison,"  d.  unmarried. 

799.  William  Beattie  Allisons  [791]  (William,^  Robert » ). 
He  was  born  in  Washington  county,  V  a.,  March,  1800 ;  re- 
sided Washington  county,  Va.,  where  he  died  May  7,  1849. 
He  married,  March,  1827,  Mary,  daughter  of  Robert  and 
Martha  (HarvejO  Clarke,  of  Argyleshire,  Scotland.  Her 
parents  died  in  Washington  county,  Va.  She  was  born  in 
Argyleshire,  and  died  in  Washington  county,  Va.,  Nov.  28, 
1863.    He  was  a  farmer  and  dealer  in  live  stock. 

CHILDREN. 

800.  Robert  Clark  Allison*  (805),  b.  Washington  Co.,  Va.,  Feb.  2.3,  1828; 
res.  Glade  Spring,  Wasliington  Co.,  Va. 

801.  William  White  Allison « (812),  b.  Dec.  14,  1829,  in  Washington  Co., 

Va. ;  res.  Washington  Co.,  Va 

802.  Martha  Harvey  Allison,*  b.  July  H,  1834;  m.,  Dec.,  1858,  Benjamin 

D.  Ligou;  res.  Glade  Spring,  Washington  Co.,  Va.    Nochildren. 

803.  Samuel  Dnane  Allison*  (820),  Y).  Jan.  0,  1839,  in  Washington  Co., 

Va. ;  res.  Glade  Spring,  Va. 

804.  John  Beattie  Allison  *  (824),  b.  June  «,  1841 ;  d.  Jan.  21,  1879. 

806.  Robert  Clark  Allison  *  [800]  (William  Beattie,^  Wil- 
liam,2  Robert  ^ ).  He  resides  at  Glade  Spring,  Washington 
county,  Virginia.  He  was  born,  Feb.  23,  1828,  in  Washing- 
ton county,  Virginia.  He  was  educated,  but  did  not  grad- 
uate, at  Emory  and  Henry  college,  and  is  a  surveyor  and 
teacher.  Has  served  as  county  supervisor.  He  married, 
Aug.  29,  1867,  Rebecca  Jane  Clark,  daughter  of  Andrew 
Jackson  and  Margaret  (Rains)  Clark,  of  Wythe  county,  Va. 
She  was  born  June  18, 1844. 


CUILDHEN  BORN   WASHINGTON  COUNTY,   VA. 

806.  Mollie  Clark  Allison,'  b.  July  23,  1868;  m.,  March  27,   1889,  George 

W.  Gilli.am. 

807.  Rose  Stribling  Allison,'  b.  Jan.  28,  1870. 

808.  Robert  Hamilton  Allison,'  b.  Aug.  8,  1871. 

809.  Jennie  Kate  Allison,'  b.  Feb.  21,  1873. 

810.  William  Andrew  Allison,'  b.  Nov.  16,  1875. 

811.  Freddie  Allison,'  b.  July  4,  1882. 

812.  William  White  Allison  *  [801]  (William-Beattie,^ 
William,^  Robert  ^ ).  He  was  born  in  Washington  county, 
Va.,  Dec.  14,  1829,  and  still  lives  there ;  farmer.  He  mar- 
ried, Feb.,  1867,  Mary  Jane  Ayres,  daughter  of  John  Preston 
and  Mary  (Whitaker)  Ayres,  of  Washington   county,  Va. 


rge 


JOHN  BEATTIE  ALLISON,  OP  GLADE  SPRING,  VA.        168 

She  was  born  in  Saltville,  Smythe  county,  Va.,  March  11, 
1845.    Residence,  Glade  Sja-iiig,  Va. 

CHILDBBX  nOBN  WASIHNOTON    COUNTY,   VA. 

813.  William  Beattle  Allison,*  b.  Nov,  30,  1867. 

814.  Mary  Rachel  Allison,*  b.  Feb.  18,  1»71.    .She  graduated  at  SuIIins's 

college,  June,  1801,  and  Is  now  a  teacher  of  music  in  Wartburg 
Female  seminary,  at  Graham,  Va. 
816.    Martha  Harvey  Allison,"  b.  Feb.  4,  1874;  she  is  a  student  at  SuUin's 
college. 

816.  Bettie  Ayres  Allison,'  b.  Jan.  12,  1876. 

817.  Lavinia  Allison,"  b.  Oct.  23,  1877. 

818.  Susanna  Virginia  Allison,*  b.  Dec.  31,  1880. 

819.  Janie  Jacques  Allison,'  b.  Aug.  20,  1884. 

820.  Samuel  Dunn  Allison*  [803]  (Winiam-Beattie,^ 
William,^  Robert  *  ).  He  was  born  in  Washington  county, 
Va.,  Jan.  6,  1839.  Resides  at  Glade  Spring,  Washington 
county,  Va.  He  is  a  farmer  and  trader.  He  married,  Jan., 
1861,  Susan  Cate  Stevens,  born  Aug.  22,  1839,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Hity  and  Jane  (Wade)  Stevens. 

CHILDREN  BOllN  AT  OLADE   8PBINO,   WASHINGTON  COCNTT,  VA,. 

821.  Charles  Edward  Allison,'  b.  Aug.  18,  1865. 

822.  Benjamin  Curtis  Allison,'  b.  Feb.  23,  18(W. 

823.  Martha  Wilmouth  Allison,'  b.  July  19,  1871. 

824.  John  Beattie  Allison  ♦  [804]  ( William-Beattie,"  Wil- 
liam,2  Robert  ^ ).  He  was  born,  June  6, 1841,  in  Washington 
county,  Va.  He  was  a  farmer  and  trader,  and  died  Jan.  21, 
1879.  He  married,  1866,  Sarah  Ellen  Wright,  daughter  of 
James  Edward  and  Sarah  Mariah  (Thompson)  Wright.  She 
was  born  Dec.  31,  1841.    Resides  at  Glade  Spring,  Va. 

CHILDBEN. 

825.  Abraham  Greenfield  Allison,'  b.   Feb.  26,   1867;  m.,  Nov.,  1887, 

Mattie  Lee  Tivylor. 

826.  Lelia  Blanche  Allison,'  b.  Oct.  20,  18(59;  m.,  March  25,  1885,  Roland 

P.  Johnson.    He  is  a  railroad  conductor. 

827.  Nellie  Grant  Allison,'  b.  Dec.  13,  1872. 

828.  James  Clinton  Allison,'  b.  Jan.  15,  1874. 

829.  Gordon  Hampton  Allison,'  b.  Oct.  26, 1876. 


8 


ALLISONS   OF  VIRGINIA. 

830.  James  Allison,^  born,  1770,  in  Wythe  county,  Va. ; 
residence  in  the  east  end  of  that  county.  He  married  Jane 
Craig,  born  in  1779,  who  died  in  1840.    He  died  in  1845. 

831.  Halbert  McClure  Allison,"  bom  Oct.  3,  1800,  in 
Wythe  county ,Va. ;  residence  in  the  east  end  of  that  county ; 
married  Mary  Beattie  Sayers,boTn  April  5, 1805,  in  Virginia, 


if" 


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164         JOHN  CRAIG   ALLISON,  OF   WYTHEVILLE,  VA. 

and  died  in  Wytheville,  Va.,  June  9,  1882.     He  died  Aug. 
81,  1866,  in  his  native  county.    Their  son, 

882.  John  Craig  Allison,^  born  in  Wythe  county,  Va., 
Oct.  6,  1828 ;  married  Minerva,  daughter  of  William  and 
Jane  (Rayburn)  Guthrie,  of  Dublin,  Pulaski  county,  Va. 
She  was  born  there  Sept.  28,  1831 ;  died  in  Wytheville,  Va., 
Jan.  18, 1885.  [She  was  granddaughter  of  Richard  and  Eliza- 
beth (Mcintosh)  Guthrie,  of  Maryland.  He  was  born  April 
2,  1767;  died  in  1840,  in  Dublin,  Va. ;  and  was  grandson  of 
James  Guthrie,  born  in  Ireland,  lived  in  Marjland,  who  mar- 
ried Esther  Giles,  and  died  in  Rockbridge  county,  Va.]  Mr. 
Allison  married,  second,  Matilda  Ann  Sanders,  daughter  of 
Stephen  and  Mary  Craig  (Allison)  Sanders,  born  in  W^ythe 
county,  Va.,  Jan.  26,  1840.  Mr.  Allison  was  a  farmer  before 
the  war ;  was  severelv  wounded  the  day  General  Lee  surren- 
dered. He  was  elected  county  treasurer  of  Wythe  county,  Va., 
and  served  for  fourteen  years ;  residence,  Wytheville,  Wythe 
county,  Va.  Mrs.  Minerva  (Guthrie)  Allison  died  a  tragic 
death  by  a  kerosene  explosion.  She  was  true  to  her  Scotch 
blood  and  was  proud  of  her  people.  A  noble  Christian 
woman,  "she  died  a  triumphant  Christian  death  ;  her  voice- 
less lips  are  sealed  in  silence  by  the  words,  'I  am  the  resur- 
rection and  the  life.' " 

CHILDKEX. 

833.  John  Loe  Allison.*  b.  Pulaski  Co.,  town  of  Dublin,  Virginia,  Sept. 

5,  1863.  He  was  educated  in  the  high  school  at  Wytheville, 
Va. ;  graduated  at  King  college,  Bristol,  Tenn.,  at  twenty  years 
of  age,  and  from  the  Union  l"ieological  seminarv  at  Hampden, 
Sidney,  Prince  Edward  Co.,  Va.  Is  a  Presbyterian  clergyman, 
and  is  settled  over  a  Presbyterian  church  at  Radford  City,  Va. , 
where  he  resides.  He  m.,  Feb.  28,  1888,  Laura  B.  Stanley. 
Children,  b.  at  Wytheville,  Va. : 

834.  Mattie  Lee  Allison,'  b.  Aug.  7,  188». 

836.    Laura  B.  McClure  Allison,"  b.  Oct.  10,  1800. 


ALLISONS  OF  TENNESSEE  AND  LOUISIANA. 

836.  Thomas  Allison.^  According  to  my  information,  he 
was  from  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  and  his  forefathers  were  living 
in  Pennsylvania  before  the  Revolution.  Mr.  Allison  lived  in 
South  Carolina,  then  in  Smith  county,  Tenn.  He  had  two 
brothers;  one  was  Samuel  Allison,  of  Carthage,  Tenn.,  who 
at  different  times  was  a  member  of  the  legislature,  sheriff, 
and  clerk  of  the  court  for  Smith  county. 

CHILD. 

837.    Joseph  B.  Allison"  (838),  b.  May  28,  1800;  res.  Smith  county,  Tenn. 


ANDREW  ALLISON,   OP   LIPFORD,   IRELAND. 


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838.  Joseph  B.  Allison'  [837]  (Thoraa8»).  He  was  born 
in  South  Carolina,  May  28,  1800 ;  married  Sarah,  daughter 
of  Joseph  Reasonover,  and  emigrated  to  Smith  county,  Ten- 
nessee, where  he  was  reared. 

GUILD. 

830.    Daniel  Brown  AIliHom  (g40),  b.  April  28,  1844 ;  res.  Morgan  City,  La. 

840.  Daniel  Brown  Allison  8  [839]  (Joseph  B.,'  Thomas  0- 
He  was  born  April  28, 1844,  in  Panola,  Miss.  He  left  his 
native  state,  and  located  at  Franklin,  parish  of  St.  Mary,  La. 
He  was  elected  sheriff,  and  served  in  1872;  was  elected  clerk 
of  the  court,  and  served  in  that  capacity.  Later  he  removed 
to  Morgan  City,  -La.,  and  was  fo.  three  years  assistant  col- 
lector of  United  States  customs,  ilo  married,  Jan.  14,  1870, 
at  Pine  Prairie,  parish  of  St.  Landry,  Mary  Adelia  Adams, 
born  in  the  parish  of  St.  Martir .  ^a.,  Nov.  8,  IH'32.  Kesidence, 
Morgan  City,  La. 

CIIILDnEX,   BOItX   IN   MOUl.  .\  N    CITY,    hA., 

P'l.  Melissa  Emma  Allison,*  b.  Marcli  S.  1371. 

842.  Adelia  Alice  Allison,*  b.  .Tan.  '2«,  I8t*0. 

84.S.  .Sarah  Gertrude  Allison,*  b.  Nov.  17,  1^61. 

844.  Edna  Clarina  Allison,*  b.  Oct.  24,  1883. 

846.  Andrew  Calvin  Allison,*  b.  Sept.  2.5,  ias5. 
84(1.  Knpert  Lester  Allison,*  b.  Nov.  1»,  1887. 

847.  Opal  Kuth  Allison,*  b.  July  20,  1800. 


ALLISONS  OF  THE    PARISH   OF    LIFFORD.     COUNTY    OF    DON- 
EGAL,  IRELAND,   AND  OF  TENNESSEE,   U.   S. 

848.  Andrew  Allison,^  of  Scotch  blood,  lived  at  Church- 
minster,  near  Ballandreat,  in  the  parish  of  Lifford,  county  of 
Donegal,  Ireland.  This  parish  is  a  few  miles  southwest  of 
the  city  of  Londonderry,  on  the  border  of  the  county  of 
Tyrone,  and  in  the  province  of  Ulster,  so  noted  for  its  settle- 
ment by  Scotch  and  English  colonists  more  than  two  centu- 
ries ago.  Lord  Lifford  owns  much  landed  •  roperty  at  this 
place,  and  is  its  chief  inhabitant.  From  the  small  railway 
station  we  can  see  on  a  high,  ledgy  adjacent  hill  a  flagstaff, 
which  is  flagless  when  his  lordship  is  absent,  but  from  which 
a  flag  flutters  in  the  breeze  when  his  lordship  is  at  home. 
In  this  locality  lived  Mr.  Allison  and  his  family.^ 

•Alexander  Port'?r,  of  Churchminster,  near  Ballandreat,  parish  of  Lif- 
ford, county  of  Donegal,  Ireland,  was  of  the  Scotch  Presbyterians,  that 
strong,  sturdy  race,  which  leaves  its  imprint  and  influence  on  men  and  in- 
stitutions wherever  planted.     He  had  a  daughter,  Matilda  Porter,  who 


166         ALEXAKDEB  ALLISON,  OF   NASHVILLE,  TENN. 


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CHlLDBEir,  BOBN  IN  PARISH  OF  LIFFOBD,   IRBLAin). 

849.    Andrew  Allison*  (850),  b.  D^c.  26,  1775 ;  d.  at  Carthage,  Tenn.,  Sept. 
29, 1818.    He  married  Matilda  Purter,  of  Lifford,  Ireland. 

850.  Andrew  Allison  *  [849]  (Andre  v7*).  He  was  born 
in  the  parish  of  Lifford,  county  of  Donegal,  Ireland,  Dee.  26, 
1775.  He  married,  about  1798,  Matilda,  daughter  of  Alexan- 
der Porter,  of  Chnrchminster,  near  Ballandreat,  parish  of 
Lifford,  Ireland ;  who  was  some  six  years  his  junior.  It  is  to 
be  presumed  that  Mr.  Allison  was  not  fully  satisfied  with  his 
home  locality,  nor  with  the  prospect  of  reaping  great  harvests 
from  the  rocky  and  sterile  soil  of  Lifford,  for  in  his  young 
manhood,  somewhere  about  1802,  he  settled  in  Hartsville, 
Tenn.  He  died  at  Carthage,  Tenn.,  Sept.  29,  1818.  He 
was  a  merchant.  He  organized  the  first  lodge  of  Masons  in 
that  section,  and  was  master  of  the  lodge  at  his  death. 

CHILDBGN. 

851.  Alexander  Allison,'  b.  in  Lifford,  Ireland,  about  1800.  Res.  Nashville, 

Tenn.,  where  he  was  a  successful  wholesale  dry  goods  merchant, 
and  was  prominent  in  all  its  public  enterprises.  For  three  terms 
he  was  mayor  of  that  city,  and  d.  in  1862,  leaving  no  issue.  He 
m.,  in  1824,  Cynthia  Hart,  daughter  of  James  Hart.  Alexander 
Allison,  after  the  death  of  his  wife,  Cynthia  Hart,  m.  'Madeline 
Allcom.  He  bad  one  son,  by  his  first  wife,  who  was  killed  at 
the  battle  of  Monterey,  Mexico,  and  one  son  by  bis  last  wife, 
who  d.  about  1845.    Mrs.  Allison  d.  about  1878. 

852.  Andrew  Allison"  (855),  b.  in  Hartsville,  Tenn.,  Sept.  24,  1805;  d.  in 

Nashville,  Tenn.,  Dec.  24,  1860.  He  m.  Rebecca  Greer  Allen  in 
1832. 


married  Andrew  Allison,  and  in  1798  (see  his  record).  His  son.  Rev.  James 
Porter,  a  Presbyterian  clergyman,  distinguished  for  his  learning,  ability, 
and  zeal,  was  a  patriot  in  the  troubles  of  1798,  and  was  condemned  to  an 
ignominious  death,  and  executed  before  his  church  door  by  the  unjust 
ciecision  of  a  court-martial.  His  two  sons  were  cared  for  by  his  uncle  in 
Tennessee.  One  became  an  able  jurist  in  Louisiana.  The  other  sons  of 
Mr.  Porter,  of  Lifford,  were  Alexander  Porter,  Robert  Porter,  and  William 
Porter,  who  came  to  the  United  States  in  August,  1798,  ^itn  their  sister, 
Mrs.  Andrew  Allison.  Alexander  first  settled  in  Wilmington,  Del.,  and 
finally  in  Nashville,  Tenn.,  and  was  a  successful  merchant.  He  d.  of 
Asiatic  cholera,  at  Dresden,  Tenn.,  in  April,  1833.  His  wife  was  Susan 
Massingill,  of  East  Tennessee.  Their  son.  Dr.  James  Armstrong  Porter, 
was  born  in  Nashville,  Tenn.,  in  1800;  married  Sally  Ann  Murpny.  Re- 
sided at  Nashville,  where  he  died  in  1853.  He  was  a  man  of  distinguic'  ed 
ability,  and  held  a  professorship  in  the  university  at  Nashville.  His  son, 
Alexander  James  Porter,  was  born  in  NashvUIe,  Tenn.,  June  6,  1822, 
residence,  Nashville,  where  he  died  Feb.  11,  1888.  He  married  Martha 
Watson.  Their  daughter,  Mai-y  Amanda  Porter,  b.  Jan.  14,  1851,  m. 
Joseph  Webster  Allison,  her  relative,  June  12,  1872  (see  his  record),  their 
marriage  thus  reuniting  the  branches  of  this  family  in  the  fourtn  and 
fifth  generations.  Their  son,  Alexander  Porter  Allison,  bom  Memphis, 
Tenn.,  July  13,  1876,  revives  the  name  and  blood  of  the  common  ancestor 
of  his  parents  in  Ireland,  who  died  more  than  a  hundred  years  before. 


ANDREW  ALLISON,  OP  NASHVILLE,  TENN. 


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855.  James  Porter  Allison,*  b.  about  1807.    He  graduated  at  West  Point 

militarr  academy,  but  resigned  his  commission  after  a  short 
term  of  service  in  the  army.  He  studied  law  and  commenced 
its  practice  in  Nashville,  Tenn.,  then  removed  to  Bowling 
Green,  Ky.,  where  he  d.,  without  issue,  about  1834.  He  m. 
in  1830,  Elizabeth  Garnet  of  Clarksvllle,  Tenn.  He  was  a 
merchant  and  planter. 
854.  Bobert  Porter  Allison » (862),  b.  at  Hartsville,  Tenn.,  July  25,  1809; 
res.  Lebanon,  Tenn.     He  m.  Alithea  Sanders. 

855.  Andrew  Allison  »  [852]  (Andrew,"  Andrew  i  )•  He 
was  born  in  Hartsville,  Tenn.,  Sept.  24, 1805 ;  married.  May 
24,  1832,  Rebecca  Greer  Allen,  daughter  of  Robert  Allea  of 
Carthage,  Tenn.  He  was  a  dry  goods  merchant,  and  suc- 
ceeded to  his  father's  business.  Later  he  removed  to  Car- 
thage, Tenn.,  and  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  cotton 
goods.  He  erected  a  large  factory,  which  was  destroyed  by 
fire  in  1850,  rebuilt  and  again  destroyed  in  1852.  He  then 
removed  to  Nashville,  and  engaged  in  the  wholesale  dry  goods 
business,  being  of  the  firm  of  Allison,  Anderson  &  Co.  He 
died  in  Nashville,  Tenn.,  Dec.  24, 1860. 

<miLDREK. 

856.  Dixon  Allen  Allison.* 

857.  Rebecca  Allison,*  m.  Alexander  J.   Porter;   res.  Nashville,  Tenn. 

He  d.  about  1884.    She  res.  in  Nashville,  and  three  children. 

858.  Robert  Allen  Allison*  (870),  b.  Carthage,  Tenn.,  Nov.  28, 1836;  m. 

Isabel  Kilso;  res.  Jackson,  Tenn. 

859.  Alexander  Allison.* 

860.  Andrew  Allison.* 

861.  Joseph  Webster  Allison  *  (873),  b.  Lebanon,  Tenn.,  May  24,  1848;  m. 

Mary  Amanda  Porter;  res.  Memphis,  Tenn. 

862.  Robert  Porter  AUison  ^  [854]  (Andrew,'  Andrew » ). 
He  was  born  in  Hartsville,  Tenn.,  July  25,  1809.  He  was  a 
student  of  medicine,  and  graduated  at  Jefferson  college,  Phil- 
adelphia, Penn.  After  practising  his  profession  in  Sumner 
county,  he  removed  to  Lebanon,  Tenn.,  and  became  a  drug- 
gist. He  married,  in  1839,  Alithea,  daughter  of  James 
Sanders,  of  Sumner  county,  Tenn.;  resided  at  Lebanon, Tenn., 
in  1892,  and  is  retired  from  business. 

CHILDREir. 

863.  Alexander  Allison,*  b.  May  15, 1840;  druggist;  res.  Knoxville,  Tenn. 

He  married  and  has  tliree  children. 

864.  Andrew  Allison,*  b.  Feb.  6,  1842.    In  1865  he  graduated  at  the  law 

school  at  Harvard  College,  Cambridge,  Mass.,  and  became  an 
attorney  of  the  firm  of  Smith,  Baxter  &  Allison  in  Nashville, 
Tenn. ;  was  judge  of  the  chancery  court  in  1892.  He  m.  Nettie, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Granville  P.  and  Leonora  (Cheney)  Smith,  Dec. 
13,  1867;  res.  Kuoxville,  Tenn.    Children: 

866.    Granville  S.  Allison,'  b.  S'-.t.  13, 1868;  lawyer;  res.  Nashville,  Tenn. 

866.    Mary  Allison,'  b.  Nov.  25,  1873. 


168  BOBEBT  ALLISON,   OF  JACKSON,  TENK. 

867.  James  Porter  Allison,*  b.  1852.    He  is  a  druggist;  res.  Huntsville, 

Alabama.    He  m.  Mattie  Higins  (?)  of  Huntsville,  Ala. 

868.  Madeline  Allison,*  m.  Mr.  Humphreys.    She  res.  with  her  father  in 

Lebanon,  Tenn.    She  has  one  son : 
Allison  B.  Humphreys,"  aged  16  years  in  1892. 

869.  Sallie  Allison,*  m.  H.  H.  Buckman,  a  lawyer;   res.  Jacksonville, 

Fla.    Three  children. 

870.  Robert  Allen  Allison*  [858]  (Andrew,^  Andrew," 
Andrew  ^ ).  He  was  born  in  Carthage,  Smith  county,  Tenn., 
Nov.  28, 1836.  His  home  was  in  Lebanon,  Tenn.,  from  1838 
-'56,  in  Nashville  from  1856~'66 ;  in  Memphis  from  1866-76  ; 
in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  from  1876-'81 ;  and  Jackson,  Tenn.,  from 
1881  to  the  present  time.  In  1867  he  graduated  at  Cumber- 
land university  at  Lebanon,  Tenn.,  and  the  same  year  entered 
his  father's  store  as  bookkeeper  and  cashier ;  in  1860  formed 
a  partnership  in  the  wholesale  hat  business.  After  the  war, 
which  had  divested  him  of  his  property,  he  opened  a  cotton 
commission  house  with  his  brother  Alexander  as  partner,  in 
Nashville,  and  was  successful;  removed  to  Memphis,  and 
with  three  brothers  engaged  in  the  wholesale  hardware  bus- 
iness; and  was  for  a  time  successful.  In  1873  the  firm  lost 
heavily,  and  he  gave  up  the  business  later  and  engaged  in 
other  business  in  St.  Louis.  He  is  now  in  business,  and  re- 
sides in  Jackson,  Tenn.,  where  he  is  an  elder  in  the  First 
Presbyterian  church.  He  married,  Feb.  14,  1861,  Isabel 
Kelso,  born  at  Fayetteville,  Lincoln  county,  Tenn.,  Feb.  1, 
1840.  She  was  daughter  of  Henry  and  Rebecca  (Rutledge) 
Kelso.  Her  father  was  born  Sept.,  1818;  died  June,  1866. 
He  was  a  son  of  Henry  Kelso,  who  was  born  near  Kelso,  in 
Scotland,  who  married  Ruth  Wells  of  Kentucky,  and  he  died 
in  1831,  in  Lincoln  county,  Tenn. 

CHILDREN. 

871.  Isabel  Kelso  Allison,"  b.  Nashville,  Tenn.,  Dec.  29,  1862;  m.,   1889, 

Charles  Hunter  Raines,  a  bankei*.    They  res.   in  Memphis, 
Tenn. 

872.  Anne  Dixon  Allison,"  b.  Nashville,  Tenn.,  Aug.  2,  1867;  d.  in  Jack- 

son, Tenn.,  Feb..  1882. 

873.  Rebekah  Rutledge  Allison,"  b.  Memphis,  Tenn.,  Dec.  28,   1871;  res. 

Jackson,  Tenn. 

874.  Joseph  Webster  Allison  *  [861]  ( Andrew,^  Andrew,^ 
Andrew^).  He  was  born  in  Lebanon,  Wilson  county,  Tenn., 
May  24,  1848.  He  lived  in  his  native  town  seven  years ;  in 
Nashville,  thirteen  years;  in  Jackson,  seven  years;  and  for 
fourteen  years  has  been  a  resident  of  Memphis,  Tenn.  The 
war  interfered  with  his  early  opportunities  for  education. 
He  attended  a  boarding  school,  and  upon  the  occupation  of 


JOSEPH  W.   ALLISON,   OF  MEMPHIS,  TENN. 


169 


Nashville  by  the  United  States  troops  he  returned  to  his  home, 
and  soon  secured  a  clerkship  in  a  hardware  store  in  Nashville, 
which  he  retained  till  the  close  of  the  war.  He  then  returned 
to  the  university  at  Lexington,  Va.,  graduated  after  a  four 
years  course,  and  then  united  himself  for  the  next  nine  years 
at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  in  the  wholesale  hardware  business  with 
his  brothers,  who  were  established  there.  He  then  engaged 
in  the  cotton-seed  oil  manufacture  at  Jackson,  Tenn.,  and  in 
1886  sold  his  business  to  the  American  Cotton  Oil  Trust, 
and  returned  to  Memphis  to  assume  control  of  the  company's 
oil  business  in  that  locality,  a  position  he  still  holds.  Resi- 
dence, Memphis,  Tenn.  He  married  Mary  Amanda,  daughter 
of  Alexander  James  Porter.  She  was  born  in  Nashville, 
Tenn.,  Jan.  14,  1851,  and  is  still  living. 

CUILDKEK. 

875.  Rebekah  Allison,"  b.  Nashville,  Tenn.,  Dec.  27,  1873;  res.  Memphis, 

Tenn. 

876.  Alexander  Porter  Allison,"  b.  Memphis,  Tenn.,  July  13,  1876.    At 

home. 

877.  Andrew  Allison,'  b.  Jackson,  Tenn.,  April  23, 1879.    At  home. 

878.  Joseph  Webster  Allison,"  Jr.,  b.  Memphis,  Tenn.,  March  26,  1800. 

At  home. 


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CHAPTER  IX. 

Allisons  fbom  Cumberland  County,  England,  and  Elkhobn 
Orove,  Illinois. — Allisons  of  Halifax,  County  of  Yobk,  Eng- 
land, AND  OF  Philadelphia,  Penn.— Allisons  of  Illinois,  New 
Jersey,  Maryland,  Connecticut,  and  of  Lawbence,  Mass. 

879.  Joseph  Allison.*  He  was  bom  about  1747,  in  Cum- 
berland county,  England.  He  resided  in  Moser,  Cumberland 
county,  England.  He  married  Miss  Jane  Fisher,  daughter 
of  Joseph  Fisher,  about  1775.  Her  father  was  a  country 
squire,  and  a  noted  fox  hunter,  who  owned  three  estates. 
Joseph  Allison's  children  are  unknown  to  the  compiler,  except 
one  son.  It  is  said  that  Mr.  Allison  had  three  half  brothers, 
namely, 

880.  Peter  Allison  .^ 

881.  John  (?)  Allison.i 

882.  Henry  Allison.i 

Joseph  Allison*  had  a  child 

883.    John  Allison'  (884),  b.  at  Brigham,  Cumberland  Co.,  Eng.,  1777; 
d.  at  Goat,  near  Cockermouth,  Cumberland  Co.,  about  1846. 

884.  John  Allison^  [883]  (Joseph*).  He  was  born  in 
Brigham,  Cumberland  county,  England,  in  1777;  married 
Jane  Shaw,  July  19, 1808.  They  lived  in  Moder,  and  he  died 
near  Cockermouth,  Cumberland  county,  England,  about  1845. 
He  held  the  position  of  clerk  of  the  parish  of  Moser  Chapel. 
Mrs.  Allison  was  born  in  "  Lower  by  Water  of  Ayr,  Scot- 
land," in  1779,  and  died  at  Goat,  near  Cockermouth,  England, 
about  1850.  She  had  one  sister,  and  three  half  brothers, 
namely:  John  Shaw,  James  Shaw,  William  Shaw,  and  Mary 
Shaw. 


CHILDBEN. 


886. 
886. 
887. 
888. 


Joseph  Allison,*  b.  Aug.  6,  1804;  emigrated  to  America  in  1835. 

Grace  Allison,'  b.  Oct.  17,  1806. 

John  Allison,^  b.  May  4,  1807;  d.  Feb.  25,  1830. 

Peter  Allison,'  b.  April  26,  1809.    He  is  said  to  have  emigrated  to 

America,  and  to  have  settled  in  one  of  the  Eastern  states. 

History  not  known. 


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MRS.   SARAH    A.    EICK. 


FISHER  ALLISON,  OF  ELKHOBN  GROVE,  ILL. 


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880.  Isaac  Allison,*  b.  April  14,  1811. 

800.  William  Allison,'  b.  Jan.  25,  1813;  cl.  April  27,  1831. 

801.  Fisher  Allison*  (895),  b.  Aug.  13,  1815,  at  Keswick,  Cumberland  Co., 

England;  m.  Jane  Gtolleland  Van  Buskisk. 

802.  Sarah  Allison,'  b.  June  10,  1818. 
898.  Jacob  Allison,*  b.  Dec.  6,  1823. 

894.  Henry  Allison,*  b.  March  7,  1827;  d.  July  14,  1831. 


895.  Fisher  Allisons  [8911  (John,^  Joseph O-  He  was 
born  in  Keswick,  Cumberland  county,  England,  Aug.  13, 
1816 ;  married,  Oct,  25, 1837,  Jane  Gelleland,  daughter  of  Isaac 
Van  Buskisk.  She  was  born  June  7,  1816,  in  Fairview, 
Guernsey  county,  Ohio,  and  still  lives,  in  Jan.,  1892 ;  her 
father  was  born  in  Virginia ;  her  people  were  originally  from 
Holland.  He  worked  upon  a  farm  near  Moser,  England, 
until  his  19th  year,  when  he  emigrated  from  Keswick  to 
Vaughan,  a  place  near  Toronto,  Canada,  in  1885.  He  removed 
to  Dixon,  111.,  in  1840,  and  on  September  6  of  that  year  he 
removed  to  Elkhorn  Grove,  Carroll  county,  111.,  where  he 
resided  till  his  death,  March  8, 1878.  He  was  chairman  of 
the  board  of  supervisors  of  Carroll  county.  111.,  for  a  number 
of  years.  In  the  early  days  of  Carroll  county,  churches 
were  few,  and  ministers  regularly  installed  were  scarce.  Mr. 
Allison  often  officiated  as  a  local  Methodist  minister  in  a 
gratuitous  manner  to  appreciative  congregations.  He  raised 
a  family  of  thirteen  children.  Four  of  his  sons  went  into 
the  Union  army;  two  were  killed  and  another  seriously 
wounded  in  the  service. 


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CHIIiDREN. 


Joseph  Fisher  Allison'  (909),  bom  in  Toronto,  Canada,  Oct.  19, 1838; 
res.  Mount  Carroll,  Carroll  Co^  111. 

897.  Henry  Allison,'  b.  Toronto,  Can.,  Feb.  27,  1840-  He  was  a  soldier 
of  the  Union  army,  and  was  a  member  of  Company  K,  15th 
regiment,  Illinois  infantry.  He  enlisted  May  24,  1861.  After- 
ward he  was  in  railroad  employ.  His  wife  died  April  20,  1878, 
leaving  a  daughter  five  years  of  age.  Mr.  Allison  is  now  a  car- 
penter, and  resided  at  Fort  Wortli,  Texas.  He  is  a  member  of 
tlie  Masonic  fraternity,  and  other  orders. 

808.  John  Huss  Allison,'  b.  at  Milledgeville,  111.,  Dec.  3,  1841.  He  was 
a  soldier  of  the  Union,  in  Company  G,  39th  regiment,  Illinois 
infantry,  and  was  killed  at  Suffolk,  Va.,  Sept.  15,  1862. 

899.  William  Allison,'  b.  at  Milledgeville,  111,,  July  10,  1843.    He  was  a 

member  of  Company  H,  56th  regiment,  Illinois  infantry.  He 
was  not  married,  and  was  killed  in  a  railroad  accident  at  Dixon, 
111.,  in  March,  1865. 

900.  Sarah  Ann  Allison,'  b.  in  a  little  log  cabin,  on  the  prairie  at  Elkhorn 

Grove,  111.,  March  26,  1845,  and  remembers  vi>ddly  all  the  scenes 
and  incidents  of  pioneer  life  in  that  then  new  and  undeveloped 
country.  She  was  educated  at  Mill sdgeville,  HI.,  and  at  the 
seminary  at  Rock  River.  Then  she  commenced  a  new  life  as  a 
school  teacher,  which  occupation  she  followed  till  her  mar- 


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172  SABAH  A.  ALLISON,  OF  DILLER,  NEBRASKA. 


riage.  Early  in  life  she  united  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  and  has  been  a  consistent  and  active  member.  She  is 
positive  in  her  convictions,  and  believes  that  there  should  be 
no  sex  in  citizenship,  and  believes  that  the  surest  method  for 
the  suppression  of  the  liquor  traffic  and  kindred  evils  is  to 
place  the  ballot  in  the  hancis  of  women.  For  more  than  twenty- 
seven  years  she  has  shared  with  her  husband  all  the  joys  and 
sorrows  of  life.  She  m.,  Oct.  11,  ISa*),  George  T.  Eick.  Mr. 
Eick  was  b.  Jan.  li),  1841,  in  Middlebush,  Summerset  Co.,  N.  J. 
Went  with  his  father  to  Illinois  in  1856,  and  in  1859  settled  in 
Jordan,  111.,  where  he  was  mamed.  In  1874  he  removed  with 
his  family  to  Adams  Co.,  la.;  and  in  1881  sold  his  farm;  and 
in  Feb.,  1882,  settled  in  Diller,  Gage  Co.,  Nebraska,  where  he 
has  since  resided.  He  has  won  tlie  higli  regard  of  all  by  his 
consistent  Christian  life.  He  is  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian 
church,  and  has  at  heart  the  best  interests  of  church  and 
community.  Ho  is  an  upright  citizen,  and  worthy  officer  of 
the  church.  Children: 
T.  William  MllUm  Eick,"  b.  Jordan,  111.,  June  14,  1867;  farmer;  res. 
Diller,  Nebraska. 

II.  George  Francis  Ilick,"  b.  Jordan,  111.,  Aug.  29,  1868;  farmer;  res. 

Diller,  Nebraska. 

III.  Allison  Alphonso  Eick,"  b.  Jordan,  111.,  April  1,  1873;  at  school. 

IV.  Sarah  Elizabeth  Eick,'  b.  Grant,  Adams  Co.,  la.,  Jan.  11,  1876;  at 

school. 

901.  Mary  Allison,*  b.  Milledgeville,  111.,  in  1847;  m.,  Dec.  7,  1870,  How- 

ard O.  Barber,  a  merchant;  res.  Milledgeville,  111.    Children: 

I.  Cora  Barber,'  aged  18  years. 

II.  Frank  F.  Barber,"  aged  13  years. 

III.  Harry  Barber,"  aged  10  years. 

IV.  Price  Barber  "  aged  6  years. 

902.  Charles  Wesley  Allison*  (014),  b.  Milledgeville,  111.,  in  1849;  res. 

Milledgeville ;  farmer. 

903.  Jacob  L.  Allison,*  b.  Milledgeville,  111.;   res.   Milledgeville,   111. 

Unmarried.  Since  his  fatlier's  death  he  has  lived,  the  larger 
part  of  the  time,  with  his  motlier. 

904.  Isaac  Allison,*  b.  Dec.  7,  1852,  at  Milledgeville,  111. ;  res.  Milledge- 

ville, 111.    He  m.,  April  .30,  1878,  Sarah  E.  Vandusen.    Child: 
I.     Ray  Allison,  aged  13  years. 

905.  Maria  Elizabeth  Allison,*  b.  March  27,  ia53,  at  Milledgeville,  111. ; 

res.  Milledgeville,  111. ;  m.,  March  20,  1880,  Joseph  Newton 
Musser;  b.,  Jan.  1,  1854,  in  Jefferson,  Wis.;  farmer;  res.  Rock 
Grove,  111.    Children: 

I.  Joseph  Newton  Musser,"  b.  Feb.  2,  1881. 

II.  Violet  Musser,"  b.  Feb.  12,  1882. 

III.  Jane  Allison  Musser,"  b.  Sept.  4,  1883. 

IV.  Grace  Leilah  Musser,"  b.  Jan.  21,  1886;  d.  Sept.  21,  1886. 

V.  Fisher  Allison  Musser,"  b.  Feb.  11,  1890. 

906.  Susanna  Allison,*  b.  Milledgeville,  111. 

907.  James  Allison,*  b.  Milledgeville,  111. ; 

908.  Frances  Allison,*  b.  Milledgeville,  111. 


d.  there  in  1862. 
d.  there  in  Dec,  1860. 
d.  there  in  Dec,  1860. 


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909.  Joseph  Fisher  Allison*  [896]  (Fisher,^  John,2  Jos- 
eph^). He  was  born  in  Toronto,  Canada,  Oct.  19,  1838. 
Married,  Sept.  28,  1866,  Hariet  Adaline,  daughter  of  Darius 
and  Martha  Ann  (Foster)  Dodge,  of  Rockford,  Winnebago 
county.  111.  Mr.  Dodge  was  born  in  1816,  and  was  son  of  Eli- 
jah and  Laurena  (Thayer)  Dodge.  His  father  was  born  in 
Vermont  in  1790.     Mrs.  Allison  was  born  in  Perkins,  Ohio, 


JOSEPH  P.  ALLISON,  OP  MOUNT  CABROLL,  ILL.       173 

June  27, 1846.  Mr.  Allison  worked  till  his  majority  upon 
his  father's  farm.  In  1859  he  entered  the  Mount  Morris 
seminary  of  Ogle  county.  III.,  intending  to  prepare  himself 
for  the  legal  profession.  The  war,  breaking  out  in  1861,  broke 
np  his  life  plan.  He  entered  the  military  service  as  an  en- 
listed man,  eight  days  after  the  attack  on  Fort  Sumter,  en- 
listing April  22, 1861,  in  Company  H,  Fifteenth  regiment, 
Illinois  infantry.  He  was  wounded  in  both  hands  at  the 
battle  of  Hatcher's  River,  Oct.  6,  1862,  losing  his  left  hand 
and  third  and  fourth  fingers  of  the  right,  and  again  in  the 
right  ankle  at  Champion  Hills,  Miss.,  Feb.  4,  1864.  He 
served  six  years,  seven  months,  and  seven  days,  and  was  hon- 
orably discharged  as  a  first  lieutenant,  Jan.  1, 1868.  He  was  an 
officer  of  the  Freedmen's  Bureau,  North  Carolina,  after  the 
war.  He  has  held  the  office  of  special  examiner  of  the 
United  States  pension  office.  He  has  been  circuit  clerk  and 
recorder,  and  county  clerk  of  Carroll  county.  III.,  for  thirteen 
years,  and  was  first  assistant  clerk  of  the  House  of  Represen- 
tatives of  Illinois  for  the  twenty-eighth  and  thirty-third  Gen- 
eral Assembly.  He  resided  at  Toronto,  Canada,  till  April, 
.1840,  then  in  Milledgeville,  Carroll  county.  111.,  till  1868 ; 
since  1868,  in  Mount  Carroll,  Carroll  county.  Hi.  He  receives 
a  pension  of  $30  per  month,  and  is  a  Republican,  haying  cast 
his  first  vote  for  Abraham  Lincoln. 


CHILDREN  BOBN  IN  MOUNT  CABROLL,   CABROLL  COUNTY,   ILL. 

910.  Frances  Cora  Allison,"  b.  June  15,  1870;  res.  Mount  Carroll,  111. 

Student. 

911.  Waite  Fisher  Allison,"  b.  Aug.  10,  1872;   res.  Mount  Carroll,  111. 

Student. 

912.  Martha  Allison,"  b.  Feb.  27,  1882,  at  home. 

913.  Joseph  Foster  Allison,"  b.  April  21,  1884,  at  home. 


914.  Charles  Wesley  Allison*  [902]  (Fisher,^  John,^ 
Joseph^).  He  was  born  in  Milledgeville,  III.,  March  26, 
1860.  Married,  Oct.  19,  1876,  Mary  Emma  Horning,  bom 
Dec.  13,1855,  in  Collegeville,  Montgomery  county,  Penn.; 
lived  at  Malvern,  Whitesides  county.  111.  She  was  daughter 
of  Samuel  Eisenburg,  and  Elizabeth  (Grater)  Horning,  and 
grand-daughter  of  Henry  and  Hannah  (Eisenburg)  Horning 
of  Montgomery  county,  Penn.  Mr.  Allison  has  lived  in 
Mount  Carroll,  III.,  and  Wymore,  Nebraska.  He  is  a  teacher 
and  farmer;  resides  Milledgeville,  III. 


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JOSEPH  ALLISON,  OF   HALIFAX,   ENGLAND. 


CIIILDnES. 

915.  Charles  Horner  Allison,'  b.  April  2,  1877,  in  Milledgeville,  Carroll 

county,  lU. 

916.  Frank  Fisher  Allison,"  b.  Milledgeville,  111.,  Dec.  20.  1«88. 

917.  Olive  Emma  Allison,"  b.  Milledgeville,  111.,  April  20,  1881. 

918.  John  Earle  Allison,"  b.  Wym(»re,  Gage  Co.,  Neb.,  July  19,  1883. 

919.  Edna  Derr  Allison,"  b.  Milledgeville,  111.,  Oct.  0,  1887. 

ALLISONS  OF   HALIFAX,   YORKSHIRE,   ENGLAND. 

920.  Joseph  Allison,^  born  in  Halifax,  England,  about 
1778.  Married  Elizabeth  Shaw.  They  lived  and  died  in 
Halifax,  England,  and  their  sons  were  all  brought  up  iu  the 
cotton  and  woollen  manufacturing  business. 

CIIILDREX. 

021.  William  Allison.' 

922.  Joseph  Allison.' 

023.  Elizabeth  Allison.' 

924.  Martha  Allison.' 

925.  Jolin  Shaw  Allison,' b.  Halifax,  Eng.,  June  29,  1808;  emigrated  to 

America  in  1827;  m.  Eliza1>etli  Clark;  res.  in  Philadelphia, 
Penn.,  and  there  died  Nov.  22,  1888.  Wias  engaged  in  the  cotton 
and  woollen  manufacturing  business.  Mrs.  Allison  was  b.  in 
Wigton  Co.,  Cumberland,  England,  Nov.  29,  1808,  and  was 
daughter  of  an  officer  in  English  army  who  was  in  garrison  in 
St.  Helena  at  the  period  of  Njvpoleon's  imprisonment.  He  sold 
his  commission,  and  with  his  family  came  to  America  in  1818. 
Mrs.  Allison  was  an  Episcopalian,  while  her  husband  was  a 
Presbyterian.  The  remarkable  aggregate  height  of  Mr.  Alli- 
son and  his  Ave  sons  was  30  ft.  6  in. 


CHILDREN. 


926.  .Joseph  Allison,*  m.  Louisa  Hines.    Children: 

027.  William  Niles  Allison,*  d.  in  infancy. 

928.  Jesse  Virginia  Allison,*  d.  in  infancy. 

929.  Thomas  Nixon  Allison.* 

930.  Albert  Henry  Allison.* 

931.  Frank  Niblo  Allison.* 

932.  Jane  Allison '  is  deceased. 

934.  Jane  Elizabeth  Allison"  is  deceased. 

035.  John  Smick  Allison*  is  deceased. 

936.  William  Henry  Allison "  was  a  Union  soldier.    He  m.  Catherine 

Ricmshart;  one  child  living. 

937.  Elizabeth  Allison.* 

938.  John  Allison,*  deceased. 
039.  Jennie  Allison,*  deceased. 

940.  Ellen  Allison' is  deceased. 

941.  Albert  Clark  Allison '  was  a  Union  soldier.    He  m.  Millie  Ann  Mo- 

Clennan.    Children: 

942.  Willie  May  Allison.* 

943.  Walter  Allison.* 

044.  Douglass  Allison*  was  a  Union  soldier.   He  m.  Catherine  HofEman. 
Children: 


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946.  Blanche  E.  Allison.* 

046.    Eleanor  H.  Allison,*  deceased. 

947.  Arthur  AlKemon  Allison,*  b.  Philadelphia,  Penn..   Jan.  20,   1840; 

m.,  Sept.  22,  1881,  Ellen  Toon  M.i8lin,  of  London,  England;  b. 
there  June  0,  1853.  She  is  dau.  of  Charles  and  Harriet  (Salter) 
Maslin,  of  Leicester,  England,  and  later  of  Montreal,  Canada. 
He  was  son  of  John  Maslin  of  Leicester,  England.  Mr.  Allison 
is  a  printer  and  clerk.  Kes.  Washington,  I).  C.  He  has  lived 
in  Pniladelpliia,  Penn.,  and  College  Green,  Md.  Children  b. 
Washington,  D.  C. : 

948.  Albert  Childs  Allison,*  b.  July  9,  1881. 
940.    Jolm  Franklyn  Allison,*  b.  Sept.  10,  1886. 


ALI'.^ONS  OF  ILLINOIS. 

960.  William  Allison  *  (or  John),  an  offshoot  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania family,  lived  in  Kentucky,  and  married,  in  Grayson 
county,  a  Miss  Huntress,  or  Montrose  ( ?  ) ;  and  after  the 
birth  of  his  two  sons,  he  went  further  south,  joined  the  army, 
and  was  in  the  battle  of  New  Orleans,  under  General  Jackson. 
He  was  seldom  heard  from  after  that  date.  He  had  a  brother, 
Samuel  Allison,  who  lived  in  Pennsylvania.  Mrs.  Allison 
died  about  this  time,  and  the  children  were  brought  up  by 
her  relatives. 

CniLDREX. 

951.  William  Allison'  (1)53),  b.  Grayson  Co.,  Ky.,  in  1794;  res.  Coles  Co., 
111.,  and  d.  there  in  18.'>4. 

052.  Jolin  Allison,'  res,  in  Hardin  Co.,  Ky.,  and  raised  a  family.  He 
visited  liis  brother's  family  about  18.32,  after  which  tlie  families 
seldom  or  never  saw  one  another.  He  d.  about  1872;  P.  C, 
Horse  "Valley,  Ky.  He  was  a  person  of  much  intelligence, 
weighed  some  20()  pounds,  was  muscular,  and  a  model  of  phys- 
ical manhood,  witli  a  rudoy  complexion.  He  was  a  lover  of  tlie 
military  profession  in  old  militia  days.  He  had  two  sons  who 
were  Democratic  and  Secessionist  in  tlieir  sympathies. 


958.  William  Allison 2  [951]  (William*).  He  was  bom 
in  Grayson  county,  Ky.,  in  1794 ;  married,  Oct.  17, 1818,  in 
Hancock  county,  Ky.,  Eliza  B.  Lewis.  He  was  an  itinerant 
Methodist  preacher  for  six  or  eight  years,  and  was  three  times 
a  delegate  to  the  general  conference  at  New  York  city ;  then 
he  studied  medicine,  became  a  physician,  and  practised  his 
profession  till  his  death ;  commenced  his  practice  in  1832. 
When  Illinois  was  comparatively  a  wilderness,  he  moved  to 
Etna,  Coles  county,  in  that  state,  in  May,  1833.  She  died 
in  1870.  He  died  in  1854.  He  was  muscular,  weighed  some 
200  pounds,  and  physically  was  a  model  of  manhood.  At 
his  death  he  had  nine  children  living. 


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CIIILDREN. 

054.  William  L.  Allison,*  rea.  Neogn,  Cumberland  Co.,  111.;  m.  Emily 

055.  John  L.  AlliHon,*  m.  Deborah  — ;  res.  at  Mattoon,  Colen  Co.,  111.; 

he  waH  killed  near  Vicksburf;,  MIhh.,  in  1804. 
0.56.    Joseph  L.  Allison'  {{m).  b.  Oct.  7, 1823,  in  Hancock  Co.,  Ky. ;  lawyer; 
res.  Marshall,  Clark  Co.,  111. 

Francis  A.  Allison' (070),  b.  inKy.,Fcl).  11, 1825;  lawyer  and  farmer; 
res.  Mattoon,  Coles  Co.,  III.     He  m.  Zipi)ora . 

Susan  E.  Allison,'  m.  .John  Miller ;  res.  Nasliville,  Tenn. 

Eliza  B.  Allison,*  m.  Capt.  James  Hart;  both  deceased,  leaving  four 
children. 

Alfred  E.  Allison' was  killed  in  the  battle  of  Perry ville,  Ky.,  In  1802: 

res.  Paradise,  Coles  Co.,  111.     He  ni.  Martlia ,  and  tliey  had 

one  child.     Jlis  widow  was  again  married  to  William  Green 
Vault;  res.  Etna,  Coles  Co.,  111. 

Charles  W.  Allison'  was  a  private  in  Company  1, 12.3d  regiment,  Illi- 
nois Volunteers,  and  served  three  years;  is  a  justice  of  the 
peace;  res.  Etna,  Coles  Co.,  111. 

Ann  Mary  Allison,'  m.  Walter  Hadley;  res.  Bell  Air,  Crawford  Co., 


067. 

0.'i8. 
050. 

000. 


001. 


002. 


963.  Joseph  L.  Allison  3  [956]  (William,^  William  i).  He 
was  born  in  Hancock  county,  Ky.,  Oct.  7,  1823;  married, 
March  1,  1847,  Harriet  A.  Easton,  in  Clark  county,  111.  He 
lived  there  in  April,  1855  ;  removed  to  Marshall,  Clark  county, 
111.;  residence,  Marshall,  111.,  in  1878. 


CIIILDBEN. 

004.  Annie  E.  Allis(m.« 

})05.  Joseph  L.  Allison,*  photog -apher. 

006.  Sarali  M.  Allison,*  school  teacher. 

007.  Charles  C.  Allison,*  printer. 
068.  Edgar  L.  Allison.* 

060.  Laura  Mary  Allison.* 


970.  Francis  A.  Allison  3  [957]  (William,^  William  i). 
He  was  born  in  Kentucky,  Feb.  10, 1325,  and  in  the  following 
year  was  taken  by  his  parents  to  Indiana,  and  in  the  spring 
of  1834  went  with  his  parents  to  Etna,  Coles  county.  He 
has  lived  in  or  in  the  vicinity  of  Mattoon,  Coles  county, 
for  many  years.  Lawyer  and  farmer.  He  is  said  to  be  a 
second  or  more  remote  cousin  to  Judge  James  Young  Allison, 
of  Madison,  Ind.  (See  Allisons  of  Indiana).  Mr.  Allison 
is  a  strong  Republican,  and  made  a  warm  canvass  for  Lincoln, 
in  1860.  He  and  his  brothers  were  very  active  politicians, 
good  speakers,  and  able  organizers ;  all  Republicans.  The 
Allisons  of  this  family  are  mostly  Presbyterians,  and  Meth- 
odists. They  are  muscular,  have  broad  shoulders,  fair  com- 
plexions, with  light  brown  or  black  hair  and  blue  eyes,  and 
are  peaceable  and  law-abiding  people. 


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ciiii.onEX. 

071.  John  S.  AlliHon,*  m.  Snroh  E. ;  res.  MatU>on,  III. 

972.  Eliza  B.  AUimtn,*  m.  Dr.  J.  W.  Wuis;  rcH.  Mattoon,  111. 

973.  Allto  A.  AlllKou.* 

974.  A.  F,  AlUson.* 

975.  J.  W.  Alli»on.« 

ALLISONS  OF  NEW  JERSEY. 

976.  Burgess  Allison,  born  in  Bordentown,  N.  J.,  Aug. 
17,  1763 ;  died  in  Washington,  D.  C,  Feb.  20, 1827.  Clergy- 
man ;  Baptist ;  studied  in  what  is  now  Brown  University, 
Providence,  R.  I.,  in  1777,  and  had  charge  of  a  small  parish 
in  Bordentown,  N.  J.,  where  he  established  a  classical  board- 
ingH3chool,  which  attained  great  repute.  In  1796,  he  gave 
his  attention  to  inventions,  and  several  improvements  in  the 
steam  engine,  and  its  application  to  navigation  are  due  to  his 
efforts.  "  In  1801,  he  resumed  his  school,  and  soon  afterward 
his  pastorate,  but  ill  health  compelled  him  to  relinquish  both. 
In  1816,  he  was  elected  chaplain  of  the  house  of  representatives, 
and  later  became  chaplain  of  the  navy  yard  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  where  he  remained  till  his  death.  He  was  at  one  time 
one  of  the  secretaries  of  the  American  Philosophical  society, 
and  was  r.  constant  contributor  to  periodical  literature." 
(From  Appleton's  Encyclopedia  of  American  Biography, 
Vol.  I,  p.  58.) 

ALLISONS  OF  CONNECTICUT. 


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977.  William  Allison^  was  an  emigrant  from  Ireland,  and 
his  native  place  was  near  Omagh,  in  the  county  of  Tyrone, 
and  was  of  the  Scotch  stock.  He  came  to  America  soon 
after  the  close  of  the  Revolution,  locating  in  Hartford,  Conn. ; 
later,  he  removed  to  Holland  Patent  in  western  New  York, 
took  up  land,  and  lived  upon  it  till  his  death,  about  1830. 


978. 
979. 
980. 
981. 
982. 
983. 


CHILDREN. 

Margaret  Allison,'  m. Duprea,  and  went  south. 

Sallie  Allison,'  m. Winslow,  of  Holland  Patent. 

Jane  Allison,*  m. Tarwood,  of  Holland  Patent. 

Nancy  Allison,'  m. Mildrum,  of  Middletown,  Conn. 

Andrew  Allison,' never  married;  lived  and  died  at  his  father's  home. 
Samuel  Allison '  (984),  res.  Middletown,  Conn. 


984.    Samuel  Allison  2  [983]  (William  i).     He  served  his 
time  as  soap-  and  candle-maker  with  a  Mr.  Nichols,  of  Hart- 
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SAMUEL   ALLISON,   OF   LAWRENCE,  MASS. 


ford,  Conn.,  till  1807.  Then  he  removed  to  Middletown, 
Com).,  and  established  the  soap  and  candle  manufactory, 
which  has  ever  since  been  successfully  carried  on  by  himself 
and  his  descendants.  He  managed  the  business  till  1828, 
when  he  died,  aged  42  years. 

CHILDREN. 

985.  William  P.  Allison,'  b.  March  15,  1806;  hardware  manufacturer; 

res.  Cromwell,  Conn. ;  d.  in  1874. 

986.  J.  D.  Allison,*  his  son,  is  a  hardware  manufacturer;  b.  in  183.3;  res. 

Cromwell,  Conn.  Another  son,  res.  Georgetown,  Col. ;  editor 
of  Georgetown  Courier. 

987.  Samuel  S.  Auison,' b.  Sept.,  1809;  res.  Middletown,  Conn.;  carried 

on  the  soap  manufacturing  business  till  1856,  and  retired,  giving 
place  to  his  sons,  Samuel  and  Abel  Allison.  He  was  livini, 
in  1879.    Children: 

988.  Samuel  Allison,*  res.  Middletown,  Conn. 

989.  Abel  C.  Allison,*  res,  Middletown,  Conn.    Two  other  sons,  res.  Mid- 

dletown, Conn.  Three  daughters,  res.  Middletown,  Conn. 
Two  sons  in  California;  farmers. 


ALLISONS  OF   MARYLAND. 


989a.  James  Allison  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  third  Mary- 
land regiment,  and  signed  a  flattering  memorial  to  General 
John  Sullivan,  Oct.  18,  1777. 


ALLISONS    OF  LAWllENCE,   MASS.— A   BKANCH   OF   THE    LON- 
DOJSDEERY,   N.   H.,   FAMILY  OF   ALLISONS. 


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990.  Samuel  Allison  ^  (Samuel,*  James,^  Capt.  Samuel,'* 
Samuel  ^').  He  was  related  to  the  VVhittemores  by  his  mother, 
Polly,  a  member  of  that  family.  He  was  born  in  Weathers- 
field,  Vt.,  Oct.  7,  1812 ;  married,  Dec.  11,  1836,  Mary  Ann, 
daughter  of  Clark  and  Martha  (Reed)  Preston,  of  Weath- 
ersfield,  Vt.  (The  Reeds  were  of  Westford,  Mass.,  and 
the  Prestons  of  Mansfield,  Conn.)  Mrs.  Allison  was  born, 
Dec.  2,  1815,  at  Weathersfield,  and  now  lives  at  No.  60  New- 
bury street,  Lawrence,  Mass.  In  May,  1850,  they  removed 
to  Lawrence,  Mass.,  where  Mr.  Allison  died  Sept.  5,  1879. 
He  was  buried  in  Weathersfield,  Vt.  His  age  was  66  years, 
10  months,  28  days. 


CIIILDBEN. 


991.  Charles  Allison,"  b.  Bridgewater,  Vt.,  Feb.  24,  1838;  enlisted  in  the 
4th  Massachusetts  regiment,  and  died  of  disease  at  Baton  Rouge, 
La.,  April  16,  1863,  aged  25  years,  1  month,  23  days. 


the 
ige, 


GEORGE  HENRY  ALLISON,  OF  LAWRENCE,  MASS.     179 


992. 


993. 
994. 

995. 


996. 


Martha  Ann  Allison ,•  b.  Bildf^e  «rater,  Vt.,  Feb.  27,  1840;  m.  Jason 
Wright,  of  Waltham,  Mass. ;  merchant;  res.  San  Jose,  Cal. 
Child: 

Jason  Allison  Wright.' 

Ellen  Maria  Allison,*  b.  Cavendish,  Vt.,  Jan.  16,  1847;  d.  March  27, 
1847,  aged  11  weeks,  5  days. 

George  Henry  Allison,'  b.  Cavendish,  Vt.,  May  29,  1849;  m.,  July 
5,  1871,  Ellen  C,  dau.  of  Jotham  Sewell  and  Maria  Bugbee 
(Stoddard)  Preston,  of  Edmunds,  Me.,-  where  she  wash.  Jan.  21, 
1851.  Mr.  Allison  is  a  "commercial  tourist,"  and  res.  at  No. 
60  Newbury  street,  Lawrence,  Mass.    Child : 

Mabel  Preston  Allison,'  b.  Lawrence,  Mass.,  June  24,  1875. 


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CHAPTER  X. 

The  Allisons  of  Maoilleoan  and  Limavady,  County  of  London- 

DEltllY,    IKELANT),   and  OF  NOVA  SC'OTIA  AND  NeW   BBUNSWICK. 

997.  John  Allison^  was  born  in  1652,  and  lived  at  Drum- 
naha,  Magillegan,  near  Newtou-Limavady,  in  county  of  Lon- 
donderry ;  in  and  near  also  the  waters  of  Lough  Foyle,  some 
twenty  miles  distant  from  the  city  of  Londonderry,  and  about 
equidistant  between  that  place  and  the  parish  of  Aghadowey 
in  the  same  county.  From  the  latter  evidently  emigrated,  in 
1718,  Samuel  Allison,  the  progenitor  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Allisons,  together  with  the  first  settlers  of  Londonderry,  N.H. 
Limavady  is  a  place  of  great  antiquity,  is  well  built,  and 
has  a  population  of  several  thousand.  At  Drumnaha,  Magil- 
legan, Mr.  John  Allison  was  a  prominent  citizen,  and  died  in 
1736.  He  is  buried  in  Magillegan,  in  the  family  burying- 
ground.  This  place  is  in  county  of  Londonderry,  about  eight 
miles  from  Limavady,  and  situated  in  the  angle  made  by  the 
junction  of  Lough  Foyle  and  the  Atlantic  ocean.  There  sev- 
eral generations  of  this  family  of  Allisons  are  buried,  and  there 
their  living  connections,  as  well  as  being  the  connections  of 
the  numerous  Allisons  of  this  branch  in  Nova  Scotia,  are  liv- 
ing in  1893.  On  Mr.  Allison's  tombstone  is  this  inscription : 
"  Here  lieth  the  body  of  John  AUison,  who  departed  this  life 
on  the  19th  of  November,  1736,  aged  84  years ;  here  also  lieth 
the  body  of  Jane  Clarke,  first  wife  of  the  above  John  Allison, 
who  departed  this  life  10th  May,  1684,  aged  24  years.  Also 
lieth  the  body  of  Mary  Fleming,  second  wife  to  the  aforesaid 
John,  who  departed  this  life  17th  March,  1733,  aged  78 
years." 

CHILD. 


998.    William  Allison'  (999),  b.  in  Drumnaha,  Ireland,  in  1680;  resided 
there,  and  d.  there  June  20,  1700. 

999.  William  Allison »  [998]  (John^-  He  was  born  in 
Drumnaha,  county  of  Londonderry,  Ireland,  where  he  lived 
and  died.    In  the  family  cemetery  there  he  is  buried,  and 


i'  ! 


JOSEPH  ALLISON,  OF   HORTON,  NOVA  SCOTIA. 


181 


above  him  is  this  inscription :  "  Also  here  lieth  the  body  of 
William  Allison,  son  to  the  above  John,  who  departed  this 
life  on  the  20th  June,  1766,  aged  86  years.  Here  also  lieth 
the  body  of  Rebecca  Caldwell,  wife  of  the  above  William, 
who  departed  this  life  11th  March,  1751,  aged  66  years." 
William  and  Rebecca  (Caldwell)  Allison  had  several  child- 
ren, among  them  were, — 

CHILDREN  BOKN  AT   DRUMNAUA,   IRELAND. 

1000.  Joseph  Allison'  (1002),  b,  about  1720;  emigrated  to  Horton,  Kings 

Co.,  Nova  Scotia,  and  d.  in  1794. 

1001.  William  Allison' (1009),  b.  in  1724;  m.  Mary  Lawrence,  lived  in 

Drumnalia,  and  d.  there  Nov.  24,  1798. 


1002.  Joseph  Allisons  [1000]  (William,2  John  •).  He  was 
born  in  Druinnaha,  near  Limavady,  Ireland,  about  1720,  and 
when  he  reached  manhood's  estate,  he  rented  a  farm  belonging 
to  a  London  corporation,  paying  yearly  rates,  which  were  col- 
lected by  an  agent  in  Ireland.  On  one  of  these  visits  of  the 
agent  he  was  invited  by  Mr.  Allison  to  dine  with  him.  The 
best  the  house  afforded  was  given  to  him  as  an  honored 
guest.  On  that  day  silver  spoons  were  used.  Turning  to 
Mr.  Allison  the  agent  said, — 

"  I  see  that  you  can  afford  to  have  silver  on  your  table.  If 
you  can  afford  this,  you  can  afford  to  pay  more  rent.  Your 
next  year's  rent  will  be  increased.*' 

"I  will  pay  no  more  rent,"  said  Allison.  "I  will  go  to 
America  first." 

The  agent  increased  the  rent,  which  Mr.  Allison  would  not 
pay.  He  sold  all  his  property,  and,  with  his  family  and  six 
children,  in  1769  left  the  home  of  his  fathers  and  the  graves 
of  his  kindred,  and  embarked  from  Londonderry  for  the  New 
AVorld,  intending  to  land  at  Philadelphia.  He  had  relatives 
in  Pennsylvania  with  whom  he  had  corresponded,  who  had 
urged  him  to  come  to  them  in  that  state  and  bring  his  family. 
Their  names  were  Pollock,  the  children  of  Mrs.  Allison  by 
her  first  marriage;  they  settled  in  Pennsylvania  about  1760. 
Their  passage  was  rough,  and  the  vessel  was  wrecked  on 
Sable  Island,  and  he  and  his  family  were  taken  to  Halifax, 
Nova  Scotia.  It  was  then  difhcult  and  expensive  to  journey 
from  one  section  of  the  country  to  another.  A  few  years 
previous  to  the  arrival  of  Mr.  Allison  in  Halifax,  the  French 
people  had  been  most  cruelly  expelled  from  their  Acadian 
homes,  and  their  lands  thrown  open  to  settlement.  Through 
the  persuasion  of  Admiral  Cochrane,  then  admiral  on  that 


182         WILLIAM  ALLISON,   OF   DRUMNAHA,   IRELAND. 

coast  and  station,  and  by  the  liberal  offers  made  to  them  by 
the  autiiorities,  these  sturdy  people  of  Scotch  blood  were  in- 
duced to  go  in  and  occupy.  Of  those  who  came  with  the 
Allisons,  the  McHeffys  settled  in  Falmouth,  N.  S.,  the  Ma- 
gees  in  Aylesford,  the  McCormicks  in  Annapolis,  and  Mr. 
Allison  purchased  a  farm  in  Horton,  Kings  county.  Nova 
Scotia,  on  the  border  of  the  historic  Grand  Prd,  where  he 
lived  till  his  death  in  1794.  He  was  a  Presbyterian,  though 
many  of  his  descendants  have  departed  from  the  ancient  faith, 
and  belong  to  other  denominations.  He  married  in  Limav- 
ady,  county  of  Londonderry,  Ireland,  Mrs.  Alice  Polk  (or 
Pollock)  Caldwell,  who  survived  him  for  several  years.  She 
gave  the  historic  silver  spoons  to  her  youngest  child,  a 
daughter  who  lived  to  be  ninety  years  old.  They  are  now  in 
the  possession  of  her  great-grandson.  Hon.  Leonard  Shannon, 
of  Halifax,  N.  S. 


CHILDKES  BORN  IN  LIMAVADT,    COUNTY  OF  LONDONDERRY,   IRELAND. 

1003.  Rebecca  Allison*  (1020),  b.  in  1751,  d.  in  1842.    She  m.  Col.  Jona- 

than Crane;  res.  Horton,  Kings  Co.,  Nova  Scotia. 

1004.  "William  Allison*  (1026),  b.  in  1752;  d.  about  1815. 

1005.  John  Allison*  (1031),  b.  in  1753;  d.  March  1,  1821;  res.  Newport, 

Hants  Co.,  N.  S. 

1006.  Joseph  Allison*    (1044),    m.   Alice,    dau.    of  Israel   Harding,   a 

Loyalist  in  the  Revolution;  res.  Horton,  N.  S. 

1007.  James  Allison*  (1054),  b.  in  1765;  d.  in  1849;  m.  Margaret  Hutch- 

inson. 

1008.  Nancy  Allison,*  b.  1768;  d.  in  1858.    She  was  less  than  a  year  old 

when  brought  to  Nova  Scotia.  She  m.  Major  Samuel  Leonard, 
but  left  no  children.  Her  husband  was  a  native  of  New  Jersey, 
espoused  the  Loyalist  side  during  the  Revolutionary  War,  and 
was  a  captain  in  the  New  Jersey  volunteers.  He  was  a  major 
of  the  militia  in  Nova  Scotia,  in  1807-1808,  which  garrisoned  the 
forts  at  Halifax  when  the  regulars  were  withdrawn  to  the  aid 
of  Wellington  in  the  peninsula. 


1009.  William  Allisons  [1001]  (William,2  John  1).  He 
was  born  in  Drumnaha,  county  of  Londonderry,  Ireland,  in 
1724,  lived  in  his  native  town,  and  died  Nov.  24,  1798,  at  74 
years.  He  married  Mary  Lawrence,  "  who  departed  this  life 
8th  July,  1796,  aged  62  years."  They  are  buried  in  Drum- 
naha, Ireland.  The  tombstone  above  them  records  these 
facts :  "  They  lived  united  in  the  honourable  state  of  matri- 
mony 43  years,  and  brought  up^  a  numerous  family  in  the 
principles  of  religion,  morality,  and  truth.  He  was  a  man  of 
the  strictest  integrity.  She  possessed  all  the  amiable  quali- 
ties that  are  the  best  ornaments  of  her  sex." 


WILLIAM  ALLISON,   OF   HORTON,   NOVA   SCOTIA.       183 


CHILDREN  BORN  IN  DRUMNAIIA,   IRELAND. 


1010. 
1011. 


1012. 
1013. 

1014. 

1015. 
1016, 
1017. 
1018. 
1010. 


Samuel  Allison*  (1063),  lived  in  Drumnaha,  Ireland;  b.  1755;  d. 
Dec.  3,  1818,  "  in  the  64th  year  of  his  age." 

William  Allison*  obtained  a  large  fortune,  lived  privately  at  No. 
3  Edward  St.,  Bath,  England.  He  was  a  surgeon,  and  attained 
high  rank  in  the  East  India  company's  service.  Res.  Bath, 
Eng.,  and  d.  there  in  18ii0.  His  nepliow,  Samuel  Allison  of 
Magillegan,  Ireland,  wrote  a  letter  Oct.  2,  1819,  stating  that  his 
imcle  William  Allison  hatl  two  children.    Children: 

Mary  Allison." 

John  Allison." 

Rebecca  Allison*  m.  a  farmer,  and  lived  in  Ireland.  Was  living 
in  1819. 

Elizabeth  Allison*  was  unmarried  Oct.  2,  1810. 

Ann  Allison*  was  m.  and  lived  in  Ireland  in  1810. 

Eleanor  Allison  *  was  m.  and  lived  in  Ireland  in  1819. 

Esther  Allison*  was  deceased  on  Oct.  2,  1819. 

Mary  Allison*  was  deceased  on  Oct.  2,  1819. 


1020.  Rebecca  Allison*  [1003]  (Joseph,^  William,^ 
John  ^).  She  was  born  in  Limavauy,  Ireland,  in  1751,  and 
was  in  the  bright  flush  of  young  womanhood  when  she  with 
her  father's  family  emigrated  to  Nova  Scotia  in  1769.  She 
married  Col.  Jonathan  Crane,  and  resided  in  Horton,  Kings 
county,  N.  S.,  where  she  died  in  1842.  She  was  the  first 
of  the  Allison  family  in  Nova  Scotia  to  join  the  Wesleyan 
Methodist  church.  Colonel  Crane  for  nearly  forty  years 
represented  Kings  in  the  provincial  assembly.  They  had  a 
large  family. 


CHILDREN. 


1021. 


1022. 
1023. 
1024. 
1025. 


William  Crane,»  res.  in  Sackville,  New  Brunswick,  where  he  d.  in 
1851.  He  possessed  brilliant  parts,  accumulated  a  large  fort- 
une, and  became  one  of  the  wealthiest  men  in  the  province.  Ho 
entered  politics,  was  a  member  of  the  legislature  of  that 
province,  and  was  chosen  to  the  speakership. 

James  N.  Crane,"  farmer;  he  lived  and  died  at  Horton,  N.  S. 

Silas  Crane,"  merchant;  res.  Economy,  N.  S. 

Crane,"  m.  Mr.  Dennison. 

Crane,"  m.  Mr.  Taylor. 


1026.  William  Allison*  [1004]  (Joseph,3  William,^ 
John  0-  He  was  born  in  Drumnaha,  near  Limavady,  Ire- 
land, in  1752,  and  died  in  Pleasant  River,  Digby  county,  N. 
S.,  in  1834.  He  married  Humility  Rathbun,  of  Horton,  N.  S., 
and  had  issue  by  this  marriage.  He  married,  secor.  lly,  Mrs. 
Eliphal  Lee.     His  life  was  mostly  spent  in  Horton,  N.  S. 


I 


CHILDREN   BORN  IN   HORTON,    N.    H. 

1027.    Elizabeth  Allison,"  m.  Rev.  AVilliam  Bennett,  a  missionary  of  the 
Wesleyan  Methodist  church,  and  moved  from  place  to  place. 


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184         JOHN  ALLISON,   OF  NEWPORT,   NOVA  SCOTIA. 

Thoy  had  a  large  family  of  children.  He  settled  in  Newport, 
N.  S.,  where  he  lived  some  twenty  years.  The  last  years  of  his 
life  were  passed  in  Halifax,  N.  S.  Mrs.  Bennett  died  soon  after 
they  settled  in  Newport.    Children : 

I.  AVilliam  Allison  Bennett,*  b.  1812;  farmer;  res.  1892,  in  Newport,  N.  S. 

II.  Martha  Bennett,'  m.  Kobert,  second  son  of  John  Allison.    iShe  d. 

1889. 

III.  Joseph  B.  Bennett,"  merchant;  res.  Halifax,  N.  S.,  and  d.  years  ago. 

IV.  Jane  Bennett,'  m.  William  Coffin ;  res.  Barrington,  N.  S. 

1028.  William  Allison,"  d.  young. 

1029.  Amos  Allison,'  d.  young. 

1030.  Nancy  Allison' (1074),  m.  James  Noble  Shannon;   res.   Halifax, 

N.  S< 

1031.  John  Allison  4  [1005]  (Joseph,^  William,2  John  O- 
He  was  born  near  Limavady,  Ireland,  in  1753,  and  came  to 
America  with  his  father's  family  when  he  was  sixteen  years 
of  age,  and  settled  on  the  shores  of  Acadia,  bringing  with 
him  the  loyalty  and  religion  of  his  ancestors.  From  1769  to 
1804  he  lived  in  Horton,  N.  S.,  where  he  successfully  conten- 
ded with  all  the  privations  and  difficulties  incident  to  a  new 
settlement,  and  while  there,  and  later  in  life,  by  great  perse- 
verance, industry,  frugality,  and  integrity,  secured  for  him- 
self and  family  a  respectable  competency.  In  1804,  he  re- 
moved to  Newport,  Hants  county,  N.  S.,  which  was  his  home 
the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  was  a  trader,  and  later  on  be- 
came one  of  the  most  successful  farmers  in  Nova  Scotia. 
He  was  a  man  of  solid  virtues,  of  good  sense,  excellent  judg- 
ment, and  a  pleasant  conversationalist.  Being  a  magistrate, 
he  exerted  his  powers  oftentimes  successfully  for  the  settle- 
ment of  differences.  Brought  up  a  Presbyterian,  in  his  later 
years  he  was  an  active  member  of  the  Methodist  church.  He 
was  a  friend  of  God,  and  delighted  in  the  duties  of  religion. 
For  many  years  he  represented  Newport  in  the  provincial 
parliament.  By  his  efforts  the  Hants  Branch  Bible  society 
was  reorganized,  and  new  life  infused  into  the  organization. 
This  was  his  last  public  work.  He  told  his  family  that  the 
fear  of  death  was  past,  and  died  in  peace  March  1,  1821,  and 
went  over  the  river  to  be  reunited  with  many  beloved  friends, 
and  to  join  "that  great  multitude  which  no  man  can  num- 
ber." 

Mr.  Allison   married  in  1779,  Nancy,  daughter  of  John 
Whidden,  a  leading  magistrate  in  Cornwallis,  Nova  Scotia.^ 

'John  Whidden  emigrated  to  Truro,  N.  S.,  with  the  New  Hampsliire 
settlers  in  1761.  He  married  a  Miss  Longfellow  of  Gorham,  Me.,  who 
was  closely  related  to  the  family  of  the  poet  Henry  W.  Longfellow.  Mrs. 
Whidden  and  her  sister,  Maria  Longfellow,  lie  buried  at  Horton,  N.  S., 
in  the  very  centre  of  tlie  village  of  the  historic  Grand  Pr6,  made  forever 
famous  by  the  genius  and  soul  of  the  great  poet. 


i 


JOSEPH  ALLISON  OF  HORTON,   NOVA  SCOTIA.         185 


CHILDBEN  BORN  IN  IIOBTON,   N.   8, 


1032.    Sarah  Allison,'  b.  in  1780,  «1.  1837.    She  m.  Charles  Rathbun,  and 
res.  in  Falmouth  and  Newport,  N.  S.    Children,  all  deceased : 
Joseph  Rathbun.* 
Charles  Kathbun.e 
Sarah  Rathbun.* 
Agnes  Rathbun.* 
John  Rathbun.* 
Allison  Rathbun.' 
Mary  Ratlibun.* 

John  Allison"  (1080),  b.  1782,  d.  1865;  m.  Hannah  Smith. 
Joseph  Allison*  (1082),  b.  1785,  d.  183U;  m.  his  cousin,  Mrs.  Anna 
(Prescott)  O'Brien. 
,    Elizabetli  Allison,"  b.  1787,  d.  18.58.    She  m.  John  Elder,  res.  Fal- 
mouth, N.  S.    They  are  dead,  and  no  descendants  are  living. 
Chlklren: 
Rebecca  Elder,*  d.  in  1872. 
William  Elder,*  d.  when  19  years  of  age. 
Bessie  Elder,*  d.  of  ccmsumption  in  early  life. 
Mary  Elder,*  d.  of  consumption  in  early  life. 
Margaret  Elder,*  m.  J.  Brown,  of  Falmouth,  N.  S.,  and  d.  without 

children  at  an  early  age. 
Nancy  Elder,*  d.  of  consumption  when  young. 
Sarah  Elder,'  d.  of  consumption  when  young. 
Ann  Allison*  (1088),  b.  in  1790,  d.  in  1866;  m.  Hon.  Hugh  Bell;  res. 

'Talifax,  N.  S. 
William  Allison*  (1092),  b.  in  1792  in  Newport,  N.  S.;  d.  1851,  in 

Boston,  Mass.     He  res.  at  Woodside,  Newport,  N.  S. 
James  Whidden  Allison*  (1114),  b.  in  1795,  d.  in  1867;  res.  New- 
port, N.  S. 
Mary  Jane  Allison*  (1122),  is  deceased.  She  m.  Winthrop  Sargent, 

of  Barrington,  N.  S. 
David  Allison,"  b.  1804,  d.  1858.  He  m.  Mary  Fairbanks,  who  is 
still  living  at  the  age  of  92  years.  He  was  a  leading  mer- 
chant of  Halifax,  and  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Fairbanks  & 
Allison.  He  had  six  children;  one,  a  daughter,  is  living.  His 
only  son  died  in  early  boyhood.  Children: 
Fanny  Allison,*  m.  Dr.  S.  Wells,  of  the  English  navy.  She  d.  many 

years  ago  in  Bermuda. 
Harriet  F.  Allison,*  res.  Morris  St.,  Halifax,  N.  S. 
Joseph  Allison,*  d.  in  childhood. 


I. 

II 

III. 

IV. 

V. 

VL 

VII. 

103:1 

1034, 

1035 


I. 

IL 

III 

IV, 

V. 

VI. 

VII. 

1036. 

1037. 

1038. 

1039. 

1040. 


1041. 

1042. 
1043. 


i 


1044.  Joseph  Allison  *  [1006]  (Joseph,^  William,^  John  i). 
He  was  born  at  Drumnaha,  near  Limavady,  county  of  Lon- 
donderry, Ireland,  sometime  before  the  emigration  of  his 
parents  to  Nova  Scotia  in  1769 ;  residence  Horton,  N.  S.  He 
married  Alice,  daughter  of  Israel  Harding,  a  Loyalist.  He 
represented  Horton  in  the  provincial  legislature  from  1808 
to  1815 ;  residence,  Horton,  N.  S. 

CmLDKEN. 


1045.    Samuel  Leonard  Allison*  (1134),  res.  Queens  county,  N.  S. 
1040.    Joseph  Allison,*  m.  Amelia  Delancy,  and  had  three  daughters. 


186     JAMES  ALLISON  OF  CORNWALLIS,  NOVA  8C0TLA. 


1047.    Rebecca  Allison,"  m.  Caleb  Huntley  Rand;   res.  Kentvllle,  N.  S. 
Children: 

I.  Elizabetli  Rand,"  m.  Charles  Allison,  son  of  Jonatlian  C.  Allison. 

II.  Jane  Rand,"  deceased. 

III.  William  Henry  Rand,"  deceased. 

IV.  Edward  Rand,"  deceased. 

V.  Ellen  Rand,"  deceased. 

VI.  Rebecca  Rand,"  m.  Mather  Boyle  Almon,  of  Halifax,  N.  S.    Chil- 

dren: Ravenal  Almon,'  ves.  Boston,  Mass.,  witli  her  mother; 
Mather  Almon,'  res.  St.  John,  Can. ;  Frank  Almon,'  res.  Ottawa, 
Can. ;  Jolin  Almon,'  res,  Montreal,  Can. ;  Percey  Almon,i  res. 
Halifax,  N.  S. ;  Eleanor  Almon,'  probably  in  England ;  Muriel 


Almon,'  res.  Halifax,  N.  S.;  Louis  Almon,'  res.  Halifax,  N.  S. 
Israel  Allison,"  m.  Abbie  Dickson.     He  was  high  sheriff  of  the 
county  or"  Colchester.    Had  three  daughters: 

I.  Kate  Allison,"  deceased. 

II.  Jane  Allison,'  deceased. 

III.  Anna  Allison,"  deceased. 
Sarah  Allison"  (1103),  m.  Oliver  Cogswell.    Seven  children.    She 

res.  in  Kentville,  N.  S.,  and  Sackville,  N.  B. 
Jonathan  Crane  Allison"  (1172),  merchant  in  Halifax. 
William  Henry  Allison,"  m.  Eleanor  McHeify.    He  d.  early,  and 
left  one  child,  a  daughter: 
—  Allison,"  m.  Charles  P.  Tobin;  res.  Cornwallis,  N.  S. 
Edward  Allison"  (1180),  b.  Coniwallis,  N.  S.;  m.  Catherine  Henry; 
res.  St.  John,  N.  B. 
1053.    Mary  Allison,"  m.  Philip  Augustus  Knaut;  res.  Liverpool,  N.  S. 
Child:  a  dau.,  who  d.  in  1888. 


1048. 


1040. 

1050. 
1061. 

I.  - 

1052. 


1054.  James  Allison  *  [1007]  (Joseph,3  Williara,2  Johni). 
He  was  born  in  Limavady,  county  of  Londonderry,  Ireland, 
in  1765 ;  died  in  1849.  He  married  Margaret  Hutchinson. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  fruit-grower  and  merchant,  and  resided 
at  Cornwallis,  N.  S.    He  was«a  magistrate. 


CHILDREN. 


1055.  James  Thomas  Allison,"  b.  Oct.  3,  1793.    He  m.  Ann  McCalla,  and 

left  no  children;  lived  on  the  homestead  at  Cornwallis,  N.  S. 

1056.  Charles  Frederick  Allison"  (1187),  b.  Jan.  25,  1795;  d.  Nov.   20, 

1858;  m.  Milcah  Trueman,  of  Point  de  Bute,  New  Brunswick; 
res.  Sackville,  N.  B. 

1057.  Jolin  Hutcliinson  Allison,"  b.  Oct.  18,  1796;    d.  about  1845;   m. 

Eliza  Beggs,  and  had  six  cliildren;  res.  Cornwallis,  N.  S. 

1058.  Henry  Burbridge  Allison"  (1189),  b.  Sept.  30, 1801;  d.  Dec.  1, 1890; 

m.  Sarah  Abrams,  of  Miramiclii,  N.  B. ;  res.  Aliramichi,  N.  B., 
and  Sackville,  N.  B. 

1059.  "William  Edward  Allison,"  b.   July  23,  1806;    d.   1846;  m.   Eliza 

McKenzie  or  Ann  Wilkinson,  and  had  six  dsvughters — one  sur- 
vives; res.  Cornwallis,  N.  S. 

1060.  Joseph  Francis  Allison"  (1195),  b.  July  23,  1806;  m.  Mary  Cogs- 

well; d.  May  23,  1863;  merchant;  res.  Sackville,  N.  B. 

1061.  Margaret  Ann  Allison,"  b.  Aug.  29,  1808;  m.  Rev.  More  Campbell, 

an  Episcopalian  clergyman. 

1062.  George  Augustus  Allison"  (1202),  b.   April  27,  1811;   m.  Martha 

Prescott;  m.,  second,  Mrs.  Rigby,  of  Sydney,  Cape  Breton;  res. 
Halifax,  N.S. 


WILLIAM  ALLISON   OF  BATH,   ENGLAND. 


187 


1068.  Samuel  Allison*  [1010]  (William,^  William," 
John  ^).  He  was  born  in  Drumnaha,  near  Limavady,  Ireland, 
in  1755;  d.  Dec.  3,  1818,  in  his  sixty-fourth  year.  His 
"only  brother,"  Willia*"  Allison,  lived  at  Bath,  Eng.  He 
married  Miss  Jane  Fltmming,  and  lived  at  Drumnaha,  where 
he  died.     She  died  Sept.  2,  1843,  aged  82  years. 


CHILDBKN    BORN  AT  DHUMNAIIA,   COUNTY  OF  LONDONDEKRY,   IRELAND. 


1064. 

1065. 
1066. 

1067. 


1068. 


1069. 

1070. 

1071. 

1072. 
1078. 


Mary  Allison,'  b.  July  26,  1790;  d.  single  at  Drumnaha,  Ireland, 
June  19,  1871. 

Elizabeth  Allison,!*  b.  Jan.  22,  1792;  d.  young. 

Allison."    He  was  an  apprentice,  and  lived  in  Coleraine,  Ire., 

Oct.  2,  1819. 

William  Allison,'  b.  Aug.  31,  1795.  He  emigrated  to  America  with 
his  uncle,  Joseph  Flemming,  and  settled  in  Petersburg,  Va., 
where  he  lived  a  number  of  years.  Trade  being  very  much 
depressed,  he  went  to  New  Orleans,  La.,  and  after  his  removal 
had  not  been  heard  from  on  Oct.  2,  1819. 

Samuel  Allison"  (1203),  b.  Nov.  21,  1797.  He  lived  in  Drumnaha, 
near  Limavady,  Ire.,  at  a  place  called  Magillegan,  with  the  rest 
of  his  father's  familv,  on  Oct.  2,  1819.  It  was  a  place  "our 
grandfather  possessed  "  on  the  above  date.  He  wrote  a  letter  to 
his  second  cousin,  Joseph  Allison  (son  of  John,*  Joseph,"  Wil- 
liam,' John,'  of  Nova  Scotia),  which  is  now  in  the  possession 
of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Whidden  Doane,  of  Barrington,  N.  S. 

Robert  Allison,"  b.  Nov.  11,  1799;  single;  merchant  in  Limavady, 
Ire. ;  d.  June  9,  1862. 

John  Allison,"  b.  Feb.  8,  1802;  m.  Mrs.  Laura  Sprott,  and  d.  in 
Nova  Scotia. 

Elizabeth  Allison,"  b.  Feb.  8,  1802;  m.  Joseph  Conn;  res.  in  Magil- 
legan, Ire.,  and  d.  about  18^2. 

Anne  Allison,  b.  Aug.  29,  1803;  d.  1809. 

Jane  Allison,"  b.  July  8,  1804;  m.  Clarke  Stewart;  res.  Agha- 
dowey,  county  of  Londonderry,  Ire.,  and  d.  about  1880. 


1074.  Nancy  Allison  ^  [1030]  (William,*  Joseph,3  Wil- 
liam,2  John^).  She  was  born  in  Nova  Scotia,  and  married 
James  Noble  Shannon ;  res.  Halifax,  N.  S.  He  was  a  promi- 
nent merchant. 


CHILD. 


1075. 


1076. 
1077. 
1078. 

1079. 


Samuel  Leonard  Shannon,"  b.  in  Halifax,  N.  S.,  in  1810.  For 
several  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  provincial  government; 
at  present  (1891)  ho  is  judge  of  probate  for  the  city  and  county 
of  Halifax.  He  is  owner  of  the  historic  silver  spoons  of  his 
great  grandfather,  Joseph  Allison,  the  emigrant;  res.  Hali- 
fax, N.  S. 

Elizabeth  Shannon,"  d.  of  consumption  in  her  youth. 

Mary  Shannon,"  d.  of  consumption  when  young. 

Nancy  Shannon,"  d.  of  consumption  when  jipproaching  woman- 
hood. 

Sophy  Shannon,"  d.  of  consumption  before  arriving  at  maturity. 


188        JOSEPH  ALLISON  OP  HALirAX,   NOVA  SCOTIA. 

1080.  John  Allison «  [1083]  (John,*  Joseph,'  William,^ 
John  * ).  He  was  born  in  1782,  and  died  in  1866.  He  mar- 
ried Hannah  Smith.  Mr.  Allison  was  a  gentleman  of  the 
old  school,  of  courtly  dignified  manners.  He  was  the  leading 
magistrate  of  his  township,  and  his  decisions  as  well  as  his 
character  always  commanded  respect.  They  had  ten  chil- 
dren, two  of  whom  are  now  living. 


CHILDBEX. 


1081. 


1081a. 
1081a. 


Joseph  Allison,'  was  a  man  of  ability;  was  high  sheriff  of  the 
county  of  Hants,  and  was  considered  one  of  tlie  best  authori- 
ties on  tlie  early  history  of  Nova  Scotia. 

Robert  Allison,"  is  a  leading  fiirmer.  Res.  Newport,  Nova  Scotia. 

D.  Prescott  Allison,'  is  a  prominent  business  man.  Res.  Windsor, 
Nova  Scotia. 


1082.  Joseph  Allison  ^  [10341  (John,*  Joseph,8  William,^ 
John^).  He  was  born  1785,  aid  died  in  1839.  He  married 
his  cousin  on  his  mother's  side,  Mrs.  Ann  (Prescott)  O'Brien. 
Mr.  Allison  was  a  member  of  the  leading  mercantile  house  of 
the  province,  "  Collins  &  Allison,"  and  tor  many  years  was  a 
member  of  the  legislative  and  executive  councils  of  Nova 
Scotia.  Extensively  did  he  travel,  and  was  probably  the 
only  member  of  the  Allison  family  in  Nova  Scotia  who  was 
on  terms  of  personal  intimacy  with  members  of  the  branches 
of  the  Allison  family  remaining  in  Ireland.  He  both  visited 
and  corresponded  with  his  relative,  Dr.  Allison,  of  the  East 
India  Company,  who  died  in  Bath,  Eng.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch  resided  at  Halifax,  N.  S.  He  had  six  children. 
Neither  of  his  two  sons  left  any  descendants. 


I  i 


CHILDREN. 


'  ii 


1083.  Elizabeth  Allison,"  m.  Dr.  D.  B.  Fraser,  of  Windsor,  N.  S.,  and  d. 

several  years  ago. 

1084.  Mary  Allison,'  d.  young. 

1085.  Charles  R.  Allison,'  graduated  at  King's  college,  N.  S.,  and  soon 

after  died. 

1086.  Frederick  Allison,'  b.  1835;  d.  1879.    He  was  a  commission  mer- 

chant at  Halifax,  N.  S. 

1087.  Anna  Allison,'  m.  Rev.  J.  J.  Hill,  rector  at  Newport,  N.  S.,  and  d. 

many  years  ago. 

1088.  Ann  Allison  ^  [1036]  (John,*  Joseph,^  William,^ 
John  1 ).  She  was  born  in  1790 ;  died  in  1866»  She  married 
in  1816,  Hon.  Hugh  Bell,  b.  in  county  of  Fermanagh,  Ire  , 
in  1780 ;  came  to  Halifax  with  parents,  1781  or  1782 ;  resi- 
ded, Halifax,  N.  S.     He  for  a  long  period  represented  the 


ii 


WILLIAM  ALLISON   OF  NEWPORT,  NOVA  SCOTIA.      189 

city  of  Halifax  in  the  local  parliament,  and  in  hin  later  years 
was  a  member  of  the  legislative  council.     He  was  an  ardent 

Ehilanthropist,  and  d.  in  Halifax,  1860,  aged  80  years.    They 
ad  nine  children. 

ClIILDKEN. 

1080.    .iKhcph  Bell,*  waH  higli  sheriff  «»f  the  county  and  city  of  Halifax. 
lOUU.     John  AlliHon  Bell,*  is  aiulit^tr  for  tlio  city  of  Halifax,  and  is  noted 

for  IiIh  poetir  ^ifts  and  tine  literary  taste;  res.  Halifax,  N.  S. 
1001.    Sarah  Bell,'  m.  Mr.  Bennett.  She  in  a  widow,  and  is  still  living. 

1092.  William  Allison  "  [1037]  (John,*  Joseph,^  Wniiam,^ 
John  0-  He  was  born  1792 ;  died  March  1, 1851,  in  Bost^jn, 
Mass.  Married  Martha  Irish,  of  Falmouth,  N.  S.,  who  died 
and  left  eight  children.  He  married,  second,  Lucy  Rath- 
bun,  of  Horton,  N.  S.,  who  had  five  children,  and  died 
April,  1893.    He  resided  at  VVoodside,  Newport,  N.  S. 

CHILDREN. 


N.  S.,  May  16,  1821. 


She  is 


1093.    Margaret  Anno  Allison,*  m.  Willisim  Allison  Bennett,  of  Willow 
Bank,  Newport,  X.  S.    Children: 

I.  Bessie  Bennett,'  is  deceased. 

II.  Martha  Bennett.' 

III.  William  Bennett.' 

1004.    Elizabeth  Allison,"  m.  Rev.  John  McMurray,  of  Halifax,  N.  S.,  who 
d.  Dec.  20,  1890,  aged  78  years.     No  children. 

1095.  Mary  Jane  Allison,*  m.  Hugh  McCallum,  of  Truro,  N.  S.    Chil- 

clren : 

I.  William  McCallum.' 

II.  Annie  McCallum.' 

III.  John  A.  McCallum.' 

IV.  Moreau  McCallum.' 

1096.  John  Allison"  (1215),  b.  Newport,  Hants  Co., 

Kes.  2503  Stevens  Ave.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
1079.    Martha  Allison,'  m.  Hugh  Chambers,  of  Newport,  N.  S. 
deceased.    Children: 

I.  Helen  Chambers.' 

II.  Frederick  Chambers.' 

1098.  Maria  Allison,'  d.  young. 

1099.  William  Allison,'  d.  young. 

1100.  Henry  Allison,'  d.  young. 

1101.  Frederick  Day  Allison,'  m.  Emily  Jost,  of  Halifax,  N.  S.    He  d. 

May,  1886,  aged  50  years.    No  children. 

1102.  Louisa  DeWolfe  Allison,'  b.  18;{8,  at  Woodside,  Newport,  N.  S. ;  m. 

Thomas  I.  Harris,  of  Horton,  N.  S. ;  farmer.    No  children. 

1103.  Joseph  Allison,'  b.  Woodside,  Newport,  N.  S.,  July  1,  1840;  ni., 

Aug.  3, 1861,  Helen  Matilda,  dau.  Joseph  Scammell,  of  St.  John, 
N.  B. ;  b.  Aug.  9,  1806,  in  Wiley,  Wiltshire,  England,  and  d. 
May,  1862,  in  St.  John,  N.  B.  He  m.  Fanny  Matilda  Chute,  b. 
Nov.  10,  1807,  at  Digby,  N.  S.  Mrs.  Allison  was  b.  March  25, 
1847,  in  St.  John,  N.  B.  When  nine  years  of  age,  he  left  his 
native  place  and  went  to  live  with  his  brother.  Rev.  John  Alli- 
son,' at  Woodstock,  N.  B.,  and  three  yearts  later  went  to  St. 


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190     JAMES  W.  ALLISON,  OF  NEWPORT,  NOVA  l^COTLA.. 

John,  N.  B.,  where  lie  has  ever  since  resided.  When  tliirteen 
years  of  a^e,  he  went  into  a  store  to  learn  the  dry  goods  husi- 
ness,  at  which  he  has  ever  since  been  engaged.  In  1866  he 
started  on  his  own  account,  in  partnership  with  James  Man- 
chester and  James  F.  R(»bertson,  under  the  flrrn  name  of  Man- 
chester, Robertson  &  Allison.  They  are  still  in  trade,  and 
have  built  up  the  largest  wholesale  and  retail  trade  business 
ever  reached  in  the  maritime  provinces.  Children,  b.  St.  John, 
N.  B.  : 

1104.  Walter  Cushing  Allison,'  b.  April  12,  1873. 

1105.  Helen  Gertrude  Allison,'  b.  July  1.5,  1875. 

1106.  William  Scammell  Allison,'  b.  Aug.  29,  1884. 

1107.  Winthrop  Sargent  Allison,' b.  Newport,  N.  S.;   m.  Came  Cham- 

be;  8,  of  that  place.    Children: 

1108.  Lucy  Lathbone  Allison.' 

1109.  Frank  Allison,'  dead. 

1110.  Louisa  Allison.' 

1111.  Fannie  Allison.' 
ri2.    Harry  Allison.' 

1113.    Francis  Ratbbone  Allison,"  d.  young. 

1114.  James  Whidden  Allison  ^  [1038]  (John,''  Joseph,^ 
William,^  John  ^).  He  was  born  in  Horton,  N.  S.,  December 
1, 1795 ;  married,  July,  1821,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Matthew 

and (Jenkins)  Elder.     She  was  born  in  Falmouth,  N.  S., 

June  12,  1799 ;  died  in  Newport,  N.  S.,  March,  1872.  Her 
father  was  a  native  of  county  of  Donegal,  Ireland,  and  lived 
in  Falmouth,  N.  S.  Mr.  Allison  was  a  farmer,  and  resided 
in  Horton,  N.  S.,  from  1795  to  1804,  and  in  Newport,  N.  S., 
from  1804  till  his  death  in  1867.  He  was  one  of  the  leading 
magistrates  of  Newport,  and  for  five  years  represented  that 
township  in  the  provincial  parliament.  He  was  Methodist 
in  his  religious  affiliations. 


CHILDKEN. 


1115, 


1116. 
1117. 
1118. 

1119. 


I. 

IL 

III 

IV, 
V. 
VL 
VII. 

1120. 


James  Whidden  Allison,'  b.  Newport,  N.  S.,  July  22,  1822;  m. 
Margaret  Master;  merchant;  res.  Newport,  N.  S,  No  chil- 
dren. 

Allison,"  a  dau.,  d.  in  infancy. 

Allison,"  a  dau.,  d.  in  infancy. 

Sarah  Jane  Allison,"  b.  Newport^  N.  is.,  March,  1827;  res.  in  Win- 
nipeg, Manitoba. 
John   Allison,"  b.  Newport,   N.  S.,  Jan.  1,  1^34;  m.  first,  Rachel 
Shaw;    second,  Mary  Rathbun.     He  is  a  federal  government 
homestead  inspector;  res.  Winnipeg,  Manitoba.     Children: 
Leonard  Allison,  lawyer,  Sussex,  N.  B. 
Lewis  Allison,  civil  engineer. 
Mary  Allison. 
Bessie  Allison. 
Lily  Allison. 
Edith  Allison. 
Jennie  Allison. 


David  Allison"  (1^-19),  b.  Newport,  N.  S.,  July  3, 1830. 
of  Mount  Allison  university;  res.  Sackville,  N,  B. 


President 


MARY  J.   ALLISON,  OF   HOKTON,  NOVA  SCOTIA. 


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1121.  William  Henry  Allison,'  b.  Newport.  N.  S.,  June  14,  1838.  He 
represented  the  county  of  Hants,  N.  S.,  in  the  provincial  par- 
liament at  Halifax,  N.  S.  Then  for  ten  years  he  represented 
the  same  constituency  in  the  federal  house  of  commons  at 
Ottawa,  Can.  He  is,  in  1802,  homestead  inspector  for  the 
southern  district  of  Manitoba,  under  the  federal  government 
of  the  dominion  of  Canada.    Res.  Deloraine,  Manitoba. 


1122.  IMary  Jane  Allison  ^  [1039]  (John,*  Joseph,^  Will- 
iam,2  John  ^).  She  '-vas  born  at  Long  Island,  Horton,  N.  S., 
October  13,  1798:  married,  July  17,  1819,  Winthrop  Sar- 
gent, son  of  John  and  Margaret  (Barnard)  Sargent,  and  a 
grandson  of  Col.  Epes  and  Catherine  Winthrop,  his  wife,  of 
Salem,  Mass.  John  Sargent  moved  from  Salem,  Mass.,  and 
settled  in  Barrington,  N.  S.,  during  the  American  Revolu- 
tion. He  was  a  Loyalist.  She  died  October  13, 1867.  Mr. 
Sargent  lived  in  Barrington,  N.  S.,  and  was  a  prominent 
merchant,  legislator,  and  collector  of  customs.  He  was  born 
at  Barrington,  N.  S.,  June  6,  1794 ;  died  October  6, 1866. 

CUILDKEX  BORN  BAISKINOTON,    N.   8. 


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1123.  Catherine  Winthrop  Sargent,*  b.  June  8, 1822;  m.  Joseph  A.  Doane, 

July  23,  18.^1.  Removed  to  Australia  in  18iJ2.  She  d.  July  2, 
1855,  at  Ballarat,  Australia.  He  is  an  architect,  and  res.  at  Mel- 
bourne, Australia.  The  Doanes  emigrated  to  Nova  Scotia  from 
New  England  shortly  before  the  Revolution. 

1124.  Ann  Sargent,"  b.  March  5,  1823;  m.,  Feb.,  1848,  Joseph  A.  Doane; 

res.  Barrington,  N.  S. ;  d.  Nov.  24,  1848,  at  Barrington,  N.  S. 
Child: 
I.    Ann  Sargent  Doane,'  who  died  in  infancy. 

1125.  Epes  Winthrop  Sargent,"  b.  Sept.  LTJ  1824;  d.  at  New  York  city, 

May  14,  IHO'.t.  Commission  merchant;  res.  at  H.ilifax,  at  the 
island  of  Cuba,  and  New  York  citv.    Never  married. 

1126.  Mary  Jane  Sargent,"  b.  May  14,  1820; 'm.,  July  31,  1849,  Capt.  Scth 

C.  Doane,  and  accompanied  her  husband  on  some  of  his  ocean 
voyages.  Slie  spent  some  years  at  Ballarat,  Austr.alla.  Her 
health  failing,  she  visited  Sydney,  N.  !^.  W.,  and  then  left  for 
England,  hoping  to  live  to  reach  her  old  home  in  Nova  Scotia. 
When  Cape  Horn  was  reached,  its  cold  and  storms  were  too 
severe  for  her  delicate  frame.  She  sank  rapidly,  d.  April  24, 
1855,  and  was  buried  at  sea.  She  was  accompanied  by  fier  sis- 
ter, Elizabeth  Wliidden  Doane,  and  her  only  daughter.  Child: 
I.  Julia  Doane,'  b.  at  Barrington,  N.  S.,  Sept.  2(),  IS-IO;  m.  Warren  W. 
At»  Cod,  collector  of  customs  at  Shelburne,  N.  S.  Child :  Anne 
Sargent  Atwood.' 

1127.  John  Allison  Sargent,'  b.  April  6,  1828;  d.  Oct.  26,  1851,  at  Saquala 

Grande,  Cuba.     He  never  married. 

1128.  Elizabeth  Whidden  Sargent,"  b.  Feb.  20,  1830;  m.,  June  28,  1852, 

Arthur  W.  Doane,  son  of  Josiah  Payne  Doane.  She,  witli  her 
husband,  went  to  Melbourne,  Australia,  soon  after  their  mar- 
riage, touched  at  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope  on  tlie  voyjige,  and 
were  one  hundred  and  six  days  at  sea.  They  spent  some  years 
at  Ballarat,  Australia,  and  now  (1892)  reside  at  Barrington, 
N.  S.    Children: 


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192       SAMUEL  L.   ALLISON,  OF  KEMPT,  NOVA  SCOTLA.. 

I.  John  Sargent  Doane,^  b.  Australia,  and  d.  there  in  infancy. 

II.  Ann  Sargent  Doane,'  b.  Barrington,  N.  S.,  and  d.  in  inf&ncy. 

III.  Elizabeth  Mary  Doane,'  b.  Barrington,  N.  S.,  where  she  still  lives. 

IV.  John  Allison  Sargent  Doane,^  b.  Barrington,  N.  S.,  and  still  lives 

there. 

V.  Arthur  Whidden  Doane,'  b.  Barrington,  N.  S. ;  res.  Boston,  Mass. ; 

P.  O.  Box,  2816,  Boston,  Mass. 

VI.  Emma  Doane,'  b.  Barrington,  N.  S. ;  d.  young. 

VII.  Robert  Duncan  Doane,'  b.  Barrington,  N.  S. ;  m.  Florence  Coffin; 

res.  Oxford,  N.  S.    Child;    Dorothy  Allison  Doane.' 

VIII.  Catherine  Sargent  Doane,'  b.  Barrington,  N.  S. ;  d.  in  infancy. 

IX.  Mary  Sargent  Doane,'  b.  Barrington,  N.  S.,  and  res.  tliere  in  1892. 

X.  Joseph  Doane,'  b.  Barrington,  N.  S.,  and  res.  there  in  1892. 

1129.  Sarah  Harding  Sargent,'  b.  June  30,  1832;  d.  Barrington,  N.  S., 

June  6,  18<!8. 

1130.  Margaret  Sophia  Sargent,'  b.  April  13, 1834;  m.  May  27, 1867,  James 

H.  Doane.  He  was  a  school  teacher.  They  resided  in  Bar- 
rington, N.  S.,  until  his  death,  fifteen  years  after  their  marriage. 
She  res.,  in  1892,  in  Truro,  N.  S.  Children  were  b.  in  Barring- 
ton, N.  S. : 

I.  Charlotte  Doane,'  d.  young. 

II.  Herbert  Lander  Doane,'  m.  Anna  Ells;  res.  Truro,  N.  S. 

III.  Francis  Augustus  Doane,'  res.  Truro,  N.  S. 

IV.  Fanny  Sargent  Doane,'  m.  Jackson  Ricker;  res.  Argyle,  N".  S. 

V.  John  Winthrop  Doane,'  res.  Truro,  N.  S. 

VI.  William  Avard  Doane,'  res.  Truro,  N.  S.,  and  d.  there, 

1131.  Charles  Rathbun  Sargent,' b.  June  17,  1836;  m.  Sarah  Doane,  of 

Halifax,  N.  S.,  May  27,  1861;  d.  Halifax,  N.  S.,  July  9,  1872. 
He  was  a  book-keeper  and  bank  clerk.  Res.  some  years  at 
Pien-e  Miquelon,  but  removed  to  Halifax,  and  d.  there.  His 
widow  and  children  res.  at  Somei'ville,  Mass.  Children:  Mary 
Esther  Sargent',  Charles  William  Sargent,'  James  Winthrop  Sar- 
gent.'   Tlie  latter  m.  Mabel  E.  Rich,  of  Boston. 

1132.  Frances  Sargent,'  b.  Sept.  4,  18.38;  d.  Barrington,  N.  S.,  March  21, 

1863.    Always  resided  at  Barrington,  N.  S.    Single. 

1133.  William  Sargent,'  b.  May  2,   1841 ;  m.  Frances  Augusta  Scott,  of 

Windsor,  N.  S.,  Aug.,  1875;  d,  Hillsborough,  N.  S.,  March  3, 
1877.  He  was  a  Methodist  clergyman.  She  res.  at  Windsor, 
N.  S.    One  child,  d.  young. 

1134.  Samuel  Leonard  Allison  ^  [1046]  (Joseph,*  Joseph,^ 
William,^  John  ^).  He  was  born  at  Horton,  Kings  county, 
Nova  Scotia,  July  31,  1789,  and  died  at  Kempt,  Queen's 
county.  Nova  Scotia,  in  Feb.,  1875.  He  married  Sophia, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Barss,  of  Liverpool,  Nova  Scotia,  Oct.  6, 
1820.  He  first  settled  at  Kentville,  N.  S.,  where  he  was 
prothonotary  of  the  supreme  court  for  over  twenty  years. 
In  1833  he  removed  to  Liverpool,  N.  S.,  and  from  there  to 
Kempt,  Queens  county,  N.  S.,  in  March,  1888,  where  he 
died. 


CIIILDIiEX. 


1136. 

1136. 
1137. 
1138. 


Charles  Allison'  (1225),  b.  Sept.  22,  1821;  res.  Yarmouth,  N.  S. 

Samuel  L.  Allison,'  b.  August,  1823;  died  at  sea. 

Joseph  Allison,'  b.  April,  1825;  d.  in  California. 

Caroline  Allison,"  b.  Cornwallis,  N.  S.,  Oct.  26,  1828;  m.  Sept.  26, 
186;?,  Dr.  Elias  N.  Payzant.  He  was  b.  at  Wilmot,  N.  S.,  July  27, 
1830;  res.  Wolfvllle,  N.  S.,  in  1892.    Five  children. 


SARAH   ALLISON,   OF  DORCHESTER,   N.  B. 


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1139.  Julia  Brown  Payzant,'  b.  July  9, 1854;  d.  May  30,  1858. 

1140.  James  Austin  Payzaut,'  b.  Feb.  8,  1850;  m.  Kate  Mann,  May  14, 

1886.    He  is  a  practising  pbysician  at  Burlington,  Hants  Co., 
N.  S.     Child:    Ellen  Payzant,'  b.  Nov.,  1889;  d.  Dec,  1889. 

1141.  Archibald  Allison  Payzant,'  b.  Dec.  19,  1857;  d.  Feb.  20,  1858. 

1142.  William  Pavzant,'  dentist;  res.  Wolfville,  N.  S. 

1143.  Sarah  Cathella  Payzant,'  b.  March  10,  1859.    She  m.  Capt.  William 

J.  Forbes;  address,  Zion^s  Herald  Office,  Boston,  Mass. 

1144.  Charles  Earnest  Payzant,'  b.  Aug.  17,  1860;  d.  Sept.  18,  1883. 

1145.  Annie  Lois  Payzant,'  b.  Nov.  6,  1861.    She  m.,  Aug.  10,  1882,  E. 

Sidney  Crowley;  res.  Wolfville,  N.  S.    Four  children. 

1146.  Ellas  T.  Payzant,'  b.  May  19,  1863;  d.  June  18,  1865. 

1147.  Carrie  Sophia  Payzant,'  b.  Sept.  20,  1864;  m.,  Nov.  24,  1886,  Hilton 

A.  Pitt;  res.  Hamilton,  Bermuda. 

1148.  William  Aubrey  Payzant,'  b.  Oct.  26,  1866;  dentist;  res.  Wolfville, 

1149.  Bessie  Allison  Payzant,'  b.  Feb.  24,  1868;  d.  Jan.  16,  1888. 

1150.  Florence  Rachel  Payzant,'  b.  March  2,  1870;  m.  Oct.,  1887,  Clifford 

H.  Fielding;  res.  Halifax,  N.  S.,  57  South  street. 

1151.  Elizabeth  Allison,'  b.  Nov.,  1830;  m.  Robert  Brown,  of  Yarmouth, 

N.  S.,  where  they  live.    No  family. 

1152.  Frances  M.  Allison,"  b.  Kentville,  N.  S.,  April  7.  iaS2;  m.,  April  14, 

1881,  Barnabas  Miles,  of  Greenfield,  N.  S.    They  have  no  family. 

1153.  James  B.  Allison,'  b.  May,  1836;  d.  young. 

1154.  Tryphena  Allison,'  b.  July  4,  1838;  m.  William  E.  Freeman,  of 

Kempt,  Queens  Co.,  N.  S.    Five  children. 

1155.  Archibald  Allison  Freeman,'  b.  Aug.  22,  1866. 
1166.    Maurice  Urban  Freeman,'  b.  March  29,  1868. 
1157.    Emma  Freeman,'  b.  June  3,  1869. 

1168.    Mary  Alice  Freeman,'  b.  Dec.  13,  1875. 

1159.  Janet  Freeman,'  b.  Dec.  6,  1880. 

1160.  Annie  S.  Allison,'  b.  May  17,  1842;  m.,  Feb.  27,  1808,  Edwin  Kemp- 

ton,  of  Kempf,  N.  S.    Two  children. 

1161.  Laura  Kempton,'  b.  Dec.  6,  1808;  m.,  Jan.  15,  1890,  Robert  Atkins. 

1162.  Fred  Kempton,'  b.  Dec.  21,  1871. 

1163.  Sarah  Allison  ^  [1149]  (Joseph,*  Joseph,^  William,2 
John^).  She  married  Oliver  Cogswell,  of  Kentville,  N.  S., 
and  afterward  resided  at  Dorchester  and  at  Sackville,  N.  B. 
She  died  at  Dorchester,  N.  B.,  July  10,  1883. 


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CHILDUEN. 


1104.  Mary  Cogswell,»  m.,  1839,  Josi'i)h  F.  Allison  of  Sackville,   who  d. 

1803.    She  m.,  second,  in  1S(14,  Hon.  Amos  E.  Botsford,  senator 
in  tlie  Dominion  parliament. 

1105.  Rebecca  Cogswell,"  ni.  Thomas  B.  Campbell,  of  Kentville,  N.  S. 
1160.    Edward  Cogswell,"  d.  in  infancy. 

1167.  Nancy  Cogswell,"  m.  James  B.  Fitch,  of  Horton,  N.  S.,  and  d.  1856. 

1168.  Maria  Cogswell,' m.  William  C.  Campbell,  of  Kentville,  N.  S.,  and 

d.  1809. 
1109.    Robert  Cogswell,"  m.  :Mary  L.  Graham,  and  d.  1804. 

1170.  Edward  Cogswell » 1).  1823;  m.,  1850,  Ruth,  dan.  of  Hon.  William 

Crane,  of  Sackville,   N.  B. ;  m.,  seci>nd,  1877,  Sarah,  d.au.  of 
Charles  Dixon,  of  Sackville.  N.  B. 

1171.  Sarah  Coj^swell,"  b.  1827;  m.,  1847,  Blair  Botsford,  who  was  high 

sherift  of  Westmoreland  Co.,  N.  B.,  for  some  years,  and  who  is 
deceased. 
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JONATHAN  C.  ALLISON,  OP  HALIFAX,  N.   S. 


1172.  Jonathan  Crane  Allison  ^  [1150]  (Joseph,*  Joseph,^ 
William,^  John^).  He  was  born  April  3,  1798,  at  Grand 
Prd,  N.  S.  He  was  a  leading  merchant  in  Halifax,  and  part- 
ner with  David  Allison  in  the  firm  of  Fairbanks  &  Allisons, 
in  their  day  the  largest  mercantile  house  in  the  maritime 
provinces.  He  married,  October  9, 1824,  Jane  Boggs,  daugh- 
ter of  Charles  and  Mary  (Fraser)  Boggs,  of  New  Jersey, 
and  had  seven  children.  She  died  June,  1858.  He  died  in 
Halifax,  N.  S.,  February,  1872. 

CHILDREN  BORN  HALIFAX,   N.    8. 

1173.  Charles  Allison,' b.  Nov.  14,  1825;  on  June  30,  1854,  he  m.  Eliza- 

beth Rand  of  Kentville;  merchant;  res.  in  Halifax,  N.  S.,  and 
d.  Oct.,  1863. 

1174.  Alico  Mary  Allison,"  b.  June  14,  1827;  m.,  Aug.  23,  1854,  William 

Hare,  of  Halifax.    P.  O.  address:  Beoford,  N.  S, 

1175.  Louisa  Allison,"  b.  Aug.  13,  1829;  d.  April  5,  1845. 

1176.  Harriet  Allison,"  b.  Dec.  25,  1831;  d.  in  spring  of  1839. 

1177.  Jane  Allison,"  b.  April,  1834;  d.  May,  lKi5. 

1178.  Augustus  Allison,"  b.  April  19,  1837;  m.,  April  28,  1868,  Cevilla 

Hill,  of  Halifax,  N.  S.  He  is  noted  for  his  interest  in  litera- 
ture and  science ;  res.  Halifax,  N.  S. 

1179.  Alfred  Louis  Allison,"  b.  Feb.  27,  1844;  d.  May,  1846. 

1180.  Edward  Allison  ^  [1152]  (Joseph,*  Joseph,^  Wil- 
liam,2  John  ^ ).  He  was  born  in  Cornwallis,  N.  S.,  November, 
1803 ;  married  Catherine  Henry  ;  res.  in  Halifax,  N.  S.,  till 
about  1853,  since  then  chiefly  in  St.  John,  N.  B.  They  had 
twelve  children  :  one  survives.  He  died  at  Halifax,  N.  S., 
March  7,  1876. 

CHILDREN. 

1181.  Lucius  Carey  Allison,'  physician;  res.  St.  John,  N.  B. 

1182.  Frank  Octavius  Allison,"  b.  St.  John,  N.  B.,  Jan.  29, 1850;  m.,  June 

4,  1873,  Mary  Ansel  Bonsard,  b.  December,  1852,  in  St.  John, 
lie  is  a  deputy  shipping-master  at  that  place,  and  in  April, 
1878,  was  appointed  consul  there  for  Portugal,  and  still  holds 
the  position.  He  is  an  Episcopali.an,  and  active  in  that  denom- 
ination, smd  has  fdled  several  church  ofiQces.  Children,  b.  St. 
John,  N.  B. : 

1183.  Ethel  K.  Allison,'  b.  May  19, 1874. 

1184.  Harold  Ansel  Allison,' b.  Aug.  16,  1870. 

1185.  Edmund  K.  Allison,'  b.  Sept.  15,  1879. 

1186.  Frank  Drummond  Allison,'  b.  March  29,  1873. 

1187.  Charles  Frederick  Allison  ^  [1056]  (James,*  Joseph,^ 
William,2  John  ^ ).  He  was  born  in  1795  ;  died  in  1858.  He 
married  Milcah  Freeman.  He  resided  in  Sackville,  N.  B., 
where  he  carried  on  an  extensive  business  in  partnership 
with  his  cousin,  William  Crane.  The  name  of  no  member 
of  the  Allison  famil}'^  is  so  widely  known  throughout  Eastern 


HENBY  B.   ALLISON,   OF   SACKVILLE,   N.   B. 


195 


British  America  as  his.  He  founded  the  Mount  Allison 
educational  institutions,  consisting  of  a  boys'  school,  ladies' 
college,  and  university.  They  are  under  the  control  of  the 
Methodist  church  of  Canada,  of  which  Mr.  Allison  was  an 
earnest  member.  In  him  the  noblest  character  was  associated 
with  the  most  unassuming  demeanor. 


CHILD. 


1188.    Mary  Allisom,  d.  in  1871. 


1189.  Henry  Burbridge  Allison  ^  [1058]  (James,*  Joseph,^ 
William,^  John  ^).  He  was  born  in  Cornwallis,  N.  S.,  Sep- 
tember 30,  1801 ;  married  in  July,  1839,  Sarah  Abrams,  a 
native  of  Scotland,  and  who  is  still  living  in  1892.  Mr. 
Allison  began  his  business  life  in  Halifax,  and  after  some 
years  he  went  to  Miramichi,  N.  B.,  and  with  his  partner  car- 
ried on  an  extensive  business  under  the  name  of  Crane  & 
Allison.  While  there  he  lost  heavily  by  a  great  fire.  In 
1854  he  removed  to  Sackville,  N.  B.,  and  engaged  in  business. 
That  place  ever  after  was  his  home.  By  his  integrity  and  high 
sense  of  honor  he  won  the  respect  and  esteem  of  all.  He  pos- 
sessed courtly  manners  of  the  old  school.  Till  within  a  year 
of  his  death  his  health  was  perfect,  with  none  of  the  infirmi- 
ties of  age.  His  sight  and  hearing  and  mental  faculties 
were  good  to  the  last.  He  celebrated  his  golden  wedding  in 
July,  1889.  He  died  at  11:30  a.  m.,  on  Sunday,  December 
1, 1890. 

CHILDREN  BORN  NEWCASTLE,   N.   n. 


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1191. 

1192. 

1193. 
1194. 


1190.    Jano  Clark  Allison,"  b.  June  10,  1840;  m.  Seward  S.  Paddings,  of 

Bermuda,  and  d.  in  Bermuda,  June  18,  1888.    No  children. 
Henry  Burton  Allison,'  b.  Oct.  16,  1841;  m.  Nettie  Harrison,  of 

Boston;  no  children:  res.  Sackville,  N.  B. 
Margaret  Ann  Campbell  Allison,"  b.  Feb.  26,  1843;  res.  Sackville, 

N.  B. 
Sarah  Mary  Allison,"  b.  Aug.  12,  1845;  d.  April  1,  1858. 
Howard  Allan  Allison,"  b.  Jan.  12,  1848;   m.  Lizzie  Cheney,  of 

Boston;  res.  66  Inman  St.,  Cambridgeport,  Mass.    Children: 

I.  Henrietta  Beatrice  Allison,'  b.  March  14,  1886;  d.  Sept.  23,  1886. 

II.  H.  Burbridge  Cheney  Allison,'  b.  Aug.  30,  1890. 

1194a.    James  Walter  Allison"  (1234  a),  b.  March  31,  1850;   merchant; 

res.  Halifax,  N.  S. 
1194b.    Chester  Leonard  Allison,"  b.  Sept.  26,  1^52;  d.  Nov.  13,  1862. 

1195.  Joseph  Francis  Allison^  [1060]  (James,*  Joseph,^ 
William,^  John^.  He  was  born  at  Cornwallis,  N.  S.,  July 
23, 1806,  and  died  at  Sackville,  N.  B.,  May  29,  1863.  He 
married  Mary  A.,  daugliter  of  Oliver  and  Sarah  A.  Cogs- 
well, at  Sackville,  N.  B.,  Dec.  17,  1839.    She  was  born  at 


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196     GEORGE  AUGUSTUS  ALLISON,   OF  HALIFAX,  N.  S. 

Cornwallis,  N.  S.,  Feb.  14,  1816.  Mr.  Allison  was  a  leading 
merchant  at  Sackville,  N.  B.,  and  member  of  the  firm  of 
Crane  &  Allison.  He  was  an  estimable  man.  Mrs.  Allison 
married,  second,  in  Sept.,  1864,  Amos  Edwin  Botsford. 

CHILDREN. 


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1198. 

1199. 


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Susan  Alice  Allis'^n,'  b,  Oct.  22,  1840:  m.  Dr.  William  Johnston, 
July  1,  1863.  Sbe  married,  secona,  Herbert  Crosskill.  Her 
death  occurred  Sept.  7,  1889. 

Francis  Clifford  Allison,'  b.  Feb.  27,  1846;  d.  Aug.  28,  1848, 

Francis  Allison,'  b.  July  16,  1848;  m.,  Oct.  12,  1871,  Sophia  M,, 
daughter  of  Wilson  Welden,  of  Bathurst,  N.  B. 

James  F'rederick  Allison,"  b.  Oct.  20,  1850;  m.,  Sept.  8.  1881, 
Louisa  M.,  daughter  of  the  late  Major  William  Beverly  Robin- 
son, of  St.  John,  N.  B.    Postmaster  at  Sackville,  N.  B. 

Cassie  Allison,'  b.  May  10,  1853;  m.,  Feb.  23,  1888,  Alfred  Temple- 
ton  Parsons,  515  Clinton  ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.    He  is  proprie- 
tor of  extensive  stone  quarries  at  Sackville,  N.  B.,  wliere  he 
resides  in  the  summer  months. 
r:,     •  Allison,* b.  Feb,  3,  1856;  d.  Oct.  1,  1856. 


1202.  George  Augustus  Allison  ^  [1062]  (James,*  Jo- 
stph,^^ '^^illij '  -  John^).  He  was  born  in  1811;  married 
Martha  j.  rescctt  by  whom  he  had  eight  children.  He  mar- 
ried, second,  Mrs.  Kigly,  of  Sydney,  Cape  Breton.  Mr.  Alli- 
son dropped  dead  in  his  garden  June  8th,  1893.  He  resided 
at  Halifax,  N.  S. 

1203.  Samuel  Allison  ^  [1068]  (Samuel,*  William,^  Will- 
iam,2  John^).  He  was  born  in  Drumuaha,  Ireland,  near 
Limavady,  Nov.  21,  1797 ;  was  a  farmer,  and  resided  in 
that  place,  where  he  died  Sept.  26,  1878.  He  married,  Oct. 
18,  1832,  Rachel,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Hetty  (Steele) 
Hazlett,  of  Liffock,  Dunboe,  county  of  Londonderry,  Ireland, 
where  she  was  born  April  27, 1813.  She  was  the  grand- 
daughter of  Isaac  and  Margaret  (Carr)  Hazlett.  Mrs.  Alli- 
son still  lives  (1892)  in  Drumnaha,  Magillegan,  Ireland. 

CHILDREN  BORN  IN  DRUMNAHA,   IRELAND. 


1204.  Samuel  Allison,'  b.  Aug.  12,  1833;  m.,  Nov.  14,  1872,  Mary  Moore. 

Farmer;    res.  Drumnaha,  Ireland.     Three    sons   and   three 
daughters. 

1205.  William  Allison,'  b.  March  10,  1835;  m.,  Sept.,  1863,  Mary  Brown. 

Physician;  res.   Claudy,  county  of  Londonderry,  Ireland.    He 
has  four  sons  and  four  daughters. 

1206.  John  Allison,'  b.  Feb.  17,  1837;  ra.,  March,  1804,  Eleanor  Brew- 

ster; res.  Brisbane,  Australia.    One  son  and  one  daughter. 

1207.  Hetty  Ann  Allison,'  b.  June  24,  1839;  m.  William  Brewster:  res. 

Drumuaha,  Magillegan,  Ireland.    Two  sous  and  three  daugh- 
ters. 


JOHN  ALLISON,  OP  MINNEAPOLIS,  MINN. 


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1208. 

1209. 

1210. 
1211. 
1212. 

1213. 


1214. 


Isaac  Allison,"  b.  June  4,  1841;  d.  at  Drumnaha,  Ireland,  April  11, 
1861. 

Jane  Allison,"  b,  June  24,  1843;  m.,  May  0,  1805,  James  Binns; 
res.  Kansas.    Three  sons  and  four  daugliters. 

Robert  Allison,"  b.  Oct.  28,  184.5;  farmer;  res.  Drumnaha,  Ireland. 

Joseph  Allison,"  b.  March  28,  1848;  d.  June  17,  1848. 

Hazlett  Allison,"  b.  April  30, 1851;  m.,  June  25,  1891,  Mary  Woods. 
Surgeon  major;  res.  Madras,  India. 

Charles  Warke  Allison,"  b.  Oct.  7,  18.13;  m.,Nov.  29, 1883,  Eleanor 
Fleming.  Medical  doctor;  res.  Dungiven,  county  of  London- 
derry, Ireland.    Two  sons  and  one  daughter. 

Hugh  Allison,"  b.  Oct.  13,  1856;  m.,  Oct.  4,  1889,  Mabel  Wads- 
worth.    Medical  doctor;  res.  London,  England.    One  son. 


1215.  Rev.  John  Allison  ^  [1096]  (William,''  John,^  Joseph,^ 
John^).  He  was  born  on  the  Mantua  Farm  in  Newport, 
Hants  county.  Nova  Scotia,  May  16, 1821.  He  was  educated 
at  Annapolis,  N.  S.,  and  Dalhousie  college  in  Halifax,  N.  S. 
In  September,  1849,  he  was  ordained  to  the  ministry  in 
Fredericton,  New  Brunswick.  He  afterward  graduated  as 
A.  B.  and  A.  M.  at  Syracuse  University,  N.  Y.,  was  pastor  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  at  Cornwallis,  N.  S.,  Wood- 
stock, N.  B.,  St.  John,  N.  B.,  and  was  principal  of  the  Mount 
Allison  Ladies'  academy  at  Sackville,  N.  B.,  for  eight  years. 
In  1863  he  travelled  in  England,  Scotland,  Belgium,  France, 
Switzerland,  and  Germany.  In  1864-65  he  was  pastor  of  a 
church  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  and  later  was  pastor  four  years  in 
Milwaukee,  Wis.  In  1872  he  established  the  "Allison  Clas- 
sic "  academy  at  Oconomowoc,  Wis.  Was  pastor  at  Lanes- 
boro',  Minn.,  for  three  years ;  chaplain  of  the  Minnesota  state 
senate  in  1885 ;  lectured  for  the  Minnesota  State  Teachers' 
Institute  for  three  years.  In  1891  he  was  writing  for  the 
press  and  lecturing.  He  was,  in  Nova  Scotia,  considered  one 
of  the  first  pulpit  orators  in  the  maritime  provinces.  He  mar- 
ried in  Fredericton,  N.  B.,  Nov.  24,  1847,  Martha  Louisa, 
daughter  of  Richard  and  Mary  Davis  (Hosier)  Knight.  Her 
father  was  of  Exeter,  England.  She  was  born,  Feb.  26, 
1823,  in  Newfoundland.  She  was  his  excellent  helper  in  his 
life  work,  and  was  an  A.  B.  and  A.  M.  of  Genesee  college, 
Lima,  Livingston  county,  N.  Y.  She  died  in  1892.  He  re- 
sided at  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  and  d.  July  19,  1893. 


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CIIILDnEX. 


1216.  Charles  Edward  Allison,T  b.  Woodstock,  X.  B.,  May  2.3,  1850;  d. 

Dec.  25,  1852. 

1217.  William  Richard  Allison,'  b.  Woodstock,  X.  B.,  Fob.  2t1,  1852;  m., 

April  22,  1874,  Susie  M.  Curran.    He  is  a  physician;  res.  Minne- 
apolis, Minn.    Child: 

1218.  May  Louise  Allison,"  b.  March  10,  1878. 


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1219.  David  Allisons  [1120]  (James  Whiflden,^  John*, 
Joseph,^  William,^  John^).  Prof.  Allison  was  born  at  New- 
port, Hants  county.  Nova  Scotia,  July  3, 1836.  He  was  edu- 
cated at  Halifax  academy,  and  by  a  four  years  course  at  the 
academy  at  Sackville,  N.  B.,  where  he  took  the  highest  stand 
as  a  student,  at  the  Wesleyan  university  at  Middletown, 
Conn.,  where  he  pursued  his  collegiate  course  and  graduated 
in  1859  at  the  head  of  a  large  and  brilliant  class.  For  a  short 
time  he  taught  at  Stanstead,  Quebec,  then  he  returned  to 
Sackville,  N.  B.,  and  was  a  teacher  of  the  classics  in  the  acad- 
emy, and  was  made  pr>fessor  of  the  classics  on  the  establish- 
ment of  the  college.  In  1869  he  succeeded  Dr.  Pickard  in 
the  presidency,  which  he  resigned  in  1878  to  take  the  super- 
intendency  of  education  for  the  province  of  Nova  Scotia. 
That  position  he  held  until  Oot.  31,  1891.  He  was  reap- 
pointed president  of  the  university  at  Sackville  in  June,  1891, 
and  entered  upon  the  duties  of  the  position  in  November,  1 891. 
The  eminent  ability  with  which  he  filled  these  various  posi- 
tions furnishes  an  ample  guaranty  that  there  lies  before  him, 
as  president  of  Mount  Allison  university  for  the  second  time, 
an  administration  of  a  most  satisfactory  nature.  Among  the 
accepted  and  cherished  traditions  of  that  college  are  his  excep- 
tional capacity  as  an  instructor,  and  his  power  to  impress  him- 
self for  good  on  the  heads  and  hearts  of  those  under  his 
charge  and  influen  •^,  As  a  classical  scholar  he  has  rare 
acquirements,  and  is  noted  for  broad  and  tolerant  views  on 
matters  of  ecclesiastical  and  political  dispute.  His  power  as 
a  preacher  must  not  be  omitted  in  enumerating  the  elements 
which  go  to  make  up  his  educational  and  life  record.  Stu- 
dents are  unanimous  in  speaking  with  admiration  of  the 
manly,  thoughtful,  and  weighty  discourses  which  strongly 
impressed  the  hearts  of  his  hearers,  and  often  turned  in  the 
right  direction  forever  some  young  career  that  might,  but  for 
those  pregnant  words,  have  ended  in  a  lamentable  failure. 
Many  there  are  that  for  these  sermons  alone,  can  say  to  him, 
"  It  is  better  with  me,  it  shall  be  better  with  me,  because  I 
have  known  you."  In  the  history  of  this  branch  of  the  Alli- 
son family  he  has  taken  a  deep  and  decided  interest  and  fur- 
nished much  information  to  the  author  which  is  gratefully 
acknowledged.  He  received  the  degree  of  A.  B.  and  A.  M. 
from  Wesleyan  university,  Middletown,  Conn.,  and  of  LL.  D. 
from  Victoria  university,  Coburg,  Ontario,  in  1871.  He 
married,  June  18,  1862,  Elizabeth  Powell  of  New  Brunswick, 
a  lady  well  qualified  to  grace  the  various  circles  in  which  her 
husband's  various  positions  have  called  her  to  move.     She 


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was  born,  March  26,  1839,  at  Richibucto,  N.  B.,  and  is  great- 
granddaughter  of  Solomon  Powell,  a  Loyalist  in  the  Amer- 
ican Revolution,  who  emigrated  from  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y., 
in  1784,  to  Nova  Scotia.  Her  parents  were  Edmund  and 
Ann  Powell. 

CIIILDKEX. 

1220.  James  Whidden  Allison,'  b.  at  Sackville,  N.  B.,  Sept.  16,  1804;  d. 

Marcli  21,  1870. 

1221.  Edward  Powell  Allison,'  b.  at  Richibucto,   N.  B.,  July  0,  1866; 

graduated  at  Dalhousio  college,  Halifax,  N.  S.,  in  1800 ;  student 
at  law,  in  the  same  institution,  in  1801  and  in  1892;  is  with  the 
law  firm  of  Powell  &  Bennett,  Sackville,  N.  S. 

1222.  Charles  Frederick  Allison,'  b.  at  Sackville,  N.  B.,  Aug.  22,  1868;  d. 

MSiFcli  29   1885 

1223.  David  Allison,'  b.  "at  Sackville,  N.  B.,  July  22,  1871 ;  student  in  1892 

at  Mount  Allison  academy,  Sackville,  N.  B. 

1224.  Henry  Augustus  Allison,'  b.  at  Sackville,  N.  B.,  Aug.  «,  1877;  stu- 

dent in  1802  at  Mount  Allison  academy,  Sackville,  N.  B. 


1225.  Charles  Allison «  [1135]  (Samuel  Leonard,^  Joseph,* 
Joseph,^  William,^  John  ^ ).  He  was  born  in  Kentville,  N.  S., 
Sept.  22, 1821.  In  1858  he  was  appointed  justice  of  the  peace 
for  Queens  county,  N.  S. ;  in  1864  was  elected  to  the  Nova 
Scotia  parliament  as  representative  of  North  Queens  Co. ;  in 
1865  was  appointed  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  militia,  and  in 
1867  was  chosen  a  member  of  the  provincial  government  with 
the  office  of  commissioner  of  mines.  In  September,  1867,  he 
and  all  his  colleagues  were  defeated  at  the  election,  with  the 
exception  of  the  attorney-general,  Hiram  Blanchard.  In 
1879  he  was  appointed  inspector  of  weights  and  measures  for 
the  Yarmouth  division,  a  position  he  still  holds.  He  mar- 
ried, July  19,  1848,  Lavinia,  daughter  of  George  and  Kate 
(Kempton)  Freeman,  of  Milton,  Queens  county,  N.  S.  She 
was  born  in  the  township  of  Caledonia,  Nov.  30, 1828.  Re- 
sides Yarmouth,  N.  S. 


CHILDREN  BORN  IN   KEMPT,   QUEENS  COUNTV,    N.    8. 


1226. 


1227. 


Alice  Sophia  Allison,'  b.  Feb.  23,  1851;  m.  Feb.  12,  18Tft,  J.  Lewis 
Johnson,  of  Liverpool,  N.  S. ;  she  is  correspou'.'T..;  clerk  in 
Yo^it/i's  Companion  office;  res.  Boston,  Mass.  v.".  -Mid  now 
deceased. 
Charlotte  Elizabeth  Allison,'  b.  Julv  8,  1852;  m.,  June,  1870,  to 
Richard  Lewis,  who  died  at  Exploits  river,  Newfoundliind,  in 
June,  1800.  Res.  Kempt,  Queens  county,  N.  S.  She  died  at 
New  Germany,  N.  S.,  Oct.,  1880.    Children: 

I.    Leon  Lewis,*  res.  Boston,  Mass. 

IL    Letitia  Lewis,'  res.  Maitland,  N.  S. 

in.    Kate  Lewis,'  res.  Now  Germany,  N.  S. 


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1228.  Catharine  AlllBon,'  b.  Aug.  13, 1854 ;  m.,  Oct.  12,  1877,  Frank  H. 
McCoy,  of  Cambridgeport.     Child : 

I.    Rosie  McCoy.* 

1220.  Edith  Allison,'  b.  Nov.  12,  18ofl;  m.,  Sept.  3, 18a3,  Sylvester  S.  Mur- 
ray, of  Liverpool,  N.  S.,  who  d.  leaving  one  child.  She  m., 
second,  George  Johns  of  Maitland,  N.  S.  They  res.  at  Kempt, 
Queens  Co.,  N.  S.     Children: 

I.  Helen  M.  Murray.' 

II.    Johns.' 

1230.  Mary  Arabella  Allison,'  b.  July  27,  la'iS;  m.,  Oct.  28, 1877,  ^^^ward 

D.  Kathrens,  of  Annapolis,  N,  S.     They  res.  Somervi.'  "s. 

Four  children. 

1231.  Joseph  Leonard  Allison,'  b.  April  4,  1861.     He  was  drowned  in 

Henry  Minard's  lake,  at  Kempt,  Queens  Co.,  N.  S.,  July  3, 
1874. 

1232.  Helen  Maud  Allison,'  b.  April  24,  1803;  m.,  Sept.  1,  1890,  Samuel 

F.  Cohoon,  of  Beverly  Farms,  Mass.     One  child. 

1233.  Henry  Allison,'  b.  June  28,  1805;  d.  at  Halifax,  N.  S.,  Dec.  17, 

1888 

1234.  diaries  Edward  Allison,'  b.  June  11, 1871. 


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1234a.  James  Walter  Allison"  [1194  1104a]  (Henry  B.,^ 
James,*  Joseph,^  William,''*  John  i).  He  was  born  in  New  Cas- 
tle, N.  B.,  March  31,  1850.  His  family  removed  to  Sack- 
ville,  N.  B.,  when  he  was  four  years  of  age,  and  there  he  was 
educated  at  Mount  Allison  academy  and  college,  founded  by 
his  uncle,  Charles  F.  Allison.  In  1871  he  became  a  book- 
keeper for  Douall  &  Miller,  a  large  business  house  in  'Hali- 
fax, N.  S.  There  his  business  faculties  unfolded  rapid  id 
later  he  went  into  the  commission  business,  and  later  s*  .o 

partnership  with  the  late  John  P.  Mott,  and  in  1876  his  name 
appeared  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  John  P.  Mott  &  Co., 
where  he  has  since  been  an  active  member.  In  its  interest 
he  has  travelled  throughout  the  maritime  provinces,  through 
Quebec  and  Ontario,  and  other  parts  of  Canada.  Since  the 
death  of  John  P.  Mott,  in  1890,  Mr.  Allison  has  been  the 
manager  and  executor  of  the  estate,  which  is  above  three 
fourths  of  a  million  of  dollars  in  value.  He  is  a  director  in 
the  People's  Bank  of  Halifax ;  a  director  in  the  Eastern  As- 
surance Company  (capital  $1,000,000);  a  director  in  the  New 
Glasgow  Iron,  Coal  and  Railway  Co.  (capital  11,000,000) ;  a 
director  in  the  Nova  Scotia  Permanent  Benefit  Building 
Society  and  Savings  Fund,  one  of  the  largest  monetary  in- 
stitutions in  the  lower  provinces;  a  director  in  the  Ocean 
Mutual  Marine  Insurance  Co.,  and  a  director  in  the  Nova 
Scotia  Steam  Packet  Co.  His  various  monetary  and  com- 
mercial responsibilities  tax  his  powers  heavily,  but  not  be- 
yond their  strength.  He  married,  Oct.  10,  1876,  Mary  Pres- 
cott,  of  Bail  Virte,  N.  B.  No  children.  Resides  at  Hali- 
fax, N.  S. 


THOMAS  MORRISON  ALLISON,  OF  LIMAVADY,   IRE.   201 


ALLISONS  OF  EVISH  HILL  AND  OF  LIMAVADY,  COUNTY  OF 
LONDONDERRY,  IRELAND,  AND  LATER  OF  STILL- 
"^ATER,   MIRAMICHI    COUNTY,   NEW   BRUNSWICK. 

1235.  Thomas  Morrison  Allison  lived  in  Limavady,  county 
of  Londonderry,  Ireland,  in  1892,  and  his  family  of  Allisons 
came  from  Evish  Hill  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  London- 
derry, Ireland.  This  Evish  Hill  is  near  Enoch  Loch,  some- 
what off  the  road  leading  from  Limavady  to  Londonderry. 

1236.  Rev.  James  Allison,  a  great  uncle  of  Mr.  Allison, 
preached  for  many  years  at  Breckfield  Presbyterian  church 
in  the  same  district,  but  nearer  Cumber  Cloudy  than  to  Lon- 
donderry. 

The  grandfather  of  T.  M.  Allison,  born  in  1768,  sold  his 
farm  at  Evish  Hill,  and  with  his  whole  family,  except  one 
son,  the  father  of  T.  M.  Allison,  of  Limavady,  emigrated  to 
Stillwater,  Miramichi,  New  Brunswick,  in  the  early  part  of 
this  century,  or  about  1825.  The  names  of  his  sons  who 
emigrated  with  him  were, — 

1237.  William  Allison,  who  died  about  1872. 
1237a.    Samuel  Allison. 

1238.  David  Allison. 

1239.  Hugh  Allison  ;  and  two  daughters  emigrated. 
This  family  is  probably  connected  with  the  Allisons  of 

Drumnaha,  Ireland,  and  of  Nova  Scotia. 


THE  MORRISONS,   ALLISONS,   HUNTERS,   AND  CROOKS.^ 

Claggan,  county  of  Londonderry,  Ireland,  is  about  equi- 
distant from  Londonderry  and  Aghadowey,  and  on  the  road 
between  those  places.  There  the  Morrisons  have  lived  from 
long  before  the  siege  of  Derry,  1688-'89,  and  live  there 
still.  At  one  time  they  were  in  possession  of  the  greater 
portion  of  Bally  Kilby  Highlands.  The  deed  to  their  farm, 
granted  by  the  Connally  family,  is  dated  in  1700.  William 
Morrison  resided  at  Claggan  in  1892.  As  early  as  1644  it  is 
said  that  Hugh  and  Robert  Morison  came  from  Scotland  and 
settled  in  Dromore,  and  the  Morrisons  of  Maghera,  Claggan, 
and  vicinity  are  their  descendants.  It  is  claimed  that  James 
Morison  and  Robert  Morison,  immortalized  by  Macauley  as 
among  the  brave  defenders  of  Londonderry  in  1688-'89, 
were  from  Claggan.  This  is  possible,  but  hardly  probable. 
The  house  in  which  one  of  the   Morisons  is  said  to  have 

'  From  a  letter  of  Thomas  Morrison  Allisoa,  Esq.,  dated  Nov.  10,  1891. 


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THE  MOBBISOKS  OF  GLAGOAN,  IRELAND. 


lived  was  pointed  out  to  me  in  Londonderry  in  1884,  and  I 
met  an  inhabitant  of  that  city  of  the  same  name  who  claimed 
to  be  a  descendant. 

My  relatives,  the  Morrisons  of  Windham  and  Londonderry, 
N.  H.,  together  with  the  founders  of  the  branch  at  Notting- 
ham, N.  H.,  endured  the  horrors  of  the  "siege,"  and  shared 
the  honors  of  the  final  triumph. 

At  the  time  of  the  siege  it  is  said, — "  Lord  Antrim's  men, 
the  Red  Shanks,  coming  through  Limavady,  every  one  hur- 
ried for  safety  to  Londonderry,  among  the  rest.  Rev.  Mr. 
Crooks,  the  then  Presbyterian  minister  of  Bally  Kilby,  tak- 
ing with  him  many  of  his  people.  Rev.  Mr.  Crooks  was  one 
of  the  Presbyterian  clergymen  who  oflficiated  alternately  in 
the  cathedral  of  Derry  with  their  Episcopalian  brethren. 
He  is  buried  in  Walworth  (Bally  Kilby)  old  burying-ground, 
beside  the  Hunters  and  Allisons  of  Claggan."  The  Allisons 
were  old  settlers  in  Claggan,  and  intermarried  with  the  Mor- 
risons. 

Another  branch  of  the  Allisons  lived  at  Evish  Hill,  as 
stated,  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  Londonderry,  Ireland. 
Some  of  them  emigrated  to  Miramichi,  New  Brunswick, 
about  1825  to  1830,  and  are  yet  in  that  locality.  Thomas 
Morrison  Allison,  of  Limavady,  Ireland,  is  as  before  stated, 
of  this  latter  family. 


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CHAPTER  XI. 

THE  ALLISONS  OF  HOLLAND,  AND  LATER  OF  ROCKLAND 
COUNTY,  NEW  YORK. 


Godfrey  McAlestor  of  Loupe,  Scotland,  adhered  to  the 
cause  of  James  VII,  and  was  at  the  Battle  of  Killiecrankie, 
Scotland ;  and  also  at  Cromdale,  May  1,  1690.  Later  he 
went  to  Ireland,  and  was  at  the  Battle  of  the  Boyne.  He 
had  three  sons  :  Hector  McAlestor,  or  Alison,  as  the  name  is 
alternately  called,  of  Loupe ;  Charles,  who  succeeded  his 
brother,  and  Duncan  McAlestor,  or  Alison,  who  settled  in 
Holland  (had  a  son,  who  was  a  general  in  the  Dutch  service 
and  commanded  the  Scots  brigade)  and  left  many  descend- 
ants. It  is  possible,  and  very  probable,  that  this  branch  of 
the  Allisons  sprang  from  him. 

1240.  Noah  Allison  ^  was  born  in  Holland,  migrated  to  the 
United  States,  and  died  in  Rockland  county,  New  York. 
His  son 

1241.  Thomas  Allison  ^  was  born  in  New  York,  N.  Y., 
Sept.  9,  1777,  He  was  a  sea  captain  and  followed  the  seas 
for  years.  He  married  Catherine  Hoffman,  who  was  born 
May  26,  1789,  and  died  June  4,  1828.  They  resided  in  New 
York,  N.  Y.  One  night  the  house  of  Mr.  Allison  was  entered 
by  an  Irish  sailor,  who  stabbed  him  eleven  times  on  the  head 
and  breast,  and  escaped.  Mr.  Allison  lingered  for  seven 
years,  and  died,  Nov.  5,  1819,  from  the  effects  of  the  brutal 
assault.  He  had  lived  42  years,  1  month,  27  days.  At  the 
time  of  the  assault  the  fiend  threw  Mrs.  Allison  and  one  child 
down  into  the  cellar.  After  the  death  of  Mr.  Allison  his 
widow  cared  for  her  family  for  a  few  years,  and  died  at  New- 
burgh,  N.  Y.,  aged  39  years,  9  days. 


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1242.  William  Noah  Allison'  (1247),  b.  Oct.  30, 1808;  m.  Ann  Eliza  Coltou, 

March  20,  1830,  and  died  Sept.  2.j,  1872. 

1243.  Mary  Ann  Allison,  M).  Aug.  18,  1811.    She  ni.  Charles  Brown,  of 

New  York,  N.  Y.  They  are  deceased,  but  left  a  large  family. 
One  son,  William  II.  Brown,*  was  clerk  in  a  drug  store  recently 
and  lived  in  New  York  city. 


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204       WILLIAM  NOAH  ALLISON,  OF  NEWBURQH,  N.  Y. 

1244.  Caroline  Allison,'  b.  Nov.  27,  1813;  m.,  May  31,  1828,  David  Sny- 

claker.  They  are  deceased,  but  left  a  large  family.  One 
daughter,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Rhodes,*  lives  in  Adrian,  Mich.,  and 
another  is  Mrs.  William  Rhodes,*  Bath  Beach,  Long  Island, 
N.  Y. 

1245.  Elizabeth  Allison,'  b.  June  13,  1816.    She  was  several  times  mar- 

ried. Her  last  husband  was  William  Downs,  and  she  res. 
recently  in  Summit,  N.  J. 

1246.  Thomas  Allison,  Jr.,3  b.  Aug.  28,  1819 ;  d.  March 
26,  1820.  Mrs.  Catherine  (Hoffman)  Allison  m.,  second, 
Elias  Shipman,  and  had  two  children  :  Charles  W.  Shipman, 
b.  Dec.  5,  1822,  Ayuba  Shipman,  b.Nov.  15, 1825. 

1247.  William  Noah  Allison  3  [1242]  (Thomas,^  Noah  i  ). 
He  was  born  Oct.  30,  1808,  married,  March  20,  1830,  Ann 
Eliza  Col  ton.  He  served  an  apprenticeship  of  seven  years 
with  Diraond  Chandler  in  the  city  of  New  York,  as  a  maker 
of  spectacles.  This  business  he  followed  until  his  death, 
Sept.  25, 1872,  aged  63  years,  10  months,  26  days.  He  lived 
in  Middletown,  Conn.,  and  moved  to  Newburgh,  N.  Y.,  about 
1839.  Mrs.  Allison  died  in  Newburgh,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  17,  1841. 
He  died  at  Fruit  Hill,  R.  I.,  of  dropsy.  Soon  after  this  the 
home  was  broken  up,  and  the  children  were  separated  and 
went  to  live  in  different  places. 

CHILDBEX. 

1248.  Ann  Eliza  Allison*  (12-52),  b.  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  29,  1830;  res.  200 

8th  Ave.,  New  York,  N.  Y.  She  m.  William  H.  Bross,  May  25, 
1852. 

1249.  Louisa  Amanda  Allison*  (1265),  b.  Feb.  18,  1832.    She  m.,  Nov.  21, 

1852,  Rev.  Richard  L.  Shurter.     He  was  b.  Sept.  17, 1832.    Res. 

Sing-Sing-ou-the-Hudson,  N.  Y, 
125C     William  Francis  Allison*  (1277),  b.  New  York  city,  Oct.  26,  1833; 

res.  Fruit  Hill,  K.  L;  r.  C,  L'entredale,  R.  L 
1251.     CharlesHemy  Allison*  (1280),  b.  Oct.  20,  1826;  res.  86  Oak  St., 

Spiingfield,  Mass. 

1252.  Ann  Eliza  Allison*  [1248]  (William  Noah,^ Thorn as,2 
Noahi).  She  was  born  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  29,  1830. 
She  married  (the  second  wife).  May  25,  1852,  William  H. 
Bross,  who  is  deceased.  She  resides  206  8th  avenue.  New 
York,  N.  Y. 

CniLDREX   BORN   NEW  YORK,    N.    Y. 

i2.53.  William  H.  Bross,'  b.  April  15,  1854. 

12.')4.  Robert  Bross,'  b.  Jan.  17,  18.55. 

1255.  Daniel  Colton  Bross,'  b.  Jan.  11,  1857. 

1256.  Charles  Allison  Bross,'  b.  March  4,  185S;  d.  July  8,  1858. 
1267.  John  Edmund  Bross,'  b.  :Mav  6,  1860;  d.  July  8,  1800. 

1258.  George  Adrian  Bross,'  b.  Julv  23,  1801. 

1259.  John  Lane  Bross,'  b.  Oct.  24,'lS62. 


LOUISA  A.  ALLISON,  OP  SING  SING,  N.  Y. 


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1260.  Cbarles  Allison  Bross,"  b.  July  13,  1863;  d.  March  7,  1864. 

1261.  Frank  Bross,"  b.  July  30,  1866;  d.  Feb.  25,  1869. 

1262.  llichard  Shutter  Bross,"  b.  March  11,  1868. 

1263.  Sarah  Louise  Bro8s,»  b.  Jan.  2,  1870;  d.  Aug.  .30,  1874. 

1264.  Allison  Br08S,»  b.  Jan.  2,  1870;  d.  July  16,  1870. 

1265.  Louisa  Amanda  Allison «  [1249]  (William  Noah,^ 
Thomas,^  Noah  ^ ).  She  was  born  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  18, 
1832  ;  married,  Nov.  21,  1852,  Rev.  Richard  L.  Shorter,  born 
Sept.  17,  1832,  in  Dutchess  county,  N.  Y.  They  reside  52 
North  Malcolm  street,  Sing-Sing-on-the-Hudson,  N.  Y.  He 
joined  the  New  York  Methodist  Episcopal  conference  in  1857, 
and  is  on  his  sixteenth  pastorate,  being  now  with  the  North 
Malcolm-street  church  in  Sing  Sing.  He  is  son  of  Felix  and 
Mary  E.  (Carmen)  Shurter,  who  resided  at  Fishkill,  N.  Y. 
His  father  was  born  Aug.,  1784 ;  died  Aug.,  1875  ;  and  was 
son  of  Frederick  Shurter,  Iborn  in  Switzerland,  and  died  in 
Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

CHILDREN. 


1266.  Eliza  Col  ton  Shurter,'  b.  Newburgh,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  25,   ISoZ;   m., 

March  6,  1885,  Kcv.  J.  W.  A.  Dodge;  res.  Marlborough,  N.  Y. 

1267.  Minnie  Louisa  Shurter,"  b.  Dec.  19,  1855;  m.,  April  25,  1877,  Wil- 

liam G.  Eades,  b.  Shiloh,  Ky.,  Oct.  28,  1850.    He  is  a  railroad 
clerk.    Res.  88  Broadway,  Sing  Sing,  N.  Y.    Child. 
I,    Wilfred  Fades,'  b.  Dec.  11,  1887. 

1268.  Elijah  Budd  Shurter,'  b.  Highland  Mills,  N.  Y..  Oct.  7,  1858;  m., 

Oct.  7,  1880,  Elizabeth  Katherine  Lawson,  b.,  1860,  West  Hur- 
ley, N.  Y.    Is  private  secretary  to  president  of  Northern  & 
Wilmington  R.  R.,  and  is  secretary  of  the  road.    Res.  Ellsmere 
near  Wilmington,  Del.,  P.  O.  100  Maryland  ave.,  Wilmington, 
Del.     Children: 
Willie  Bell  Shurter,"  b.  Dec.  12,  1882. 
Frank  Lawson  Shurter,'  b.  Dec.  7,  1884. 
Robert  Allison  Shurter,"  b.  Sept.  11,  1887. 

Frances  Edith  Shurter,"  b.  Gardentown,  N.  Y 

Oct.  7,  1866,  at  Highland  Mills,  N.  Y. 
William  Allison  Shurter,"  b.  Gardentown,  N.  Y. 
Oct.  13,  1806. 

Richard  Wardworth  Shurter,"  b.  March  10,  1864,  at  Warwick,  N. 
Y.;  m.,  1890,  Vinetta  Stewart,  b.  New  Ycrk,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  18, 
1865.  Real  estate  agent.  Res.  151  E.  87th  street.  New  York, 
N.  Y.    Office  in  42nd  street. 

Adele  Shurter,"  b.  Highland  Mills,  N.  Y.,  May  13,  1866;  d.  June 
19, 1806. 

Roberta  Allison  Shurtor,B  b.  Highland  Mills,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  8,  1867; 
m.,  Aug.  17,  1887,  Frederick  Buckley,  a  merchant;  res.  Liberty, 
N.  Y. 

Earnest  Shurter,"  b.  Dec.  21,  1870;  d.  Dec.  31,  1870. 

Willie  Bell  Shurter,"  b.  April  24,  1872;  d.  March  4,  1881. 

Nedaline  V.  M.  Shurter,"  b.  Aug.  14,  1874.  Student.  Res.  Sing 
Sing,  N.  Y. 


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II. 

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1269. 

1270. 
1271. 


1272. 
1273. 


1274. 
1275. 
1276. 


,  July  8,  1860;  d. 
March  27,  1862;  d. 


1277.     William  Francis  Allison  *  [1250]  (William  Noah,* 
Thomas,^  Noah  ^ ).     He  was  born  in  New  York  city,  Oct.  26, 


206  WILLIAM  FRANCIS  ALLISON,  OP  CENTREDALE,  R.  I. 


1833 ;  married,  May  27,  1855,  Mary  Ann  Sheldon  Brown, 
daughter  of  Dexter  and  Ann  Maria  (Sheldon)  Brown  of  Scit- 
uate,  R.  I.  Her  father  died  in  North  Providence,  R.  I.,  in 
1861.  He  was  son  of  Henry  and  Mary  (Esten)  Brown,  of 
Scituate,  and  Henry  died  there  Sept.,  1854.  Mrs.  Allison  was 
bom  in  North  Providence,  R.  I.,  Jan.  27, 1828.  Her  maternal 
grandfather  was  John  Frazier  Sheldon.  He  was  an  early  and 
wealthy  settler  in  Providence,  R.  I. ;  died  there,  aged  87  years. 
He  was  born  in  Providence,  R.  I.  Mr.  Allison  served  fifteen 
months  in  the  Second  regiment,  Rhode  Island  volunteers,  in 
"  the  late  unpleasantness,"  and  one  year  and  nine  months  in 
the  Second  United  States  cavalry.  Is  a  carpenter  and  mill- 
wright.   Resides  at  Centredale,  R.  I. 


CHILDREN. 


1278.  Frank  II.  Allison,"  b.  North  Providence,  R.  I.,  Sept.  .3,  1860.  He 
m.  May  Hutchinson.  Farmer;  res.  Colby,  Thomas  Co.,  Kansas, 
for  five  years,  and  now  (1892)  res.  The  Oxford  Club,  Colorado 
City,  Colorado. 

1270.  William  Sheldon  Allison,' b.  South  Scituate,  R.  I.,  May  4,  1868; 
carpenter  and  builder;  res.  South  Scituate,  R.  I. 

1280.  Charles  Henry  Allison* [1251]  (William  Noah,3 
Thomas,^  Noah  ^  ).  He  was  born  in  Middletown,  Conn.,  Oct. 
20,  1836 ;  married,  Nov.  25,  1860,  Louisa,  daughter  of 
Edmund  and  Mary  Ann  (Whitney)  Smith,  who  died  at  West 
Granville,  Mass.,  May  13,  1866.  He  married,  second,  Dec. 
24,  1869,  Lucy  M.,  daughter  of  Otis  and  Ruth  (Hopkins) 
Hawkes.  She  was  born  March  12, 1838,  in  Voluntown,  Conn., 
and  is  still  living.  Her  father  was  born  at  Smithfield,  R.  I., 
Sept.  14, 1798,  and  resided  at  Centreville,  R.  I.  Her  mother, 
Ruth  Hopkins,  died  Oct.,  1881,  at  Hopkins  Hollow,  R.  I. 
She  married,  first,  March  1,  1860,  Charles  Hyde  Rice,  born 
Norwich,  Ct.,  Feb.  17, 1836,  and  died  Jan.  20, 1868.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  Third  Rhode  Island  Light  Artillery,  from  1862 
till  close  of  the  war.  Residence,  Providence,  R.  I.  He  died 
in  Massachusetts  General  hospital  at  Boston,  Mass.  Mr. 
Allison,  in  early  life,  lived  in  Sparta  and  New  York,  N.  Y., 
and  at  Centredale,  R.  I.  The  latter  place  was  the  first  home 
of  his  life,  and  there  he  spent  many  years.  He  then  went  to 
Allendale,  near  Providence,  R.  I.,  later  to  Boston  and  Wor- 
cester, Mass.,  and  to  New  York  city,  where  he  learned  the 
trade  of  an  optician.  Later  removed  to  Longmeadow,  and 
then  to  Springfield,  Mass.,  where  he  worked  until  the  out- 
break of  the  Rebellion.  Then  he  enlisted  as  a  private,  Aug., 
1862,  in  Company  F,  Twenty-seventh  regiment  Massachusetts 


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volunteers,  under  Capt.  John  W.  More,  and  shared  the  fort- 
unes of  the  regiment ;  was  in  eighteen  engagements.  At 
Petersburg,  Va.,  in  a  charge,  June  18,  1864,  he  was  shot 
through  the  right  thigh,  and  a  few  minutes  later  a  bullet 
ploughed  its  way  through  his  left  knee,  which  ended  his 
fighting  and  made  him  a  cripple  for  life.  Weary  months 
were  passed  in  the  hospital  at  Hampton,  Va.,  but  he  finally 
was  carried  to  his  home  in  Springfield,  Mass.  He  was  dis- 
charged at  Fort  Monroe,  Va.,  Nov.  3,  1864.  He  is  past 
commander  of  the  E.  K.  Wilcox  Grand  Army  post  of  Spring- 
field, is  a  Good  Templar,  and  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity. He  is  employed  in  the  United  States  armory.  Re- 
sides at  86  Oak  street,  Springfield,  Mass.    No  children. 

MRS.  Allison's  CHILD  dy  her  first  husband. 

JanetteElnora  Rice,  b.  Providence,  R.  I.,  Jan.  3,  1861;  m.,  Oct.  6.  1878, 
Henri  E.  Jones  of  Springfield,  Mass.,  who  was  b.  in  Xew  Haven, 
Ct.,  Aug.  17,  1858.  No  children.  He  is  a  bookbinder.  Res. 
New  York,  N.  Y. 


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CHAPTER  XII. 

THE  ALLISONS   OF  ORANGE  COUNTY,   NEW   YORK. 

The  name  appears  in  the  records  both  as  Allison  and  Elli- 
son. Three  Allisons,  Joseph  Allison,  John  Allison,  and 
Richard  Allison,  settled  in  Orange  county,  N.  Y.  The  first 
mentioned  appeared  early  at  Southold,  Long  Island,  N.  Y. 
He  and  the  others  may  have  come  directly  from  the  old 
world,  as  Southold  was  a  port  of  entry,  and  diligent  search 
might  fail  to  reveal  his  place  of  origin ;  or  they  may  have 
landed  in  New  England,  and  emigrated  later  to  New  York ; 
or,  possibly,  they  may  have  been  offshoots  of  some  Allison  or 
Ellison  family  given  in  this  book,  but  where  the  connecting 
lines  have  not  been  discovered.  The  similarity  of  Christian 
names  would  argue  in  favor  of  the  latter  proposition.  On 
the  other  hand,  there  is  a  tradition  in  the  family  that 
Joseph  Allison  came  from  or  near  Edinburgh,  Scotland.  Dil- 
igent search  has  been  made,  in  many  offices,  books,  records, 
and  places,  for  some  clue  to  their  earlier  history  and  for 
their  ancestry,  but  nothing  has  been  found,  and  probably 
nothing  more  will  ever  be  ascertained  than  what  is  given  in 
this  book.     These  Allisons  were  probably  brothers. 

1281.  Joseph  Allison,^  about  1720,  was  at  Southold,  Long 
Island,  N.  Y.,  and  was  a  resident  there  in  1721.  He  is 
called  "yeoman"  in  various  deeds.  In  1725  or  1726  he 
went  to  the  town  of  Goshen,  Orange  county,  as  one  of  the 
first  settlers,  having  previously  purchased  a  large  tract  of 
land.  In  the  patent  this  purchase  was  called  "  the  Allison 
tract,"  and  has  since  been  known  by  that  name,  is  so  desig- 
nated in  the  Wawayanda  patent,  and  is  among  the  richest 
lands  in  the  county.  The  home  of  Mr.  Allison  was  in 
Goshen,  where  he  lived  till  his  death  in  1755.  He  made  his 
will  in  1752,  which  is  recorded  in  the  surrogate's  office  in 

His  daughters,  Christian  names  not 
follows:  one  daughter  married  Mr. 
son,  William  Allison  McNeal  f  another 
left  a  son,  William  Allison  Ed- 
married  Mr.  Jones,  and    left    a 


New   York,  N.   Y. 
given,    married    as 
McNeal,  and  left  a 
married  Mr.   Edsall,   and 
sail  f  the   third   daughter 


son,    Micah    Allison    Jones.^      Mr.    Allison   left  a   money 


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209 


legacy  to  his  granddaughter,  Mary  Horton,^  with  her  moth- 
er's wearing  apparel.  Another  legacy  was  to  his  grandson, 
Nathan  Moore,^  who  was  not  of  age.  He  left  legacies  to 
Ann  Thompson  and  Margaret  Bradner.  The  following  are 
the  known  Christian  names  of  his  children : 

CHILDREN. 

1282.  Elizabeth  Allison,'  not  of  age  Oct.  17,  1752. 

1283.  Sarali  Allison.'    No  record. 

1284.  William  Allison'  (1307),  not  of  age  Oct.  17,  1752.    He  resided  in 

Goshen,  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  d.  in  1804. 

1285.  Pliojbe  Allison.'    No  record. 

1286.  Benjamin  Allison.'    No  record. 

1287.  Cornelius  Allison,'  m.  Rebecca . 

1288.  Richardson  Allison'  (1312),  m.  Anna ;  d.  1769;  res.  Goshen, 

Orange  Co.,  N.  Y. 

1289.  Joseph  Allison.'    He  was  the  eldest  son,  and  was  living  Nov.  8, 

1757,  and  was  appointed  by  his  brother  Thomas  one  of  the  ex- 
ecutors of  his  will. 

1290.  Richard  Allison.'    He  was  living  Nov.  8,  1757,  and  was  appointed 

by  his  brother  Thomas,  one  of  the  executors  of  his  will. 

1291.  Thomas  Allison'  (1315),  m.  Margaret ,  and  d.  1757;  res. 

Goshen,  N.  Y. 

1292.  Isaac  Allison'  (1320),  not  of  age  Oct.  17,  1752;   m.  Anna , 

and  d.  1793;  res.  Warwick,  near  Amity,  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y. 

1293.  John  Allison,*  one  of  the  three  Allisons,  and  a 
probable  brother  of  Joseph  whose  history  has  been  given, 
lived  near  Florida,  a  precinct  of  Goshen,  Orange  county, 
N.  Y.  He  died  in  the  town  of  Walkill,  Orange  county,  in 
1764.  His  will  was  dated  Sept.  12, 1763,  proven  June  11, 
1764,  and  is  recorded  in  the  surrogate's  office  in  the  city  of 
New  York.  His  brother,  Richard  Allison,  was  named  as 
executor. 

CHILDREN. 


-,  and  in  1776  livod  in  Orange  Co., 


1294.  John  Allison,'  m.  Abigail  — 

N.  Y. 

1295.  Henrv  Allison,'  res.,  in  1776,  in  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y. 

1296.  Richard  Allison.' 

1297.  Keziah  Allison.' 

1298.  Elizabeth  Allison.' 

1299.  Bridget  Allison.' 

1300.     Richard  Allison,*  another  of  the   three   Allisons. 
(The  relationship  to  John  Allison  is  shown  by  the  latter's 

will.)     He  died  in   1767.     His   wife   was   Martha  . 

Resided  in  Warwick,  Orange  county,  N.  Y.,  where  his  deatli 
occurred.     His  will  is  recorded  in  Goshen,  N.  Y.,  and  in  it 
he  mentions  his  brother-in-law,  John  Wells;  will  dated  Oct. 
23, 1766  or  1776. 
14 


i' 


^10 


WILLIAM  ALLISON,   OP  GOSHEN,   N.  Y. 


CHILDREN. 

1301.  Joseph  Allison.'    He  lived  in  Goshen,  N.  Y.,  made  his  will  June 

6,  1702,  proved  June  16,  1702.  He  was  a  resident  of  Goshen, 
N.  Y.  lie  speaks  of  his  lands  hounded  by  those  of  John  and 
William  Allison.     They  must,  have  been  his  brothers.    He  m. 

Abigail  ,  and  had  children:  Joseph  Allison,'  Richard 

Allison,"  Deborah  Allison,'  and  Mary  Allison."  Ilis  brother- 
in-law,  Xathaniel  Roe,  and  cousin,  James  Sawyer,  executors. 

1302.  John  Allison,'  m. .     He  was  livin<j  Jan.   19,   1797. 

Children:     Elizabeth  Allison,'  m.   Mr.  Smith.      Child:   Wis- 

ner  Allison  Smitli.*    John  Wisner  Allison,"  m.  Anne  . 

He  died  in  Warwick,  N.  Y.,  in  1802.     No  children. 

1303.  William  Allison,'  m.  Martha ,  lived  in  New  York  city,  and 

died  in  1797.  No  children.  lie  was  a  merchant.  He  was  an 
inn-keeper  in  New  York.  Had  a  wife,  Martha.  He  made  his 
will  Jan.  19,  17i>7,  proven  Feb.  5,  1797.  His  brother,  John 
Allison,  w.as  then  living.  Among  others  mentioned  was  AVil- 
liam,  son  of  Stephen  Sears. 

1304.  Martha  Allison,'  m.   Mr.   Carpenter.      Child:    Richard    Allison 

Carpenter." 

1305.  Margaret  Allison,'  m.  Nathaniel  Roe.    Child:    William  Allison 

Roe." 

1306.  Elizabeth  Allison,'  m.   Mr.  Carpenter.      Child:    Benjamin  Car- 

l)enter.'    She  was  living  Jan.  19,  1797. 


1307.  Gen.  William  Allisons  [1284]  (Joseph  1).  He  was, 
for  that  period,  a  very  wealthy  farmer  and  land-owner,  and 
resided  on  the  Drowned  Lands,  Goshen,  Orange  county, 
N.  Y.  On  April  20,  1777,  he  was  a  delegate  from  Orange 
county,  to  a  convention  which  met  at  Kingston  to  frame  the 
constitution  of  New  York.  He  was  patriotic,  and  during  the 
Revolutionary  War  did  valiant  service  as  an  officer.  He  was 
then  colonel  of  the  militia,  and  commanded  an  Orange 
County  regiment.  Forts  Clinton  and  Montgomery  were 
important  strongholds  on  the  Hudson  river,  and  garrisoned 
by  the  American  troops.  The  British  desired  free  passage 
over  the  Hudson's  waters.  From  early  spring  till  late  in  the 
fall  the  militia  had  been  often  summoned  to  the  defence  of 
the  forts.  In  September,  1777,  Col.  William  Allison  (with 
other  regimental  commanders)  was  ordered  to  summon  his 
regiment  to  the  defence  of  Fort  Montgomery.  The  minute 
men  assembled,  but  not  in  sufficient  numbers.  Only  a  por- 
tion of  his  regiment  was  present.  Thus  matters  stood  on 
Sunday,  Oct.  5,  1777.  Then  the  Sabbath's  stillness  was  dis- 
turbed by  excited  people,  who  heralded  the  approach  of  the 
enemy's  ships  on  the  Hudson  for  the  attack  upon  the  strong- 
holds. On  the  day  following  (Oct.  6,  1777)  the  attack  was 
made  by  overpowering  numbers,  and  after  a  stubborn  resist- 
ance the  Americans  were  defeated  with  loss.  Colonel  Alli- 
son was  taken  prisoner,  and  his  son,  Micah  Allison,  was 


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RICHAIIDSOX  ALLISON,  OF  GOSHEN,  N.   Y. 


211 


killed.^  For  several  months  he  was  a  prisoner  on  board  a 
prison  ship,  and  was  exchanged  during  the  following  winter. 
On  his  return  to  his  home  he  brought  to  Governor  Clinton 
two  thousand  dollars  in  gold,  in  aid  of  the  American  cause, 
loaned  by  a  ])atviotic  citizen  of  Long  Island.  He  com- 
manded a  division  of  the  troops  in  the  IJattle  of  Long  Island. 
In  the  early  history  of  Orange  county  he  was  the  most  dis- 
tinguished citizen  and  a  prominent  military  leader.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  first  provincial  convention  of  New 
York  from  177o  to  1777.  On  April  4,  178-2,  William  Alli- 
son was  brigadier  general  in  the  brigade  formed  by  Allison's, 
Woodhull's,  and  Hathorne's  regiments;  state  senator  from 
1783  to  178G;  member  of  the  assembly  in  1795,  and  was 
judge  of  the  court  of  common  pleas.  He  married  Mary 
Jackson,  and  died  in  1804.  He  and  his  wife  are  buried 
opposite  his  old  home  on  Drowned  Lands,  in  Goshen,  N.  Y. 

CHILDREN. 

1308.  Micah  Allison.'    He  was  a  soldier,  and  was  killed  in  the  gallant 

defence  of  Fort  Montgomery,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  0, 1777,  aged  18  years. 

1309.  Stephen  Allison,*  m.,  .lune  15,  1786,  Susanna  Bronson,  and  d.  in 

1703.    Children:  Mary  Allison.*    Micah  Allison.* 

1310.  Mary  Allison'  (1326),  b.  Nov.  16,  1702;  m.,  June  29,  1779,  Dr.  Will- 

itam  Elmer;  res.  Goshen.  N.  Y. 

1311.  Sarah  Allison"  (1331),  m.,  Nov.  2,  1773,  William  W.  Thompson, 

who  was  sheriff  of  Orange  county  in  1785. 


1312.  Richardson  Allison  2  [1288]  (Joseph  0-  He  mar- 
ried Anne ,  and  died  in  1769.  He  was  a  house- 
carpenter,  and  res.  at  Goshen,  Orange  county,  N.  Y.  His 
will  is  recorded  in  the  city  of  New  York ;  made  Dec.  22, 
1763 ;  proven  May  11,  1769. 


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CniLDBEX. 

1313.  Pheby  Allison.'  She  m.  Abram  Gale,  of  Sparta,  N.  Y.  Children: 
I.  Anna  Gale.«    II.  David  Gale.* 

131-1.  James  Allison'  (1342).  He  was  under  twenty-one,  Dec.  22,  1763; 
m.  Amy  Knapp,  of  Ilorseneck,  or  Norwalk,  Conn.  He  lived 
at  Ridgebury,  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  d.  about  1822.  He 
received  his  father's  dwelling-house  and  eighty  acres  of  land. 

1315.     Thomas  Allison  2  [1291]  (Joseph  i).     He  married 
Margaret ,  and  died  in  1767.     Resided,  apparently, 


'Mrs.  Mary  Thompson  Knight,  of  Monroe,  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.,  gi-cit- 
granddaughter  of  General  Allison,  has  his  commission  as  colonel,  and 
an  autograph  letter  of  his  written  when  he  was  in  a  prison-ship  during 
the  Revolutionary  War. 


212 


ISAAC  ALLISON,  OF  WARWICK,  N.  Y. 


in  Goshen,  N.  Y.  He  made  his  will  Nov.  8,  1757 ;  proven 
Dec.  5,  1757 ;  recorded  in  surrogate's  office.  New  York,  N.  Y. 
The  following  children  were  mentioned  in  that  document, 
and  all  under  the  age  of  twenty-one  years.  His  beloved  broth- 
ers, Joseph  and  Richard,  were  appointed  executoi's  of  the 
will.  John  Allison  was  a  witness;  also  Richard  Westcott 
and  William  Dunn,  all  of  the  precinct  of  Goshen. 


CIIILDHFJf. 


1316.  George  Allison.'    No  record. 

1317.  Richard  Allison.'    No  record. 

1318.  Mary  Allison.*    No  record. 

1319.  Thomas  Allison,'  m.  Fannie  — 


1320.  Isaac  Allison  2  [1292]  (Joseph  O-  He  and  his 
brother,  Richard  Allison,  coming,  it  is  said,  from  Long  Island, 
N.  Y.,  bought  land  some  twenty  miles  from  New  York  city 
in  Orange  county,  N.  Y.  The  latter  settled  near  Brookfield 
(now  called  Slate  Hill),  town  of  Wawayanda,  Orange 
county.  Isaac  Allison  settled  about  ten  miles  distant,  near 
Amity,  in  the  town  of  Warwick.  The  latter  was  of  medium 
size,  and  with  long  black  hair  braided  and  tied  up  with  a 
ribbon  in  a  cue,  according  to  the  fashion  of  the  time.  He 
married  Anna . 


CinLDREX. 


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13'ii.    Julia  Allison,'  m.  Capt.  Nathaniel  Ketchum,  who  was  captain  of 
a  vessel. 

1322.  Isaac  Allison'  (1383),  m.  Mary  Davis;  d.  182.5. 

1323.  Nathaniel  Allison,*    Single. 

1324.  Debo)  ah  Allison,'  m.  Mr.  Wood. 

1325.  Richard  Allison'  (13i)l),  m.  Anna ;  d.  1810. 

1326.  Mary  Allison  3  [131  ]  (Gen.  William,2  Joseph  i). 
She  was  born  Nov.  16,  1762 ;  married,  June  2S,  1779,  Dr. 
William  Elmer,^  of  Goshen,  IV.  Y      He  wap  born  in  Florida, 

•The  EWer  family  is  a  very  ancient  one.  There  are  many  of  the  name 
in  Switzeiiand,  who  ''hum  to  be  able  to  trace  their  descent  back  to  the 
twelfth  century,  and  theorize  that  before  that  date  the  Elmers  came  from 
Italy  or  Greece.  In  lOOO  Elmer,  a  person  of  great  sanctity,  was  chosen 
abbot  of  the  monastery  of  St.  Augustine,  at  Canterbury,  England,  and  in 
1022  was  made  bishop  of  Sherburn.e.  After  tlie  Norman  conquest,  in  1016, 
Elmer,  one  of  the  chiefs  of  William  the  Conqueror,  was  holder  of  several 
pieces  of  land,  one  of  which  was  at  Braintice  Hundred,  county  of  Essex, 
England,  from  thirty  to  forty  miles  east  of  London.  .John  Elmer  was  a 
bishop  of  London  in  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth.  Representatives  of 
the  family  are  in  different  countries.  Alfred  Elmero,  a  distinguished 
artist,  was  a  member  of  the  Royal  Academy,  and  died  a  few  years  since. 


MARY  ALLISON,  OF  GOSHEN,  N.  Y. 


213 


N.  Y.,  Jan.  19,  1758,  and  died  May  24,  1816,  aged  58  years, 

4  month?,  5  days.    She  died  April  20, 1821,  aged  58  years, 

5  months,  4  days.  He  was  a  physician ;  resided  in  or  near 
Goshen,  N.  Y.,  where  he  and  his  wife  lived  and  where  they 
are  buried.  Dr.  Elmer  was  the  son  of  Dr.  Nathaniel  Elmer, 
Sr.,  and  his  wife,  Ann  Thompson.  Dr.  Nathaniel  is  said  to 
have  been  "remarkably  humorous."  Dr.  William  Elmer 
was  always  a  companionable  man ;  was  cheerful,  and  pleas- 
ant in  his  manners,  and  had  a  large  vein  of  natural  humor. 
Of  Mrs.  Elmer,  his  wife,  her  daughter,  Sarah  Maria,  said, — 
"  She  was  a  kind,  affectionate,  selMenying  mother,  a  woman 
of  most  coiTect  principles  and  habits,  a  decided  Christian  as 
was  also  my  father."     He  and  his  family  were  Presbyterians. 

CKii'.DBEX  BOBN  IN  GOSHEN,   N.   Y. 


1-1 
111 


1327. 

1328. 

1329. 
1330. 


Micah  Allison  Elmer*  (139S)),  b.  May  13,  1781,  m.,  Feb.  4,  1804,  his 
second  cousin,  Elizabeth  Allison.    He  d.  Dec.  31,  1849.' 

Horace  Elmer*  (1406a),  b.  Sept.  23,  1783;  d.  at  Morristown,  N.  J., 
June  1,  1850,  and  left  a  family. 

Stephen  Allison  Elmer,*  b.  1785;  d.  May,  1850;  unmarried. 

Sarah  Maria  Elmer*  (1407),  b.  1790;  d.  Dec.  12,  1874;  ra.  Mahlon 
Ford. 


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1331.  Sarah  Allison^  [1311]  (Gen.  William,^  Joseph i). 
She  married,  Nov.  2,  1773,  William  W.  Thompson,  who  was 
sheriff  of  Orange  county,  N.  Y.,  in  1785. 


{.' 


He  was  born  in  1815,  at  Clonakilty,  county  of  Cork,  Ireland.  It  is  on 
the  southeast  coast. 
Edward  Elmer,  the  emigrant  ancestor  of  this  American  family,  was  a 
oung  man,  probably  not  married,  when  he  left  England.  He  was  a 
'u.itan,  and  left  England  to  escape  the  persecution  to  which  that  sect 
W.1S  subjected,  as  did  those  who  came  with  him.  It  is  probable  that  he 
came  from  tl)e  county  of  Essex,  as  did  many  of  his  fellow-passengers, 
and  likely  from  Braintree,  where  Kev.  Thomas  Hooker  preached  before 
he  came  to  New  England.  He  with  123  passengers  came  in  the  ship 
Lion,  which  arrived  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Sept.  16,  1032,  having  been  twelve 
weeks  on  the  ship  and  eight  weeks  from  "  Land's  End.''  He  settled 
first  at  Newton,  now  Cambridge,  Mass.,  with  Kev.  Thomas  Hooker  and 
the  others,  and  in  June,  16;J5,  he,  with  Mr.  Hooker  and  his  congregation, 
removed  to  Hartford,  Corn.,  where  he  settled.  Later  he  removed  to 
Northampton,  Mass.,  and  returned  to  Hartford.  He  owned  a  farm  at 
South  Windsor,  Conn.,  where  he  was  killed  by  the  Indians  during  King 
Philip's  War,  in  1676.  A  part  of  his  farm  is  still  owned  by  his  descen- 
dant, Samuel  E.  Elmore,  of  Hartford,  Conn.    The  emigrant,  Edward 

Elmer,   married  Mary .     Tlieir  son,  Samuel  Elmer,*    married 

Elizabeth ,  and  lived  in  Hartford,  Conn.  Their  son,  Dea.  Jona- 
than Elmer,'  mjvrried  Mary ,  and  lived  in  Norwalk,  Conn.    Their 

youngest  son.  Dr.  Nathaniel  Elmer,*  married  Anne  Tliompson.  Their 
son.  Dr.  William  Elmer.'  married  Mary  Allison,  as  mentioned  above. 
(From  MS.  of  Samuel  E.  Elmore,  of  Hartford,  Conn.) 

'  In  some  records  he  is  called  Michael. 


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JAMES  ALLISON,  OP  SLATE  HILL,  N.  Y. 


1332. 

1333. 
1334. 


1335. 
1336. 

1337. 


1338. 
1339. 

1340, 


S 


1341. 


CUILDBEN. 

William  Allison  Thompson,*  b.  Au^.  8,  1775;  baptized  Sept.  17, 
1775;  m.  Sarah  Bucksbee,  of  Minisink,  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.,cler- 
fman;  res.  Northern  New  Jersey.  Children:  William  Henry 
hompson;'  res.  Pennsylvania.  Newton  Thompson;'  res. 
Mount  Pleasant,  Iowa.    Sarah  Thompson,"  single. 

Julia  D.  Thompson,*  b.  Feb.  17,  1778;  baptized  May  10,  1778;  m., 
Mr.  Gale;  m.,  second,  George  Houston.  Had  nine  children, 
and  they  lived  in  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Eleanor  Tl'iompson,*  b.  Jan.  18,  1781;  baptized  June  17,  1781;  m. 
James  Morrison,  whose  father  emigrated  from  Scotland  or  the 
north  of  Ireland.  They  had  six  children.  Their  son.  Rev. 
John  Hunter  Morrison,  D.  D.,'  b.  1804  or  1805,  was  a  mission- 
ary in  North  India,  and  died  there,  leaving  three  children 
who  were  missionaries.  One  son  of  Eleanor  died  young.  An- 
other son  and  three  daughters  went  to  Ohio  and  Northern  Ken- 
tucky, where  they  died.  Their  old  house  was  in  Montgomery, 
now  Wallkill,  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.,  in  the  neighborhood  of 
"  Honey  Pot,"  two  miles  from  the  village  of  Scotchtown. 

Joseph  Thompson,*  m.  Patty  Allison,  daughter  of  James  and 
Amy  (Knapp)  Allison.  Tliey  had  several  cl  Idren.  Res.  Steu- 
ben Co.,  N.  Y. 

Anthony  Dobbin  Thompson,*  m.  Nancy  Helme.  Child:  Sarah 
Thompson,"  m.  John  Conklin,  of  New  York,  N.  Y.  Mr. 
Thompson  died,  and  his  widow  married  Meeker  Miller,  and 
died  in  the  city  of  New  York. 

Henry  Thompson,*  m.  Abigail  Thompson  and  Nancy  Bronson. 
Res.  Owego,  Tioga  Co.,  N.  Y.  Six  children.  After  his  death 
his  widow  and  some  of  the  children  went  to  Illinois. 

Mary  Thompson,*  d.  aged  4  years. 

Ann  Thompson,*  m.  James  Howell.  She  lived  and  died  in  Huber 
Co.,  N.  Y.    Seven  children. 

Sarah  Thompson,*  m.  John  D.  Vail,  and  died  near  New  Windsor 
in  1850  or  1851.  They  had  eiaht  children;  six  died  young. 
Their  eldest,  James  Schuyler  Vail,"  married  Catherine  Tomp- 
kins, had  children,  and  they  lived  and  died  in  New  Windsor, 
Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.  Sarah  Jane  Tompkins,"  m.  James  Potter; 
m.,  second,  her  cousin,  William  Thompson  Howell,  and  d.  in 
Michigan.    Sidney  Tompson,"  res.  Northern  Illinois. 

John  Jay  Thompson*  (1417),  b.  March  26,  1797;  d.  Jan.  12,  1849. 
His  daughter,  Mrs.  Mary  Thompson  Knight,  lives  in  Monroe, 
Orange  Co.,  N.  Y. 


1342.    James  Allison  ^   [1314]    (Richardson,^  Joseph  i). 

He  was  born ;  and  married  Amy  Keziah,  daughter  of 

and  Amy  (Reynolds)  Knapp.     They  first   went   to 

Long  Island,  and  later  settled  at  Slate  Hill,  Orange  county, 
N.  Y.  He  was  in  the  military  service  during  the  Revolution. 
He  lived  at  Slate  Hill,  Orange  county,  N.  Y.,  where  he  owned 
a  large  tract  of  land.  He  also  owned  land  near  Turner's, 
Orange  county,  N.  Y.  His  death  occurred  about  1822. 
Mrs.  Allison  was  from  New  England,  and  after  Mr.  Alli- 
son's death  married  James  Smith  of  Oxford,  Orange  county, 
N.  Y.,  and  had  a  daughter.  Amy  Smith,  who  married  Mr. 
Reynolds. 


WILLIAM  ALLISON,  OF  SLATE  HILL,  N.  Y. 


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1343. 


1344. 
1346. 


1346. 
1347. 


1348. 
1340. 

1350. 
1351. 
1352. 

1353. 
1354. 
1355. 
1356. 
1357. 

1358. 
1359. 

1360. 

1361. 
1362. 
1363. 
1364. 
1365. 


1366. 
1367. 
1368. 
1369. 
1370. 

1371. 
1372. 
1373. 
1374. 
1375. 

1376. 

1377. 


1378. 
1379. 

1380. 


CHILDREN. 

Jabez  Allison.<    He  went  to  Canada  and  settled  there.    Upon  the 

declaration  of  war  between  the  United  States  and  Great  Britain 

in  1812,  he  returned  to  the  United  States.    After  his  deatli  his 

wife  lived  in  Canada. 
Caleb  Allison.*    He  probably  settled  in  Canada. 
Lydia  Allison.*    She  m.  Jason  Howell  and  settled  near  Slate  Hill, 

Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.    He  was  a  farmer.    Walter,'  and  James,'  are 

their  only  children  now  living.    Children: 
Daniel  Howell,'  d.  unmarried. 
Walter  Howell."    He  was  a  school  teacher  at  Slate  Hill,  N.  Y. ;  m., 

Eliza  Pound,  sister  of  Mrs.  James  Allison,  and  removed  to  the 

west. 
Gabriel  Howell,"    Single.    Res.  Binghampton,  N.  Y. 

He  was  drowned  when  a  young  man.    He  was 


Milton  Howell." 

unmarried. 
James  Howell." 
Susan  Howell." 
Amizi  Allison.* 


He  married  and  lived  in  Pennsylvania. 
She  d.  when  about  fifteen  years  of  age. 
He  settled  in  Steuben  Co.,  N.  Y.    Was  twice 

married,  and  his  second  wife  was  Grace  Davis.    Their  children : 
William  Allison." 

Almeda  Allison,"  m.  Mr.  Marsh  and  had  a  son,  George  Marsh. 
Anson  Allison." 

Frances  Allison,"  m.  Mr.  Van  Gelder. 
Fanny  Allison,*  m.  Justus  Brooks.    After  his  death  removed  to 

Ohio,  perhaps  Norwalk.     Children : 
Amy  Ann  Brooks,"  m.  Richard  Anderson.     Res.  Huron  Co.,  Ohio. 
Emeline  Brooks,"  m.  Josiah  Anderson,  a  brother  of  Richard  An- 
derson.   Thcj  res.  in  Ohio. 
Eliphalet  Brooks."    He  m. .    Res.  in  Ohio,  probably  in 

Newark  or  Norwalk,  Ohio. 
Eldridge  Brooks,"  m. ;  res.  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Phebe  Brooks,"  m.  George  Sanger.     Res.  New  York,  N.  Y.       • 
James  Brooks,"  m.  Martha  Dallinson.    Res.  Ohio. 
Abby  Brooks,"  m.  Richard,  son  of  Isaac  Allison. 
William  Allison,*  (Col.  William)  res.  Slate  Hill,  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y. 

After  his  father's  death  he  occupied  the  homestead.    He  m. 

Sarah  Roe  of  Warwick,  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.    His  death  occurred 

Aug.  30,  1830.     Children: 
Elizabeth  Allison,"  m.  George  Reeves.    Res.  Michigan. 
Timothy  R.  Allison,"  d.  in  Michigan. 
Amy  Allison,"  m.  DeWitt  Hallock,  son  of  Judge  Ilallock. 
Her  child, 
Josephine  Hallock,"  m.  Mr.  Denton;  res.  Greenville,  Orange  Co.,. 

N.  Y. 
Susanna  Al'Uon,"  d.  unmarried. 
James  Allit   n  »    His  descendants  res.  in  Michigan. 
G.abriel  Allison."    His  descendants  are  in  Michigan. 
Henry  B.  Allison."    His  descendants  are  iu  Michigan. 
Sarah  Allison,*  m.  Isaac  Allison,  Jr.,  her  second  cousin.     (See  his 

record.    No.  1425.) 
James  Allison,*  m.  Lottie  Anna .    His  descendants  are  inr 

Chemung  Co.,  N.  Y. 
Ambrose  Allison,*  ni,  Annie  E.,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Mary  Allison. 

He  lived  near  the  old  homestead  in  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.     Descend- 
ants in  Iowa. 
Richardson  Allison.* 
Joshua  Allison,*  m.   Elizabeth ;   res.   Sussex  Co.,  N.   J. 

Descendants  in  western  New  York  and  I'owa. 
Pattv    Allison,*    m.  Joseph  Thompson,  son  of  Sarah  (Allison) 

'l*hompson. 


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216  ISAAC  ALLISON,  OP  WARWICK,  N.  Y. 

1381.  Gabriel  Allison,  d.  unmaiTied,  it  is  said.    (There  was  a  Gabriel 

Ellison,  m.  Catherine  Ellis,  Sept.  4,  1772.    Recorded  in  New 
York,  N.  Y.) 
Perhaps  there  was  a 

1382.  John  Allison,*  who  m.  and  settled  in  Penn. 

1383.  Isaac  Allison  3  [1322]  (Isaac,^  Joseph  i  ).  He  was 
a  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  and  served  at  Fort  Stanwix,  now 
Rome,  N.  Y.  While  there  a  messmate  gave  him  his  powder 
horn,  still  most  carefully  preserved,  and  (in  1893)  in  the 
possession  of  his  great-granddaughter,  Mrs.  Sarah  (Vail) 
Divers,  of  Middletown,  N.  Y.  It  is  an  interesting  and  hand- 
some relic  of  that  war.  Upon  it  is  beautifully  engraved  a 
picture  of  the  fort  with  the  surrounding  houses  and  the  church 
steeple  of  a  village.    It  bears  this  inscription  (fac-simile): 

PETEUMNORBER 


MABE  'AT  f  OUT  STAN- 
WIX ■NOVEMBER  HE 

While  Mr.  Allison  was  in  the  army,  his  wife  and  family 
were  at  home,  in  charge  of  the  farm  during  his  absence. 
Often  during  that  trying  period  the  Indians  came  to  the 
home  of  Mrs.  Allison.  She  treated  them  with  kindness,  gave 
them  food,  won  their  good  will,  and  their  assurance,  that  to 
her  and  hers,  no  harm  should  come  from  them. 

He  married  Mary  Davis,  whose  brother,  Benjamin  Davis, 
lived  near  the  Allison  homestead,  near  Amity,  Orange  county, 
N.  Y.  Mount  Adam  and  Mount  Eve  rear  their  summits  near 
this  old  home.  Mr.  Allison  lived  on  the  homestead.  He 
was  of  medium  stature,  of  light  complexion  with  blue  eyes 
and  dark  hair.  Following  rigidly  the  style  of  those  early 
years,  he  did  not  change  with  the  changing  fashion,  but 


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wore  his  hair,  which  was  at  least  two  feet  in  length,  hraided, 
and  tied  up  with  a  ribbon,  into  a  cue.  This  style  he  fol- 
lowed till  his  death.  The  land  he  owned  was  extensive. 
He  sold  portions  to  Nathan  Furman,  Timothy  Roe,  Jed 
Sears,  and  John  Gardner.  He  then  gave  his  son  Isaac  a 
farm,  and  had  enough  land  remaining  for  himself.  In  his 
time  there  was  no  church  edifice  in  Amity,  and  he  attended 
public  worship  in  a  school-house.  He  died  in  1825,  and  is 
buried  in  the  family  burying  ground,  near  the  old  farm-house. 
This  cemetery,  which  forms  part  of  a  knoll,  contains  about 
three  fourths  of  an  acre,  which,  with  the  road  leading  to  it,  is 
still  the  property  of  the  Allisons.  Mrs.  Allison  was  a  very 
energetic  woman.  After  the  death  of  her  husband,  she 
removed  to  Ohio  with  her  children,  died  there,  and  is  buried 
in  Newark,  or  Norwalk,  Ohio. 


CHILDREN. 


1384.  Isaac  Allison  *  (1425),  b.  April  10,   1787;  m.  Sarah  Allison.    Res. 

Warwick,  near  Amity,  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.    He  d.  Jan.  1,  1835. 

1385.  Sallie  Allison,*  m.   Mr.   Hopkins.      She  was  a  member  of  the 

Presbyterian  church  in  Amity.  Her  descendants  are  in  Ohio. 
She  m.,  second,  Mr.  Mines. 
1388,  Nathaniel  Allison.*  Single.  He  was  a  young  man  and  unmarried 
when  the  1812-'15  war  with  Great  Britain  broke  out.  He  took 
the  place  in  the  army  of  his  brother  Isaac,  and  while  rendering 
military  service  contracted  a  fever  of  which  he  died,  aftc  his 
return  home.  He  served  till  the  close  of  the  war.  His  nephew, 
Dr.  Nathaniel  Allison,  of  Mexico,  Mo.,  was  named  for  him. 

1387.  Samuel  Allison  *  (1430),  m. Roe;  settled  in  Ohio. 

1388.  Mary  Allison,*  m.  Aaron  Hatfield. 

1389.  Annie  Allison*  (1407),  m.  her  second  cousin,  Ambrose  Allison,  son 

of  James  and  Amy  (Knapp)  Allison.    They  removed  to  Ohio, 
and  she  d.  in  Licking  Co.,  and  their  descendants  are  in  Iowa. 

1390.  Richard  Allison,*  b.  Jan.  29,  1799.     (1479a.)    He  sold  his  farm  in 

Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  with  liis  family  removed  to  Ohio. 

1391.  Elizabeth  Allison  *  m.  Joseph  Pound.    Their  descendants  are  in 

Ohio.    Mr.  Pound  lived  perhaj^s  in  Newark,  Ohio. 


'  f 


1392.     Richard  Allison^  [1325]    (Isaac,^  Joseph  O-     He 

married  Anna ,  and  died  July  13,  1810.     She  died 

June  16,  1827,  in  Stewartstown,  N.  Y. 


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1393.  Susan  Allison,*  m.  Mr.  Brown. 

1394.  Charlotte  Allison,*  m.  Mr.  Waring. 

1395.  Rebecca  Allison,*  ni.  Mr.  Thompson. 

1396.  Elizabeth  Allison,*  b.  Oct.  20,  1782;  ni.  Micah  Allison  Elmer.    (See 

his  record.  No.  131)9.) 

1397.  William  Allison*  (1480),  b.   Oct.   28,   1797;  m.  Lavena  Furgerson. 

He  lived  and  d.  in  Canisteo,  N.  Y. 

1398.  Isaac  Allison,*  d.,  unmarried,  Nov.  20,  1809. 


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HOEACE  ELMER,   OF  MOREISTOWN,   N.  J. 


1399,  Micah  Allison  Elmer  *  [1327]  (Mary  Allison,^  Gen. 
William,2  Joseph^).  He  was  born  May  13,  1781,  at  Goshen, 
N.  Y.,  and  died  at  Unionville,  Orange  county,  N.  Y.,  Dec. 
31, 1849.  He  married  his  second  cousin,  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  A^Uison,  Feb.  4,  1804,  who  died  in  Unionville, 
and  both  are  buried  in  Ridgebury,  N.  Y.  He  was  named 
for  his  uncle,  Micah  Allison,  who  was  killed,  at  the  age  of 
eighteen,  in  battle  at  the  capture  of  Fort  Montgomery. 
They  were  Presbyterians.  Some  of  this  family  are  buried  in 
Slate  Hill  cemetery,  Wawayanda,  Orange  county,  N.  Y. 

CHILDREN. 

1400.  William  Allison  Elmer,"  b.  Jan.  1,  1805;  d.  April  8,  1805. 

1401.  Julia  Ann  Elmer,"  b.  April  13,  1806;  d.  Nov.  27,   1871,  aged  65 

years,  7  months,  14  days.  She  is  buried  in  the  Allison  family 
plot  in  Chester,  N.  Y.  Rev.  C.  E.  Allison  says  of  her,—"  The 
memory  of  her  imselfish  life  is  sweet  as  the  fragrance  of  flow- 
ers."   She  was  unmarried. 

1402.  Richard  Allison  Elmer"  (1491),  b.  Aug.  28,  1808;  d.  Aug.  8,  1867; 

res.  Waverly,  N.  Y. 
140.3.    Isaac  Allison  Elmer,"  b.  Nov.  24,  1810;  d.  young. 

1404.  Henry  De  Lancy  Elmer"  (1408),  b.  Feb.  18,  1812;  d.  Oct.  17,  1870; 

m.  Julia  Ann  De  Kay;  res.  at  Unionville  and  Chester,  N.  Y. 

1405.  Nathaniel  Elmer"  (1514),  b.  at  Wantage,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  31,  1816;  d. 

July  11,  1884,  in  Middletown,  N.  Y. 

1406.  Teresa  Amelia  Elmer,"  b.  Nov.  6,  1819;    d.  Sept.  27,  1871.    She 

m.  Isaac  W.  Allison.    (See  his  record,  No.  1540.) 

1406a.  Horace  Elmer*  [1328]  (Mary  [Allison]  Elmer,^ 
Gen.  William,^  Joseph^).  He  was  born  in  Goshen,  N.  Y., 
Sept.  23,  1783,  and  died  June  1,  1850,  at  his  home  in  Morris- 
town,  N.  J.  He  married,  at  Goshen,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  14,  1807, 
Susan  Stewart,  who  was  born  Dec.  30, 1788,  and  died  April 
6,  1842. 

CHILDREN. 

1406b.  Catherine  Maria  Elmer,"  b.  July  22,  1808;  m.,  Sept.  12, 1839,  Silas 
H.  Axtell,  and  d.  March  15,  1866,  without  issue. 

1406c.  William  Stewart  Elmer,"  b.  March  29,  1810;  d.  single,  Sept.  15, 
1834;  physician. 

1406d.  James  Floyd  Elmer,"  b.  May  11,  1812;  m.,  March  29,  1837,  Ada- 
line  Borland.  She  was  b.  in  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  12,  1816; 
d.  at  Morristown,  N.  J.,  Sept.  10,  1878.  Ho  d.  of  typhoid  fever 
March  16,  1863.  He  with  his  family  were  Presbyterians.  He 
aided  in  church  work,  and  was  active  in  such  matters  as  per- 
tained to  the  general  good.  His  children  were  well  educated, 
and  lovers  of  music  and  literature.  Children  b.  in  Morris  Co., 
N.  J.  : 

I.  Frances  Matilda  Elmer,'  b.  Sept.,  1838;  d.  Morristown,  N.  J.,  Dec. 

29,  1865,  of  typhoid  fever. 

II.  Sarah  Elmer,"  b.  Feb.  22,  1841 ;  res.  Morristown,  N.  J. 

III.  James  Horace  Elmer,"  b.  Jan.  5,  1843 ;  res.  Morristown,  N.  J. 


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IV.  Charles  Lewis  Elmer,"  b.  Sept.  21,  1845;  m.,  March  1,  1869,  Mary 

Day;  res.  B<iltiinorc,  Md.  Children:  Lizzie  Elmer,' b.  Jan.  25, 
1860.  Carrie  Ford  Elmer,'  b.  Oct.  18,  1871.  Horace  Brown 
Elmer,'  b.  Nov.  11,  1873.  Frank  Elmer,'  b.  Oct.  16,  1876.  Will- 
iam Floyd  Elmer,'  b.  Dec.  8,  1885. 

V.  Thomas  Jefiferson  Elmer.*  b.  Oct,  18,  ;  m.,  in  1868,  Mary  Ella 

Wyman;  res.  Rockaway,  N.  J.;  d.  Nov.  21,  188S).  Children: 
Rena  Viola  Elmer,'  b.  Sept.  24,  1868;  d.  Jan.  6,  1886.  Ella 
Eugenia  Elmer,'  b.  June  25,  1870.  Julia  Etta  Elmer,'  b.  Aug. 
29,  1872;  d.  June  6,  1889.    Bertha  Adaline  Elmer,'  b.  Aug.  5, 

1874.  Effie  Mav  Elmer,' b.  March  10,  1877;  d.  Dec.  12,  1891. 
Maud  Borland  Elmer,'  b.  Feb.  12,  1879.  Ida  Ames  Elmer,'  b. 
Sept.  9,  1881.  Floyd  Lewis  Elmer,'  b.  April  18,  1884;  d.  Jan. 
24,  1886.    Florence  Lulu  Elmer,'  b.  April  18,  1884. 

VI.  Edwin  Stewart  Elmer,'  b.  March  13,  1851;   m.,  May  18,  1887,  Flor- 

ence Doty;  res.  Morristown,  N.  J.  Children:  Marion  Ade- 
laide •Elmer,'  b.  July  23,  1890.  Harrold  Elmer,'  b.  April  29, 
1892. 

VII.  Emma  Adaline  Elmer,«  b.  Sept.  19,  18.53;  m..  May  11, 1881,  Charles 

C.  Bedell;  res.  Madison,  N.  J.  Children:  Mabel  Adeline  Be- 
dell,' b.  March  11,  1884.  Ernest  Elmer  Bedell,'  b.  Nov.  16, 
1886.  Lester  Raymond  Bedell,'  b.  Nov.  18,  1889.  Be- 
dell,' b.  Sept.  18,  1891;  d.  Oct.,  1891. 

VIII.  Ella  Maria  Elmer,'  b.  July  16,  1856;  res.  Newark,  N.  J. 

IX.  Mary  Florence  Elmer,'  b.  Jan.  31,  1860.    She  graduated  from  the 

high  school  in  Baltimore,  Md. ;  was  a  teacher,  and  then  for  ten 
years  was  a  copyist  in  the  Patent  Office,  Washington,  D.  C. 
She  m.,  Oct,  11,  1892,  Basil  Edgar  Murray,  and  res.  1627  14th 
street,  Wasliington,  D.  C. 
1406e.  Lewis  Elmer,'  b.  Goshen,  N.  Y.,  Sept,  28,  1814;  m.,  Jan.  5,  1837, 
Mary  Ann  Wickersham,  He  resided  in  Morristown,  N.  J,, 
Petersburg,  Vr..,  and,  after  1852,  in  Baltimore,  Md,,  where  for 
thirty  years  he  was  a  manufacturer  of  vinegar,  and  where  he 
died  Jan,  19,  1892.  Mrs.  Elmer  was  b.  in  Pittsburg,  Va.,  Jan. 
5,  1816,  and  d.  in  Baltimore,  Nov.  9,  1871.  She  was  daughter 
of  Isaac  and  Susan  (Stone)  Wickersham,  granddaughter  of 
Thomas,  of  Reading,  Penn.    Children : 

I.  Susan  Marian  Elmer,'  b.  Morristown,  N,  J,,  Nov,  2,  1837;  d,  in  Wood- 

stock, Va,,  Aug,  5,  1861, 

II.  ■  William  Stewart  Elmer,'  b,  Morristown,  N.  J,,  Nov,  2,  1840;  m., 

April  5,  1865,  Mary  Elizabeth  Addison.  Ho  is  a  vinegar  man- 
ufacturer; res,  818  W.  North  avenue,  Baltimore,  Md.  Chil- 
dren: Minnia  Florence  Elmer,' b,  Feb.  8,  1867,  ^^illiam  Addi- 
son Elmer,'  b.  Sept.  11,  1868;  d.  Jan.  16,  1870.  Mary  Estella 
Elmer '  b.  Jan.  18,  1870;  d.  Nov.  6,  1870.  Lewis  Stewart  El- 
mer,' b.  Aug.  1,  1872.    Elmer,?  b.  and  d.  July  1,  1874. 

Ethel  Addison  Elmer,'  b.  Aug.  27,  1881, 

III.  Walter  Floyd  Elmer,' b.  Pittsburg,  Penn.,  Sept.  13,  1845;  m.,  Dec. 

21,  1871,  Eliza  Edith  Ruth,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Ruth) 
Sturgis.  He  is  a  vinegar  manufacturer;  res.  Baltimore,  Md, 
Children:  Mary  Ella  Elmer,'  b.  Oct.  12,  1872.  Frank  Ruth 
Elmer,'  b.  Jan.  26,  1879;  d,  July  4,  1879.  Charles  Wickersham 
Elmer,'  b.  July  15,  1881, 

IV.  Lida  Hizby  Elmer,'  b.  Pittsburg,  Penn.,  June  12,  1847;  unmarried; 

res.  1122  Mosher  street,  Baltimore,  Md. 

V.  George  Hizby  Elmcr,«  b,  Pittsburg,  Penn.,  Dec,  2, 1849;  m,,  Dec.  12, 

1872,  Henrietta  Langrall,  b.  Sept.  8,  1851.  He  is  a  vinegar 
manufacturer;  res.  Baltimore,  Md.  Cliildren:  Mary  Etta 
Elmer,' b.  July  7,  1874.    Florence  Langrall  Elmer,'  b.  Aug.  1, 

1875,  Lulu  Grace  Elmer,'  b.  May  31,  1877,  Percy  Womble 
Elmer,'  b.  March  17,  1879.  Eva  Stewart  Elmer,'  b.  Nov.  5, 
1880,    Edna  Earle  Elmer,'  b.  April  14,  1887, 


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VI. 


LUTHER  S.  ELMER,  OF  WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


Emma  Bartlett  Elmer,*  b.  Newark,  N,  J.,  May  22,  1843;  m.,  Oct. 
25,  1870,  Joseph  Martin  Ashbury.  He  was  a  vinegar  manufac- 
turer; res.  Baltimore,  Md.,  where  she  died  Oct.  25,  1891.  Chil- 
dren: Marian  Elmer  Ashbury,' b.  July  31,  1871.  Nellie  Stew- 
art Ashbury,'  b.  July  3,  1873.  Ida  Virginia  Ashbury,'  b.  Dec. 
13,  1876.  Lillie  Ruth  Ashbury,'  b.  Oct.  25,  1878.  Howard 
Elmer  Ashbury,'  b.  April  26,  1880. 

VII.  Mary  Wickersham  Elmer,'  b.  Baltimore,  Md.,  March  24,  1856,  and 
d.  tliere  June  25,  1858. 

14061.  John  Carpenter  Elmer,'  b.  April  7,  1817:  m.,  Sept.  19,  1843,  Jane 
R.  Stiles.  He  was  a  physician;  and  d.  Oct.  17,  1863.  His 
daughter,  Louise  B.  Elmer,'  res.  Springfield,  N.  J.  William 
Stiles  Elmer,'  d.  Nov.,  1863. 

1406g.  Luther  Stewart  Elmer,'  b.  Goshen,  N.  Y.,  June  24,  1819;  m., 
Sept.  22,  1845,  Lavinia  Grandon  Smith,  daughter  of  Major  Cad- 
wjuader  and  Ann  (Wise)  Smith,  of  Hackettstown,  N.  J.  She 
was  b.  in  Hackettstown,  June  10,  1824,  and  in  1892  resides  in 
Washington,  D.  C.  Mr.  Elmer  was  a  lawyer;  res.  in  Morris- 
town  and  Newark,  N.  J.,  and  in  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  from  1856 
to  1889.  He  died  in  Washington,  D.  C,  July  10,  1889.  He 
was  highly  esteemed  for  his  upright  Christian  life.  Chil- 
dren : 

I.  Ida  T.  Elmer,'  b.  Newark,  N.  J. ;  res.  Washington,  D.  C. 

II.  Virginia  Lavinia  Elmer,'  b.  Newark,  N.  J.;  m.,  May  29,  1873,  Will- 

iam Henry  Ames,  a  graduate  of  Brown  University.  He  was 
formerly  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  Res.  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  and  is 
deceased.  He  was  b.  at  New  Oileans,  La.  At  the  age  of 
twenty-three  he  entered  the  U.  S.  service  as  private  in  the  165th 
Regt.  N.  Y.  Vols. ;  March  15,  1864,  made  2d  lieut.  of  Co.  B,  87 
U.  S.  colored  infantry  stationed  at  New  Orleans,  La.,  and  Aug. 
31,  1865,  was  transferred  to  84th  Regt.  U.  S.  colored  infantry, 
and  was  aid-de-camp  to  General  Doolittle.  Children:  Elmer 
Hampstead  Ames,'  b.  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  Jan.  23,  1876.  Henry 
Olcott  Ames,'  b.  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  Jan.  29,  1878.  Adele 
Ames,'  b.  Feb.  1,  1882;  d.  March  13, 1885. 

III.  Lavinia  Elmer,"  b.  Dec.  15,  1855,  in  Jersey  City,  N.  J. ;  d.  there 

July  20,  ia57. 

IV.  Luther  Stew.art  Elmer,'  b.  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  Sept.  24,  1859;  res. 

1723  Corcoran  street,  Washington,  D.  C.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  New  York  University  class  of  1881 ;  studied  law  for  three 
years  in  Jersey  City  and  one  year  in  Washington,  and  in  1881 
was  appointed  to  a  position  in  the  post-office  department  in 
Washington,  D.  C.    He  is  now  assistant  chief  clerk. 

1406h.    Thomas  Evans  Elmer,'  b.  Dec.  9,  1821;  d.  Nov.  12,  1827;  single. 

14061.    Keziah  Jane  Elmer,' b.  June  12,  1824;  d.  April  18,  1842;  single. 

1406  j.  Sarah  Elizabeth  Elmer,'  b.  Feb.  24,  1827;  d.  Dec.  7, 1848,  at  South 
Hadley  boarding  school ;  single. 

1407.  Sarah  Maria  Elmer*  [1330]  (Mary  Allison,^  Gen. 
William,^  Joseph  ^ ).  She  was  born  at  Goshen,  N.  Y.,  in 
1796 ;  died  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Dec.  12,  1874.  She  mariied 
Mahlon  Ford,  who  died  March  23, 1888.  She  lived  in  Newark, 
N.  J.,  till  1870,  and  then  removed  to  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  is  buried 
in  Newark,  N.  J.  In  a  letter  written  in  1874  she  says,  "  I, 
an  only  daughter,  was  loved  and  indulged  all  I  ought  to  be  ; 
had  a  ver}'  happy  childhood,  girlhood,  and  youth ;  hardly 
knew  anything  about  care  or  sorrow  ;  had  all  the  necessaries, 
most  of  the  comforts,  and  mani/  of  the  luxuries  of  life.     At 


JOHN  J.  THOMPSON,   OF  BLOOMINGBUBGH,   N.    Y.      221 

nineteen  the  first  real  sorrow  of  my  life  occurred  in  the  death 
of  my  dearly  loved  father.  I  had  then  come  into  possession 
of  the  property  left  me  by  my  Grandfather  Allison,  who  was 
a  very  extensive,  wealthy  farmer.  Next,  to  fill  my  cup  of 
sorrow  to  the  brim,  my  beloved  mother,  who  was  living  with 
us,  died  of  apoplexy." 

CUILDIIKX. 


1408. 

1409. 
1410. 

1411. 

1412. 
1413. 

1414. 

1415. 
1416. 


Mary  E.  Ford,"  m.  William  Hulme. 

William  Elmer  Ford,'  d.  yonnR. 

John  O.  Ford,'  m.  Jennie  Mills.    His  son,  William  Elmer  Ford, 

ros.  New  Carthage,  Mo. 
Julia  F.  Ford,"  m.  Richard  Terhune ;  d.  in  Montreal,  Canada,  Jan. 

25,  1882.    Five  children. 
Cornelia  M.  Ford,'  d.  young. 
Emmeline  C.  Ford^  m.  H.  O.  Beach.    She  d.  in  St.  Louis,  Mo,, 

Res.  San  Antonio,  Texas. 


May  14,  1882.    Four  children. 
Newton  H.  Ford,'  m.  Nettie  Ackley. 

Four  children. 
Martha  L.  Ford,'  d.  young. 
Silena  M.  Ford,'  m.  Gabriel  Long.    Child: 


I.    Elmer  Ford  Long.' 


1417.  John  Jay  Thompson  *  [1341]  (Sarah  Allison,^  Gen. 
William,'^  Joseph  ^  ).  He  was  born  in  Goshen,  Orange  county, 
N.  Y.,  March  26,  1797  ;  married,  April  4,  1822,  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  and  Sarah  (Vail)  Webb  of  Middletown,  N. 
Y.,  and  granddaughter  of  Jonathan  Webb.  She  was  born  in 
Middletown,  Orange  county,  N.  Y.,  July  12,  1804;  died 
in  Monroe,  Orange  county,  N.  Y.,  March  10,  1888.  Mr. 
Thompson  was  a  Presbyterian  minister,  and  lived  and 
preached  in  different  places  in  Orange  and  Green  counties, 
N.  Y.     He  died  June  12, 1849,  at  Bloomingburgh,  N.  Y. 


CUILDKEK. 

1418.  Mary  Thompson,' b.  Goshen,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  22,  1823;  m.,  Sept.  3, 
1844,  Chauncey  B.  Knight.  He  is  a  merchant;  res.  Monroe, 
Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.     Children: 

I.  Charles  Thompson  Knight,"  b.  July  24,  1847;   m.,   March  22,   1882, 

Maria  R.,  daughter  of  James  R.  and  Eliza  Jenkins  of  Newburgh, 
N.  Y.     Merchant.    Res.  Monroe,  N.  Y, 

II.  Caroline  Knight,"  b.  June  18,  1850;  m.  Oscar  Henry  Elmer,  a  rela- 

tive and  Presbyterian  minister.     Res.  Crookston,  Minn.     (See 
Elmer  record.) 

III.  Frederick  Jay  Knight,"  b.  March  11,  18.53;  m.,  Aug.  11,  1891,  Emma 

Irene  Patterson.     Civil  engineer.    Res.  Phenix,   Arizona.     Ho 
is  a  graduate  of  Cornell  university. 

IV.  Henry  Brooks  Knight,"  b.  Dec.  2.5,  1854;  m.,  June  20,  1«88,  Mary, 

daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Thompson)  Wallace  of  Goshen, 
N.  Y.    Graduated  at  Cornell  university.    Res.  Goshen,  N.   Y. 

V.  Mary  Eugenia  Knight,"  b.  Feb.  9,   1857;   m.,   Sept.  8,   1884,  George 

Rensalaer  Conklin  of  Monroe,  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y. 


Ik 


222 


ISAAC  ALLISON,  OF  WARWICK,  N.   Y. 


fi 

I  I 

I  :i 


1419.  Howard  Thompson,"  b.  Middletown,  V.  Y.,  Dec.  26, 1824;  m.,  June 

1848,  Sarah  Jorusha  Meigs.  Civil  engineer.  Res.  Port  Byron, 
N.  Y.;  d.  there  Oct.,  1862.    Children: 

I.  Mai-y  Allison  Thompson,"  m.  George  I.  Whipple  of  Malone,  Franklin 

Co.,  N.  Y.    Kes.  Tonawanda,  N.  Y. 

II.  Frances  Howard  Thompson.'    Single. 

1420.  Sarah  Thompson,"  1).,  Nov.  21,  1826,  in  Middletown,  N.  Y.;    m., 

March,  1854,  Isaac  Sliultz  Stickney.  Mercliant.  Res.  VVurts- 
boro',  Sullivan  Co.,  N.  Y.  Slio  d.  at  Versailles,  N.  Y.,  April, 
1875.     One  cliild,  d.  yoiuig. 

1421.  Grace  Thompson,"  b.  Goshen,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  21,  1830;  ni.,  June,  1855, 

David  Fetter.     Res.  Closter,  Hergen  Co.,  X.  J.     Child: 
I.     Jessie  Howard  Fclter,"  m.  Moses  Webb  Reed.     Res.  New  York,  N.  Y. 

1422.  Benjamin  Webb  Thompson,"  b.  Middletown,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  5,  1833; 

m.  Adeltha Twitchell,  Sept.,  1865;  m.,  scctmd,  Clara Uptegraff, 
April,  1875.  Real  estate  .agent.  Res.  jSIinneapolis,  Minn.  He 
was  a  lieutenant  colonel  in  the  late  war.    Children: 

I.  Howard  Benjamin  Tliompson." 

II.  Adelbert  Thompson." 

III.  Katherine  A.  Thompson." 

IV.  Grace  Webb  Tliompson." 

V.  Daniel  U.  Thompson." 

VI.  John  Allison  Thompson." 

1423.  Julia  Caroline  Thompson,"  b.   Monroe,  N.    Y.,    Feb.    21,    1838. 

Teacher  and  editor.    Res.  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  and  d.  there 
Feb.  22,  1883.    She  was  editor  of  a  magazine  published  by  the 
Women's  Board  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
Margaret  Boyd  Thompson,"  b.  Monroe,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  5,  1843;  m., 
April  13,  1871,  Rev.  Charles  Beattie  Newton,  D.  D.,  a  Presby- 
terian minister.    They  are  missionaries.    Res.   North  India. 
Children : 
John  Charles  Newton.*' 
Frederick  J.  Newton." 
Edward  F.  Newton." 
Francis  H.  Newton." 
Carrie  L.  Newton." 
George  V.  Newton." 


1424. 


I. 

II. 

III. 

IV. 

V. 

VI. 


1425.  Isaac  Allison*  [1384]  (Isaac,^  Isaac,^  Joseph i). 
He  was  born  in  Warwick,  near  Amity,  Orange  county,  N.  Y., 
April  10,  1787 ;  died  Jan.  1,  1835.  He  was  of  medium  size, 
with  light  complexion,  blue  eyes,  and  dark  hair.  His 
heart  was  full  of  kindness,  and  he  was  fond  of  merriment 
and  wit.  He  loved  children.  In  morals  he  was  strict,  was 
the  friend  and  helper  of  those  less  fortunate  than  himself, 
and  was  industrious  and  frugal.  About  one  mile  from  the 
Allison  homestead  was  built  the  first  Presbyterian  church  in 
Amity,  which  he  aided  in  erecting.  To  this  day  the  Allisons 
own  a  pew  in  that  church,  although  there  is  no  one  of  the 
family  living  there  to  occupy  it.  He,  his  wife,  and  his  sister 
Sarah  were  members  of  that  church.  All  of  his  sons  and 
daughters  were  Presbyterians,  except  his  daughter  Mary,  wife 
of  Egbert  Mills,  who  was  a  member  of  the  Calvary  Baptist 
church  in  New  York,  N.  Y.  The  beloved  pastors  who  min- 
istered to  the  church  in  Amity  during  Mr.  Allison's  lifetime 


524;  m.,  June 
Port  Byron, 

lie,  Franklin 


N.  T.;  m.. 
Res.  Wurts- 
'.  Y.,  April, 

,  June,  1855, 
ild: 

York,  N.  Y. 
^ov.  5,  1833; 
a  Uptegraff, 
,  Minn.    He 


.  21,  1838. 
id  d.  there 
ilied  by  the 

,  1843;  m., 
,  a  Presby- 
)rth  India. 


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um  size, 
ir.      His 
erriment 
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himself, 
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[lurch  in 
Allisons 
3  of  the 
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Baptist 
ho  min- 
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ISAAC   ALLISON,  OF  WARWICK,   N.   Y. 


223 


were  Rev.  Mr.  Hopkins  and  his  successor,  Rev.  William  Tim- 
low.     The  latter  often  held  neighborhood  jjrayer-meetings  at 
the  Allison  home.    When  the  nastor  came  to  make  a  pastoral 
call  at  the  Allison  home,  the  dinner  horn  was  blown,  calling 
the  workmen  from  the  fields,  that  they  might  be  present  with 
the  family  at  prayers.  During  the  last  war  with  Great  Britain, 
Mr.  Allison  was  drafted  into  the  service.     He  served  for  a 
time,  and  then  returned  home  on  account  of  sickness  in  the 
family,  and  his  place  in  the  army  was  supplied  by  his  brother, 
Nathaniel  Allison.     The  work  of  his  life  was  well  executed. 
In  the  strength  of  the  years  of  his  mature  manhood  (being  in 
his  forty-eighth  year)  the  summons  for  his  departure  came. 
When  he  was  dying  he  called  his  children  to  his  bedside, 
laid  his  hand  lovingly  on  their  foreheads,  and  upon  them 
invoked  the  blessings  of  God.     He  married  his  second  cousin, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  James  and  Amy   (Knapp)    Allison   of 
Ridgbury,  Orange  county,  N.  Y.     She  was  born  May  13, 
1794.     Her    father    lived    on   a   very  large   and   beautiful 
farm,  about  ten  miles  from  Amity,  town  of  Wawayanda, 
Orange    county,    N.    Y.     Mrs.    Allison  was   an    attractive 
woman,   of  medium  stature,  light  complexioned,  with  rosy 
cheeks,   dark  hair,   and   black  eyes.     She    was    a    devout 
Christian,  generous  in  her  nature  and  acts,  and  often  minis- 
tered to  the  necessities  of  the  sick  and  suffering.     A  great 
bereavement  came  to  her.     Within  a  space  of  nine  days  her 
husband  and  her  sons,  Gabriel  and  Andrew,  were  removed  by 
death.     She  bravely  took  up  life's  burden,  looking  for  strength 
to  the  God  of  the  widow  and  the  fatherless.     So  carefully 
did  she  train  her  sons  and  daughters,  that  they  in  mature 
years    called    her    blessed.     When    their    own   locks   were 
"  whitened  with  the  snow  that  never  melts,"  tenderly  and 
lovingly  they  spoke  of  her  to  their  children  and  grandchil- 
dren,  gratefully  acknowledging  her  solicitous  care   during 
their  childhood  and  youth. 

CHILDREN  BORN    IN    TUE    TOWN    OF    WARWICK,    NEAR    AMITV,    ORANGE 

COUNTY,   N.    y. 

1426.  Amy  K.  Allison' (151G),  b.  April  .3,  1813;   m.  Asa  Vail.    Res.  28 

Clifton  Place,  .Jersey  City,  X.  J. 

1427.  James  Allison,"  b.  Dec.  20,  181") ;  m.  Eleanor  Pound.     He  d.  near 

Amity,  N.  Y.     No  children, 

1428.  Nathaniel  Allison °(1.52i.))  b.  June  30,  1818;   m.,   1844,  Martha  F. 

SuUingor.     Res.  Mexico,  Mo.     Physician. 

1429.  Isaac  William  Allison » (1540),  b.  Nov.  17, 1820;  m.  Teresa  A.  Elmer, 

He  d,  at  Chester,  N,  Y.,  Dec,  22,  1881. 

1430.  LydiaE.  Allison,"  b.  July  1.5,  1823;    m.,  Jan.  14,  1886,  David  W, 

Selleck.    He  was  a  farmer.     He  died  June  27,  1893.    Res,  Fair 
Oaks,  N.  Y".     No  children. 


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SAMUEL   ALLISON,   OF   OHIO. 


1431.  Frances  Jane  Allison  ■(ir)4S),  b.  Ant;.  1",  1825;   m.,  Oct.  1.'),  1845, 

James  H.  Tooker.     Res.  Slate  Hill,  Wawayanda,  X.  Y. 

1432.  Mary  Allison' (I.Vm),  b.  March  25,  182S;  m.,  Xov.   1,  1848,  I>bert 

Mills. 
14:33.    William  Lewis  Allison"  (Vm).  h.  March  22,  1830;   m.,  March  1. 

1855,  Ellen  K.  Lombard.     Res.  7(5  Hancock  street,  Brooklyn, 

N.Y. 
14.34.     Gabriel  Allison,"  b.  18.32;  d.  in  Dec,  1834,  or  Jan.,  1835. 
1435.    Andrew  Jackson  Allison,"  b.  1834;  d.  in  Dec,  1834,  or  Jan.,  1835. 

1436.     Samuel  Allison*  [1387]  (Isaac,^  Isaac,2  Joseph i). 

He  married Roe,  and  with  his  family  and  some  twenty 

other  Orange  county  (N.  Y.)  families,  removed  to  Ohio, 
where  he  owned  a  large  tract  of  land,  near  Newark.  His 
mother  lived  with  him,  and  is  buried  in  the  family  lot  in  the 
cemetery  near  Newark.     He  died  March  29,  1860. 


CHILrBEN. 


1437. 
14.38. 
1439. 
1440. 
1441. 
1442. 
1443. 
1444. 
1445. 
1446. 
1447. 
1448. 

1449. 
1450. 
1451. 
1452. 
1453. 
1454. 
1465. 
1456. 


1457. 

1458. 

1459. 
1400. 
1461. 
1462. 


1463. 
1404. 
1405. 
1400. 


Children: 


Children: 


Harriet  Allison,"  m.  in  Ohio,  Albert  Wilkins. 

Ella  Wilkins." 

Edward  Wilkins." 

Frank  Wilkins." 

George  Wilkins." 

Rebecca  Allison,^  m.  in  Ohio,  George  Harris. 

Albert  Harris." 

Mary  Ann  Harris." 

Allison  Harris," 

Ella  Harris." 

William  Harris." 

Isaac  W.  Allison,"  m. AVilkins;  res.  on  homestead,  near  New- 
ark, Ohio.     Children: 

Homer  Allison,"  had  child,  F.  Emmet  Allison.' 

George  Allison,"  had  children.  Lulu  Allison,'  and  John  Allison.' 

Samuel  Allison,"  had  child,  Mabel  Allison.' 

Cline  Allison." 

Charles  Allison." 

Susan  Allison,"  m.  Elias  Parker.    Child : 

Hattie  Parker." 

Samuel  Allison,"  b.  1827;  d.  Feb.  26,  1884;  m.  Rachel  Bell,  of 
Utica,  Ohio.  Rem.  to  Delhi,  Delaware  Co.,  la.,  in  1852; 
had  700  acres  of  land,  and  owned  Pleasant  Valley  creamery. 
He  was  an  honorable,  upright  man,  and  much  respected.  Chil- 
dren : 

Cora  Arminda  Allison,'  m.  Frank  Porter;  res. 
d.  Oct.  2,  1880. 

William  Roc  Allison,"  m.  Elba  Hancher.     He 
owns  a  Large  farm  at  De  Solo,  la.     Children: 

Roy  H.  Allison.' 

Gladys  Allison.' 

Mildred  Allison.' 

John  L.  Allison,"  graduate  of  Drake  university,  Des  Moines,  Li.; 
m.  Laura  Dewev,  of  Des  Moines,  la.;  res.  on  homestead  at 
Delhi,  la.     Child: 

Donald  D.  Allibon.' 

Ella  M.  Allison,"  clans  of  '80  in  Dr.ike  university. 

Alice  Allison,"  an  "A.  B."  of  Drake  university,  1891. 

Samuel  J^mmert  Allison,"  student. 


Schaller,  la.    She 
is  well  educated; 


RICHARD   ALLISON,   OF   LEONIDAS,   MICH. 


225 


1467.  Annie  Allison^  [1389]  (Isaac,^  Isaac,^  Josephs- 
She  married  her  second  cousin,  Ambrose  Allison,  son  of 
James  and  Amy  (Knapp)  Allison,  and  removed  to  Ohio,  and 
is  buried  near  her  brother,  Samuel  Allison.  According  to 
tradition  Ambrose  Allison  migrated  over  the  mountains  into 
Pennsylvania  and  was  never  again  heard  from. 

CHI        KEN. 

1488.  Mary  Ann  Allison.B 

1469.  Isaac  Allison. 5 

1470.  Amy  Allison.o 

1471.  Samuel  Allison,"  m.  Joanna  Harris,  and  owned  1,000  acres  of  land 

in  Sac  Co.,  la.    Children: 

1472.  Oscar  Allison,'  rcs  Sac  Co.,  la. 

1473.  Annie  Allison,'  res.  Sac  Co.,  la. 

1474.  Mary  Allison,"  res.  Sac  Co.,  la. 

1475.  Minnie  Allison,"  res.  Sac  Co.,  la. 

1476.  Laura  Allison,<>  res.  Dakota. 

1477.  Frank  Allison,"  res.  Sac  Co.,  la. 

1478.  Eugene  Allison,"  res.  Sac  Co.,  la. 

1479.  Ida  Allison,"  res.  Sac  Co.,  la. 

1479a.  Richard  Allison  *  [1390]  (Isaac,^  Isaac,2  Joseph  i). 
He  was  born  in  Warwick,  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  29,  1799, 
and  removed  to  Peru,  Huron  Co.,  Ohio,  in  1832  or  1833,  and 
removed  to  Leonidas,  St.  Joseph  Co.,  Mich.,  in  1864,  and 
died  there  Jan.  18,  1867.  Mrs.  Allison  was  born  in  Brook- 
field,  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  6,  1801.  They  were  married 
July  19,  1828.  She  died  in  Peru.  Huron  Co.,  Mich.,  May  24, 
1842.  Her  maiden  name  was  Abigail  Brooks,  and  the  maiden 
name  of  her  mother  was  Allison.  They  had  eight  children  : 
only  three  lived  to  be  over  two  years  of  age. 

CIIILDREX. 


1479b.  Amanda  Matilda  Allison,"  I).  March  .^1,  1831:  removed  with  her 
parents  to  Ohio  from  Xew  York  when  a  little  more  than  U'o 
yeai's  of  a<je,  and  later  removed  to  Michigan.  She  m.  John 
Murray  Feb.  1,  184it;  removed  to  Michigan  in  18o4,  and  lived 
on  a  farm  two  miles  southwest  of  New  Buffalo,  Mich.;  res. 
New  Buffalo,  Mich.     Children: 

I.  Cecelia  Murray,"  b.  Jan.  1."),  ISoO;  n).  Willi.imStites;  res.  New  Carlisle, 

Ind.     No  children. 

II.  Viola  Murray,"  b.  May  22,  1800;  m.  her  second  cousin,  Hosea  Slater. 

Fou;-  children. 

1479c.     Caroline  Allison."    She  d.  Jan.  4,  1870. 

1479d.  Phebe  Jane  Allison,"!).  Jan.  3,  183t),  in  Peru,  Huron  Co.,  Ohio; 
m.,  Sept.  26,  1861,  Thomas  Jefferson  Downing,  b.  in  Connecti- 
cut, Nov.  14,  1814.  They  lived  in  Xorwalk,  Ohio,  until  May, 
1864,  and  then  moved  to  Wakeshma,  Kalamazoo  Co.,  Mich., 
and  purchased  a  farm.     He  d.  Oct.  29,  1875.    She  m.,  second, 

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WILLIAM  ALLISON,   OF   CANISTEO,   N.   Y. 


David  Camp.    She  now   lives  at  Wakeshma,   Mich.;    P.   O. 

Fulton,  Mich.    Child: 
I.    Frank  Allison  Downing,'  b.  April  28,  1867;  res.  with  his  mother. 
1479e.    Emeline  Allison,'  b.  Nov.  13,  1838;  d.  Jan.  4,  1870. 

1480.  William  Allison*  [1397]  (Richarcl,^  Isaac,2  Joseph  i). 
He  was  born  Dec.  28,  1797.  He  lived  and  died  in  Canisteo, 
N.  Y.  On  Dec.  10,  1818,  he  married  Levena  Fergerson,  who 
was  born  April  22,  1797,  and  died  March  2,  1861.  He  died 
May  14, 1863. 

CHILDBEN. 

1481.  Phebe  Ann  Allison,"  b.  Sept.  11,  1819;  d.  single. 

1482.  Charlotte  L.  Allison,' b.  Jan.  31,  1822;  m.  Wilson  W.  McHenery; 

res.  Decorah,  Iowa. 

1483.  Eichard  F.  Allison'  (1585),  b.  Jan.  19,  1824;  m.  Hannah  R.  (    nk, 

April  22,  1855;  res.  Hartsville,  N.  Y- 

1484.  Isaac  Allison'  (1591),  b.  Nov.  1, 1825;  m.  Sarah  R.  Simons,  May  23, 

1850;  res.  Canisteo,  N.  Y. 

1485.  Lawrence  F.  Allison,'  b.  Nov.  19, 1828 ;  single ;  res.  Canisteo,  N.  Y. 

1486.  Mortimore  Allison'  (1593),  b.  Oct.  15, 1829;  m.  Jane  A.  Davis;  ros. 

Canisteo,  N.  Y. 
1'187.     Oscar  Allison,"  b.  Nov.  6,  1832;  d.  Jan.  11,  1889,  single. 

1488.  Sally  Ann  Allison,'  b.   Jan.  24,  1834;   m.  William  C.  Adsit;  res. 

Cherokee,  Iowa. 

1489.  Charles  W.  Allison'  (1602),  b.  Aug.  31,  1839;  m.  Ella  Botheroe; 

res.  Decorah,  la. 

1490.  Adaline  Allison,'  b.  June  3,  1842. 

1491.  Richard  Allison  Elmer «  [1402]  (Mieah  Allison 
Elnier,^  Elizabeth  Allison,*  Richard,^  Isaac,^  Joseph  ^).  He 
was  born  in  Sussex  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  28,  1808.  He  was 
grandson  of  Dr.  William  Elmer,  of  Goshen,  N.  Y.,  and 
Richard  Allison,  of  Wawayanda,  N.  Y.,  and  a  descendant  of 
Edward  El.ner,  who  came  to  America  in  1632,  and  settled  in 
Hartford,  Conn.,  in  1636,  and  was  one  of  the  original  propri- 
etors of  the  site  of  the  city.  Thrown  upon  his  own  resources 
at  an  early  age,  he  also  had  the  care  and  responsibility  of  the 
education  of  his  brothers  and  sisters.  He  was  a  farmer. 
I  ii' '3r  his  guidance  one  brother  entered  college  and  became  a 
clergyman,  and  the  other  engaged  in  business.  Through  the 
iiiflueiice  of  his  brother,  Rev.  Nathaniel  Elmer,  pastor  of  a  Pres- 
byterian church  in  Waverly,  N.  Y.,  he,  in  Nov.,  1850,  was  in- 
duced to  locate  in  that  place.  II is  business  was  insurance  and 
real  estate.  He  became  closely  identified  with  the  interests 
and  growth  of  that  town.  With  its  schools  and  churches,  and 
matters  pertaining  to  the  advancement  of  the  morals  of  the  com- 
munity, he  was  always  interestedly  connected.  He  was  quiet 
and  unobtrusive  in  his  manners.  He  married,  Sept.  11,  1832, 
Charlotte,  daughter  of  Col.  Jonathan  and  Catherine  (Stew- 


HOWARD   ELMER,    OF    WAVERLY,   N.    Y. 


227 


art)  Bailey,  of  Wawayaiida,  N.  Y.,  who  died  Sept.  4,  1882. 
He  d.  ^\  ig.  8,  18*37.  He  and  his  wife  and  children  were 
Presbyterians. 


CHILDREN. 


1492.  Howard  Elmer,'  was  b.  in  Wawayanda,  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y., 
August  2,  1833.  He  prepared  for  college  at  the  Ridgebury  and 
Goshen  academies,  but  delicate  health  prevented  the  taking  of 
his  course.  In  November,  18.50,  his  p.arents  moved  to  Waverly, 
N.  Y.,  his  father's  brother,  Nathaniel  Elmer,  being  then  the  pas- 
tor of  the  Presbyterian  church  there.  Soon  after  removing  to 
Waverly,  then  seventeen  years  of  age.  he  entered  the  Waverly 
bank,  after  which  he  was  employetl  in  the  Chemung  Canal 
bank,  and  the  First  National  bank  of  Elmira.  In  1864  he 
organized  the  First  National  b.ink,  of  Waverly,  and  was  its 
cashier  until  18*58,  when  he  became  its  president,  wh'ch  posi- 
tion he  held  until  the  time  of  his  death.  In  187U  he  associated 
with  him  C.  L.  Anthony,  of  New  York,  James  Fritcher,  and 
his  brother  Richard,  of  Waverly,  and  purchased  about  1,000 
acres  of  land,  on  which  Sayre  is  now  situated.  On  the  death  of 
Mr.  Anthony,  a  few  years  later,  he  induced  the  Packer  family, 
E.  P.  Wilbur,  and  Robert  Lockhart  of  South  Bethlehem  to 
assume  the  Anthony  interest,  and  this  resulted  in  the  location 
of  the  Lehigh  shops  at  Sayre  and  the  consequent  growth  and 
development  of  that  village.  Mr.  Elmer  was  a  potent  factor  in 
this  development,  and  it  was  mainly  to  his  faith  in  the  future 
of  the  village,  his  planning,  his  encouragement,  and  his  inde- 
fatigable efforts,  that  it  owes  its  growth  and  prosperity. 
Through  his  encouragement  the  Cayuga  Wheel  foundry,  the 
Sayre  pipe  foundry  and  Sayre  steam  forge  was  built.  He  also 
built  the  Sayre  and  Athens  water-works.  For  several  years 
past  he  has  been  president  and  active  manager  of  the  com- 
panies named,  and  also  of  the  Sayi?  Land  company.  He  was 
also  the  director  of  the  Pennsylvania  &  Now  York  Railroad 
companv  and  the  Geneva  &  Sayre  Railroad  company,  treasurer 
of  the  Geneva  &  Buffalo  raili-oad,  and  a  trustee  of  the  Robert 
Packer  hospital  at  Sayre.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the 
board  of  education  of  Waverly,  but  never  held  political  oflSce, 
He  was  au  ardent  Republican,  but  not  active  in  politics,  the 
work  being  distasteful  to  him. 

Mr,  Elmer  was  a  man  of  cultured  literary  tastes,  unostenta- 
tious, courteous,  and  honorable.  On  questions  of  general  welfare 
he  was  broad-minded,  public-spirited,  and  progressive;  and  in 
his  death  his  locality  lost  one  who  labored  most  assiduously  for 
its  prosperity:  one  whose  place  in  the  community,  church,  and 
all  goon  works  will  not  readily  be  lllled.  He  was  one  of  the 
trustees  of  the  Presbyterian  church  of  this  place,  of  which 
society  he  has  been  a  member  for  upwards  of  twenty  years. 
The  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Binghamton,  N.  Y., 
writes, — "Howard  J^hner  impressed  me  as  being  a  very  pure, 
thouglitful,  and  lovable  spirit.  He  spol-e  of  tlie  Saviour  as 
One  who  walked  with  him,  and  of  the  c'.  "ch  as  au  object  of 
love  and  dear  desire."  lie  m.,  Oct.  10,  1805,  Sarah  P.  Perkins, 
dan.  of  George  A.  and  Julia  A.  Perkins,  of  Athens,  Penn.  No 
chili'ven;  re.n.  Waverly,  N.  Y.     Ho  d.  Sept.  0,  18»2. 

1493.  Mary  Elmer,' b.  March  17,  183."j;  unmarried;  res.  Waverly,  Tioga 

Co.,  N.  Y. 

1494.  Sarah  Stewart  Elmer,'  b.  April  3,  1838;  d.  June  10,  1841. 

1495.  Emma  Antoinette  Elmer,'  b.  June  28,  1840;  d.  May  29,  1841. 

1496.  Richard  Allison  Elmer"  (1005),  b.  June  16,  1842;  d.  Oct.  1,  1888. 


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1497.  Antoinette  Elmer,'  b.  Feb.  2.5,  184');  unmarried;  res.  Waverly, 
Tiofi.a  Co.,  X.  Y.  She  takes  a  large  interest  in  her  friends,  and 
is  the  hihtoriaii  of  her  family. 

1498.  Henry  DeLancy  Elmer  ^  [1404]  (Micali  Allison 
Elmer,'*  Mary  Allison,^  Gen.  William,^  Joseph^).  He  was 
born  Feb.  18,  1812:  d.  Oct.  17,  1870:  in.  Julia  Ann  DeKay. 
He  was  a  harness-maker  and  a  merchant,  and  died  at  Ches- 
ter, N.  Y.  He  had  resided  at  Union ville,  N.  Y.,  for  many 
years. 

CHILDREN. 

1498a.  John  Elmer."  lie  graduated  at  Hamilton  college,  Clinton,  N".  Y., 
in  1870;  studied  Law  in  the  law  school  at  Hamilton  college,  ana 
V  as  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  was  drowned  in  the  Red  river  of 
North  Minnesota;  unmai-ried. 

1499.  William  Wallace  Elmer,"  b.  at  Unionville,  N.   ....,  July  15,  1842; 

m.  Carrie,  dau.  of  John  Knapp,  of  Sugar  Loaf,  Orange  Co., 
N.  Y.  He  Avas  engaged  in  mercantile  business  at  that  place. 
In  1882,  on  account  of  his  ill  health,  thev  ri  moved  to  Middle- 
town,  N.  Y.,  and  in  1887  to  West  Town,  N.  Y.  There  he  died 
Nov.  15,  1887.  His  widow  res.  at  West  Town,  N.  Y.  Children 
b.  at  Sugar  Loaf,  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y. 

1500.  Harry  S.  Elmer,'  b.  Oct.  14,  1871. 

1501.  Grace  Elmer,'  b.  Jan.  27,  1880. 

1502.  Josephine  Elmer."    She  m.  J.  H.  Sharp,  and  is  deceased.    He  is  a 

merchant;  res.  Morehead,  Minn.    Children: 

1503.  Julia  A.  Sharp.' 

1504.  James  H.  Sharp.' 
1.505.     J.  Edgar  Sharp.' 

1506.  Emmett  Elmer,"  graduated  at  medical  department  of  Michigan 

university.  He  was  a  physician  in  Cornwall,  Monroe,  and 
Walden,  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.  He  m.  Sarah  M.,  dau.  of  Morgan 
and  Mary  A.  (Titus)  Shuit.     Child: 

1507.  Morgan  Shilit  Elmer.' 

1508.  Oscar  Elmer."    He  gr.aduated  at  Hamilton  college,  Clinton,  N.  Y., 

in  18(5.5,  at  Union  Theological  seminary  in  New  York  in  1808. 
He  is  a  clergyman  in  the  home  missionary  field.  He  is  now 
pastor  at  Crookston,  Minn.,  and  is  very  favorably  and  widely 
known  in  that  state.  He  m.  Carrie  Knight,  a  relative  and 
a  dos'ccndant  of  Sheriff  W.  W.  Thompson,  of  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y. 
Children: 
1.509.     Mary  K.  Elmer.' 

1510.  Julia  A.  Elmer.' 

1511.  Isabel  Elmer.' 

1512.  Josephine  Elmer.' 

1513.  Charles  K.  Elmer.' 

1514.  Rev.  Nathaniel  Elmer  ^^  [1405]  (Elizabeth  Allison,* 
Richard,^  Isaac,^  Joseph  ^).  He  was  born  at  Wantage,  N.  J., 
Jan.  31,  1816  ;  was  graduated  at  Union  college  in  1840,  and 
at  Union  Theological  seminary  in  New  York  in  1843,  and 
died  at  Middletown,  N.  Y.,  July  11,  1884.  The  following 
notice  is  prepared  from  an  obituary  of  him  by  Rev.  Charles 


NATHANIEL   ELMER,   OF   MIDDLETOWN,   N.   Y. 


229 


Elmer  Allison,  of  Yonkers-on-the-Hudsou :  "Among  the 
thirty-nine  names  on  the  roll  of  the  Hudson,  New  York,  Pres- 
bytery, the  name  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  Elmer  stood  the  first. 
His  name,  so  long  enrolled  among  God's  ministers  on  earth, 
has  been  transferred  to  those  pages  which  carry  the  names  of 
victorious  saints.  After  his  life  journey  of  sixty-eight  years, 
the  pilgrim's  staff  has  dropped  from  his  hand,  and  he  is  safe 
home.  It  is  a  privilege  to  lay  r.  wreath  on  his  grave,  to  pay 
a  tribute  to  the  memory  of  one  whose  words  were  'like 
apples  of  gold  in  baskets  of  silver.'  His  nature  was  gentle  ; 
meekness  and  kindness  dwelt  in  his  heart  and  spoke  through 
his  lips.  The  churches  at  Stanhope,  Circle ville,  Waverly, 
Avon,  Belmont,  and  Emporium,  to  which  he  ministered, 
bear  grateful  witness  that  his  life  was  a  sermon.  He  always 
si)oke  of  the  everlasting  truths  of  the  Bible  with  the  accent 
of  conviction.  With  the  docility  of  a  child,  and  with  contrite 
heart  he  listened  to  the  words  of  Scripture.  The  closing 
years  of  his  life  were  spent  in  retirement  in  Middletown, 
N.  Y.,  where  he  looked  with  thoughtful  eyes  upon  the  world's 
affairs,  but  with  profound  and  loving  interest  upon  his 
Redeemer's  growing  kingdom.  His  death  was  as  peaceful 
as  his  faith  was  firm.  His  family,  and  God's  church  on  earth, 
and  the  unforgotten  friends  and  beloved  Master  above  were 
the  magnets  of  his  loving  thought.  His  life  ended  with  the 
day,  and  for  him  •  at  evening  time  it  was  light.'  He  mar- 
ried, in  184-5,  Caroline,  daughter  of  Rev.  John  Ford,  of  Par- 
sippary,  Morris  county,  N.  J.  She  lived  but  six  months 
after  marriage.  He  married  second,  in  1849,  Mary  A.  Post, 
b.  July  26, 18'26.  She  was  daugliter  of  James  Post,  of  Middle- 
town,  N.  Y.  His  widow  and  daughter  reside  in  Middletown, 
N.  Y." 

CHILI). 

i.")1.5.  Sarah  Liizie  Elmer,"  b.  Jiui.  2",  IS.'jO;  res,  Middletown,  X.  Y.  She 
gratiiiatod  at  In;,'ham  university.  Lelluy,  N,  Y.,  in  187t>;  uu- 
inarried. 


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1516.  Amy  K.  Allison"  [1426]  ^Unm:*  fsaae.^  Uahc,- 
Joseph  1).  She  w;is  born  near  Amity,  Oiaii)^'  county.  N.  Y.. 
April  .3,  1813.  She  married,  near  Amity,  by  Rev.  William 
Timlow,  Asa,  son  of  Absalom  and  Keziah  (K^".;iier)  Vail. 


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NATHANIEL  ALLISON,   OF  MEXICO,   MO. 


CHILDBEN    BORN    IN    TOWN    OF    WARWICK,    NEAR  AMITV,   ORANGE 

COUNTY,   N.    Y. 

1617.    Sarah  K.  Vail,'  b.  ;  m.  Jonas  E.  Divers;  res.  Middle- 

town,  N.  Y.    He  is  a  dealer  in  organs  and  pianos.    Children: 

1518.  George  E.   Divers,'  res.   Newton,  N.  J.;  m.  Ida  L.   Courter,  of 

Newark,  N.  J.,  Oct.  10,  1881,  by  Rev.  Charles.  E.  Allison,  of 
Yonkers,  N.  Y.    They  res.  Freemont  St.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

1519.  Emma  Divers.' 

1520.  Floyd  Divers.' 

1621.  Isaac  Allison  Vail."  He  was  of  great  promise;  was  connected 
with  the  Orange  Co.  press,  anci  liad  editorial  life  in  view;  but 
died  in  young  manhood,  in  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

1522.  Lydia  Jane  Vail,'  d.  in  cliildliood. 

1523.  Mary  Elizabeth    Vail,«  m.    William  H.   Vail.    One  child  d.   in 

infancy;  res.  01  Bright  St.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

1524.  Floyd  Vail,'  son  of  Amy  Knapp  Allison  (wife  of  Asa  Vail«),  was 

b.  Feb.  4,  1854,  near  Amity,  town  of  Warwick,  Orange  Co., 
N.  Y. ;  migrated  with  his  parents  to  Pittsburgh,  Penn.,  thence 
to  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  where  he  has  since  resided.  He  gradu- 
ated from  the  public  schools  of  that  city;  afterwards  attended 
for  a  slifirt  time  one  in  Rockland  county.  New  York;  was  then 
instructed  in  private  schools  in  New  York  city,  and  finally 
studied  with  private  tutors.  He  engaged  for  several  years  in 
mercantile  business,  but  left  it  to  enter  tlie  office  of  "  Wallace's 
Monthly  "  in  New  York,  as  an  editorial  and  general  writer.  Ho 
has  since  contributed  to  The  Mail  and  Express  of  New  York 
city,  and  to  other  periodicals  under  the  nom  de  illume  of 
Flainbemi.^  lie  has  triinslatod  from  the  French  "  The  Two 
Mottoes,"  '"The  Tattooed  King,'  etc.,  and  he  is  the  author  of 
"  Courted  and  Won  in  the  Mountains,"  '*  His  Choice,"  etc.  In 
187!)  he  became  secretary  to  the  banking  house  of  R,  P.  Flower 
&  Co.,  in  New  York  city,  and  private  secretary  to  Hon.  Ros- 
well  P.  Flower  (now  governor  of  New  York  state),  and  in  1885 
was  appointed  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Kingston  and  Pem- 
broke Railway  Co.,  which  position  he  at  present  holds.  He  m., 
Nov.  22,  ]87rt,  Sarah  J.  Crow.  She  was  b.  in  Jersey  City, 
N.  J.,  Oct.  19,  18.')6.  She  is  dau.  of  David  Johnson  and  Mary 
(Jones)  Crow,  of  Jersey  City,  His  stately  house  is  finely  situ- 
ated in  Jersey  City  Heights,  overlooking  New  York  city  and 
harbor,  and  within  easy  distance  of  the  city  hall  in  New  York, 
Children  b.  Jersey  City,  N.  J. : 

1525.  Floyd  Eugene  Vail,'  b.  Sept.  17,  1877. 

1526.  Lillian  Vail,'  b.  Oct.  17,  1879. 

1527.  Roswell  Flower  Vail,'  b.  March  t*.  1882. 

1528.  Eleanor  Alberta  Vail,'  b,  Oct.  1,  1883. 

1529.  Nathaniel  Allison  ^  [1428]  (Isaac*  Isaac,^  Isaac,a 
Joseph^).  He  was  born  in  the  town  of  Warwick,  near 
Amity,  Orange  county,  N.  Y.,  June  30, 1818 ;  married,  Jan.  18, 
1844,  Martha  Frances,  daughter  of  James  Sullinger,  a  native 
of  Kentucky.  She  was  born  in  Boone  county,  Mo.,  April  5, 
1825;  died  in  Mexico,  Mo.,  Dec.  10,  1884,  aged  59  years,  8 
months.  She  was  a  faithful  Christian,  a  loving  and  devoted 
wife  anil  mother.     At  her  death  the  Audrain  County  Medi 

iS«e  "  I'apers  of  the  Vail  Family,"  by  Alfred  Vail,  New  York  Histori- 
cal Society  Library,  New  York  city. 
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cal  Society,  of  which  her  husband  is  a  member,  passed  reso- 
lutions of  respect  and  sympathy.  Being  then  in  session,  they 
attended  her  funeral  in  a  body,  and  the  pall  bearers  were 
physicians  appointed  by  the  society.  Mr.  Allison  is  a  physi- 
cian. He  resided  in  Orange  county,  N.  Y.,  until  Nov.  1, 
1839,  since  then  in  Missouri.  He  travelled  overland,  and  in 
May,  1841,  located  in  Boone  county  and  engaged  in  the  prac- 
tice of  medicine.  He  married  there,  and  Dec.  1,  1846, 
removed  to  Mexico,  Mo.,  where  he  has  lived  and  practised 
his  profession,  and  where  he  now  resides.  This  family  are 
Presbyterians. 

CniLDBKN. 

1529a.  James  William  Allison,"  b.  Boone  Co.,  Mo.,  Oct.  11,  1844;  m., 
Nov.  22,  1S70,  Acldie  Slniltz.  She  was  b.  in  GrantvlUe,  Md,, 
Jan.  1,  18.51.  She  was  dau.  of  Ilvm.  Chaiincey  Forward  Shultz, 
b.  May  20,  1824,  in  Somerset  Co.,  Penn. ;  res.  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Her  mother  was  Hadassah  Chambers  (Brown)  Shultz.  Her 
grandparents  were  Adam  and  Nancy  (Shockey)  Shultz.  He 
was  I),  in  1780,  in  Somerset  Co.,  and  was  son  of  Jacob  Shultz, 
b.  in  1742,  in  Paultz,  Switzerland;  emigrated  to  Somerset  Co., 
in  1700,  and  d.  there  in  180S.  His  wife  was  Mary  Howenstein, 
of  Stuppensburg,  Penn.  Mr.  Allison  res.  one  year  in  St. 
Charles,  Mo.;  now  ren.  No.  ;5,11()  Fades  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
He  is  in  the  glass  business.     Children: 

1530.  Chauncev  Shultz  Allison,'  b.  Feb.  22,  1872;  d.  Oct.  13,  1872. 

1531.  Martha  Frances  Allison,'  b.  Oct.  18,  187.S. 

1532.  Nathaniel  Allison,'  b.  May  22,  1870. 

1533.  Chauncev  Llewellyn  Allison,'  b.  Feb.  24,  1878;  d.  Aug.  1,  1878. 

1534.  Giles  Sullinger  Allison,"  b.  Mexico,  Mo.,  August,  1848;  manufac- 

turer; res.  New  York,  N.  Y. 

1535.  Sarah  Malinda  Allison,'  b.   Mexico,  Mo.,  Jan.   1,  1853;  d.  there 

April  18,  1857. 

1536.  Mortimer  Allison,"  b.  Mexico,  Mo.,  Oct.  8, 1856;  d.  there  March  24, 

1859. 

1537.  Linnie  Allison,' b.  Mexico,  Mo.,  June  17,  1859;  single;  res.  Mex- 
,  ico.  Mo. 

1538.  Mary  Emma  Allison,' b.  Mexico,  Mo.,  May  11,  1862;  m.,  Nov.  17, 

1880,  James  C.  Emmons.    She  d.  in  Mexico,  Mo.,  Feb.  4,  1888. 
Child: 

1539.  William  Nathaniel  Emmons,'  b.  Sept.  10,  1887. 

1540.  Isaac  William  Allison  &  [1429]  (Isaac,*  Isaac^ 
Isaac,^  Joseph  1).  He  was  born  at  the  "old  homestead," 
near  Amity,  in  the  town  of  Warwick,  Orange  county,  N.  Y., 
Nov.  17,  1820,  and  was  an  Orange  county  farmer  and  mer- 
chant, and  lived  at  Slate  Hill,  and  at  the  homestead  near  Am- 
ity and  Edenville,  also  in  Union ville  and  at  Chester,  Orange 
county,  N.  Y.  He  married,  Feb.  t),  1845,  Teresa  Amelia,  the 
youngest  daughter  of  Micah  Allison  Elmer,  a  granddaughter 
of  Dr.  William  Elmer,  of  Goshen,  N.  Y.,  and  of  Richard  Alli- 
son, of  Wawayanda,  Orange  county,  N.  Y.  She  was  great- 
granddaughter  of  Dr.  Nathaniel  Elmer,  of  Florida,  N.  Y.,  and 


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ISAAC  W.   ALLISON,  OF  SLATE  HILL,  N.  Y. 


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of  Gen.  William  Allison,  of  Goshen,  N.  Y.  She  was  a  descen- 
dant of  Edward  Elmer,  a  Puritan,  who  came  to  America  in  the 
ship  Lion,  in  1632,  settled  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  in  1636,  where 
he  was  one  of  the  early  proprietors.  She  was  born  Nov.  6, 
1819,  and  was  educated  at  Chester  academy,  N.  Y.  She 
was  attractive  in  person,  cheerful,  and  affectionate  in  her 
disposition.  Her  mind  was  clear  and  strong  and  bright,  and 
she  had  a  profound  interest  in  all  that  was  good.  She  was  a 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Chester,  where  the 
family  lived  many  years.  During  the  war  she  was  secretary 
of  a  society  of  ladies  who  furnished  articles  to  the  Sanitary 
commission  for  the  Union  soldiers  in  hospital  and  field. 
In  her  own  village  the  poor  knew  her  as  their  friend.  In  all 
her  relations  as  daughter,  sister,  wife,  and  mother,  she  was 
true  and  faithful.  She  was  a  Christian,  and  her  life  was 
sweet  with  tenderness  and  rich  in  counsel.  Her  children 
rise  up  and  call  her  blessed.  She  lived  to  see  her  two  sons 
graduated  from  Hamilton  college,  and  Howard,  the  elder,  a 
practising  lawyer.  She  died  before  her  son  Charles  Elmer 
had  entered  the  Union  Theological  seminary,  where  he  com- 
pleted his  preparation  for  the  Christian  ministry.  She 
entered  into  rest  Sept.  27,  1870,  and  was  buried  in  the  fam- 
ily lot  in  the  Chester  cemetery. 

"  Happy  he 
With  such  a  mother !  faith  in  womankind 
Beats  with  his  blood,  and  trust  in  all  things  high 
Comes  easy  to  him." 

Mr.  Allison  was  a  person  of  great  industry.  He  loved 
learning,  and  by  reading  the  best  works  supplemented  his 
slender  early  education.  He  and  his  wife  made  many  sac- 
rifices that  they  might  give  their  surviving  children  a  lib- 
eral education.  They  and  their  sons  were  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  in  Chester,  N.  Y.  He  was  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics,  and  clerk  of  his  town. 

Mr.  Allison  married,  second,  April  3,  1873,  Elizabeth 
Adelia,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Nancy  (Parcel)  Gardner, 
who  was  born  near  Florida,  Orange  county,  N.  Y.,  and  who 
now  lives  at  Oxford  Depot,  N.  Y.  Her  grandparents  were 
Samuel  and  Hannah  (Owen)  Gardner,  of  Long  Island,  N.  Y. 
Mr.  Allison  died  in  Chester,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  22,  1881,  and  with 
his  first  wife  and  deceased  children  is  buried  in  the  family 
lot  in  Chester,  N.  Y.  His  father  and  grandfather  are  buried 
in  the  family  lot  near  Amity,  N.  Y.,  about  eight  miles  from 
Chester,  Orange  county,  N.  Y. 


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Cnil.DUEX. 

1541.  Howard  Allison'  (lOOft),  b.  at  Shito  Hill,  town  of  Wawayanda, 
N.  Y.,  March  4,  l.S4(i;  m.,  Jan.  2,  1H72,  Edith  A.  Thurber. 
Lawyer;  rcn.  HeinpHtoad,  Lon;;  Island,  N.  Y. 

l.'>42.  Charles  Elmer  Allison"  (Ull')),  b.  at  .Slate  Hill,  town  of  Waway- 
anda, N.  Y.,  July  21,  1847;  clergyman;  res.  Yonkers-ou-the- 
Hudscm,  N.  Y. ;  sinjfle. 

\')48.  Egbert  M.  Allison,"  b.  near  Amity,  town  of  Warwick,  N.  Y.,  March 
1.'.,  J850;  d.  Feb.  14,  IH;".. 

1544.  Willmot  L.  Allison,"  b.  Feb.  10,  18.j2,  near  Amity,  N.  Y. ;  d.  Dec. 
25,  18.VJ. 

1.j45.  Caroline  E.  Allison,"  b.  Dec.  1.3, 1853,  near  Amity.  N.  Y. ;  d.  March 
22,  1857. 

1.540.  Albert  Allison,"  b.  Chester,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  8,  1850;  d.  there  Aug.  27, 
1850. 

1.547.  Lizzie  Elmer  Allison,"  b.  June  U»,  1862,  at  Chester,  X.  Y.;  d.  there 
March  10,  1873. 

1548.  Frances  Jane  Allison^  [1^31]  (Isaac,*  Isaac,^ Isaac,^ 
Joseph^).  She  wa.s  born  near  Amity,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  15,  1825; 
married,  Oct.  15,  1845,  James  H.,  son  of  Charles  P.  and 
Hannah  (Neely)  Tooker,  of  Minisink,  Orange  county,  N.  Y.. 
and  grandson  of  Samuel  and  Catherine  (Finch)  Tooker,  of 
Patchogue,  Long  Island,  N.  Y.  He  was  born  near  Slate 
Hill,  Orange  county,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  3,  1821,  and  has  always 
made  his  home  in  the  place  of  his  birth.  Farmer,  writer, 
and  lecturer;  resides  at  Slate  Hill,  N.  Y.  Mrs.  Tooker  died 
at  Slate  Hill,  Nov.  18,  1881.  He  married,  second,  at  Mount 
Hope,  N.  Y.,  Arminda,  daughter  of  Cyrus  Skinner,  of  Otis- 
ville,  N.  Y.  She  was  born  April  20,  1822,  and  resided  at 
Mount  Hope,  N.  Y. 

CHILDBEX,   BOKX  NKAU   SLATE   IIII.I,,   OliANOE  COUNTY,    N.    Y. 

1549.  Maiy  Eliza  Tcjoker,"  b.  Xov.  8,  1847;  m.,  Nov.,  1870,  William  H. 

Green,  and  res.  Slate  Hill,  X.  Y.     Six  children. 

1550.  Charles  W.  Tooker,"  b.  May  4,  1850;  m.  Carrie,  daughter  of  Hon. 

John  II.  Keeve,  of  Wawayanda,  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.    Real  estate, 
res.  Springiield,  Mo.     She  d.  April  10, .    Six  children. 

1551.  Samuel  Tooker,"  b.  Sei)t.  10, 1854;  m.  Minnie  AVelman.     Res.  Great 

Bend,  Penn.     Farmer.     One  ehild,  which  is  now  decejvsed. 
1.552.     Lewis  Allison  Tooker,"  b.  May   Hi,  18.58;    m.,  Nov.,  1881,  Fannie 

Reeve.     Ren.  Springfield,  Mo. :  carpenter,  doing  business  with 

his  two  younger  brothers.     Three  children. 
1.5.53.    Egbert  M.   Tooker,"  b.  April   10,  18(il;  m.  Lillio  Welman.     Res. 

Fentonville,  N.  Y.     Farmer.     Three  children. 
1554.    Frank  J.  Tooker,"  b.  Sept.  1,  ISOl);  res.  Carthage,  Jasper  Co.,  Mo.; 

single. 

1555.  Mary  Allison^  [1432]  (Isaac,**  Isaac,'^  Isaac,^  Jo- 
seph^). She  was  born  near  Amity,  Orange  county,  N.  Y., 
March   25,  1828 ;  married,  Nov.  1,  1848,  Egbert   Mills,  who 


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WILLIAM  L.  ALLISON,   OP  BROOKLYN,   N.   Y. 


was  bom  Jan.  28,  1820,  in  Smithtown,  L.  I.  He  was  a 
builder  and  carpenter.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Egbert  Mills  are  de- 
ceased. 

CHILDREN  BOHN  IN  NEW  YOUK,   N.   Y. 

1666.    Virginia  Allison  Mills,*  b.  Oct  23,  1840;  d.  March  12,  1862. 

1657.    Abbott  Lawrence  Mills,*  b.  Sept.  19,  1861 ;  m.,  Sept.  19,  1876,  Mag- 

gie  Ratlibun.    Res.  Chicago,  III.     Ho  w<as  a  student  of  tlie 
ullege  of  the  City  of  New  York.    He  is  a  broker,  and  member 
of  the  board  of  trade  in  Chicago,    Children: 
1668.    Lottie  Mills,'  b.  Feb.  14,  1878. 

1660.  Abbot  Lawrence  Mills,'  b.  April  28,  1880.    " 
1560.    Charles  Hutchinson  Mills,!  b,  June  4,  1887. 

1661.  Sarah  Edna  Mills,"  b.  May  25,  1853;  res.  174  W.  04th  street,  New 

York,  N.  Yr  single. 

1662.  George  Phillips  Mills,"  b.  April  5,  185.",;  d,  April  4,  ia',S. 

166:1.  Frances  Aur<jlia  >Mlls,"  b.  May  21,  18.57;  m.,  June  17,  lASO,  Gus- 
tavus  r>filuts  .)ickinson.  tie  is  a  clerk;  res.  174  West  04tii 
streetv  I'^ev  York,  N.  Y.    No  children. 

1664.  Egbert  MiMs,*  b.  May  1,  1859;  m.,  Feb.  10,  1880,  Marietta  Coffin. 
Clerk  in  bankinr  house  of  Kountz  Brotliers,  120  Broadway, 
N.  Y.;  res.  HU  West  145th  street.  New  York,  N.  Y.    Children: 

I.  George  Coffin  iij!}.:,'  b.  June  1,  1880. 

II.  Egbert  Mills.  Jr.  ^  b.  May  31,  1891. 

1565.    George  S.  P.  Mills,*  b.  June  21,  1865;  d.  April  8,  1868. 

16fl«},    Edmund  S.  Mills,'  b.  July  1,  1868;  d.  Jan.  4,  1870. 

1567.    Willmot  Allison  Mills,*  b,  Dec.  28,  1871 ;  d.  April  11,  1873. 

1668.  William  Lewis  Allison »  [1433]  (Isaac*  Isaac.3 
Isaac,2  Joseph  ^ ).  Ue  was  born  near  Amity,  Orange  count}', 
N.  Y.,  March  22,  1830 ;  married  Ellen  Russell,  daughter  of 
Loring  Liviugston  Lombard  and  Ellen  Whitman  (Russell) 
Lombard  of  Boston,  Mass.,  March  7, 1865.  He  was  only  five 
years  of  age  at  his  father's  death.  He  was  educated  at  Union- 
ville  and  at  the  academy  in  Chester,  N.  Y.  Before  he  was 
fourteen  he  went  into  the  printing  office  of  The  True  Whiy 
at  Goshen,  N.  Y.  Later,  this  paper  was  united  with  The 
Goshen  Democrat^  published  by  Mead  and  Webb,  and  was 
the  confidential  organ  of  Hon.  William  H.  Seward.  In  1861 
Mr.  Allison  went  to  the  city  of  New  York,  and,  with  Charles 
Mead  of  the  Erie  Railroad  printing  office,  in  1852,  he  pur- 
chased the  Newburgh  Oazette^  which  he  published  till  1856. 
In  the  latter  year  he  became  an  editor  of  the  New  York 
Evening  Mirror^  a  daily.  In  1862  he  purchased  The 
Working  Farmer,  and  later  united  with  it  The  National  Agri- 
culturist. This  paper  he  edited  for  fifteen  years  and  then 
disposed  of  it.  In  1869  he  purchased,  of  James  O.  Kane,  the 
book  plant  at  the  corner  of  Beekman  and  Nassau  streets  in 
New  York,  since  which  time  he  has  been  in  the  book  business 
and  has  published  about  two  hundred  and  fifty  works.  He  is 
the  author   of  "  Allison's   Revision  of  Webster's  Cou 


BICHABD  F.  ALLISON,  OF  HARTSVILLE,  K.  Y.         235 

House  Dictionary,"  which  in  its  several  editions  has  attained 
a  circulation  of  half  a  million  copies.  He  revised  Gushing's 
Manual,  "The  Arctic  Discovery  in  the  Nineteenth  Century," 
and  edited  Plutarch,  Cooper,  and  other  works.  The  home  of 
Mr.  Allison  has  been  in  New  York  city,  Norwalk,  Conn.,  and 
other  places.  Their  residence  is  now  76  Hancock  street, 
Brooklyn,  New  York.     Mr.  Allison  died  there  March  4, 1893. 

CUILDREM. 


1569.  Loring  Lombard  Allison,*  b.  in  New  York,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  14,  1856;  d. 

1856. 

1570.  Henry  Leeds  AlliHon,*  b.  in  South  Norwalk,  Conn.,  Nov.  fS,  1H.^T; 

m.,  Jan.,  1887,  Ellen  Russell,  daughter  of  George  Piatt,  of  Lon- 
don, England,  and  his  wife,  Mary  Catherine  (Russell)  Piatt  of 
Boston,  Mass.    He  lives  in  Harlem,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Keeps 
a  large  bookstore  and  stationery  store.    Child: 
1671.    Mary  Catherine  Allison,'  b.  Feb.,  1888;  d.  Oct.,  1888. 

1572.  Ellen  Russell  Allison,*  wife  of  Henry  L.  Allison;  d.  April  27,  188>i, 

1573.  George  Piatt  Allison,'  b.  in  South  Norwalk,  Conn.,  May  8, 1869;  ('. 

Oct.  25, 1865. 
1674.    William  Lewis  Allison,*  b.  in  South  Norwalk,  Conn.,  April   14, 
1861;  is  in  business  with  his  father;  m.,  June  19,  1883,  Minnie,, 
daughterof  Garrett  and  Matilda  (Van  Drew)  Ward  of  Paterson, 
N.  J.    Res.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.    Children: 

1575.  Leroy  Ward  Allison,'  b.  in  Riverside,  N.  J.,  June  22,  1884. 

1576.  Ethel  Allison,'  b.   in  Riverside,  N.   J.,  Dec.  2.S,   1886.    He  res. 

763  JelTerson  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

1577.  Grace  Livingston  Allison,*  b.  in  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  July  20,   1»CA. 

Res.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

1578.  Sarah  Ellen  Allison,*  b.  in  River  Edge,  N.  J.,  Dec.  14,  1865;  d.  April 

12.  1860. 
1679.    Emily  Lombard  Allison,*  b.  in  River  Edge,  N.  J.,  Dec.  6,  1867;  m., 

July  22,  1891,  Dr.  Frank  Parker  Hudnut.    Res.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
1660.    Dai^  /  Allison,' b.  in  River  Edge,  N.  J.,  Dec.  5,  1867;    d.  Dec.  5, 

1867. 

1681.  Nellie  Russell  Allison,*  b.  in  River  Edge,  N.  J.,  March  21,  1860. 

Res.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

1682.  Phillip  Livingston  Allison,*  b.  in  River  Edge,  N,  J.,  Nov.  20,  1871. 

Res.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

1683.  Percy  Burchard  Allison,*  b.  in  Paterson,  N.  J.,  March  2,  1875;  d. 

Feb.  17,  1878. 

1684.  Edith  Allison,*  b.  in  Paterson,  N.  J.,  May  20,  1870.    Res.  Brooklyn, 

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1686.  Richard  F.  Allison »  [1483]  (William,*  Richard,3 
Isaac,^  Joseph  ^  ).  He  was  bora  Jan.  19,  1824 ;  married 
Hannah  R.  Cook,  April  22,  1855,  who  was  born  Dec.  5, 
1884.    Residence,  Hartsville,  N.  Y. 


CHII.DKBN. 


1686.    Addle  Allison,*  b.  Sept  6,  1856;  m.  Ira  W.  Hall,  Deo.  12,   1878. 
She  d.  Oct.  7,  1885.     Res.  Canisteo,  N.  Y. 


236 


MORTIMOBB  ALLISON,  OF  CANISTEO,   N.   Y. 


1557.  Mary  Allison,'  b.  May  21,  1859;  m.,  Sept.  10,  1888,  W.  J.  Darling. 

Res.  Canistoo,  N.  Y. 

1558.  Hattie  Allison,*  b.  July  8,  1861;  d.  Sept  30,  18fll. 

1580.    Kittle  Allison,*  b.  July  31,  1863;  m.  Ira  W.  Hall,  March  23,   1886. 

Res.  Canisteo,  N.  Y. 
1.590.    Phebe  Ann  Allison,*  b.  March  2,  1866;  m.,  Sept.  28,  1885,  F.  D. 

Drake.    Res.  Canisteo,  N.  Y. 

1591.  Isaac  Allison  6  [1484]  (William,*  Richard,"  Isaac,' 
Joseph  ^ ).  He  was  born  Nov.  1, 1826 ;  married.  May  23, 1850, 
Sarah  R.  Simons.    Residence,  Canisteo,  N.  Y. 


il! 


CHILD. 

1.j92.    William  S.  Allison,"  b.  Jan.  14,  1852;  d.  Sept.  6,  1853. 

1593.  Mortimore  Allison «  [1486]  (William,*  Richard," 
Isaac,'  Joseph  ^ ).  He  was  born  Oct.  15,  1829 ;  married.  May 
10,  1859,  Jane  A.  Davis  of  Greenwood,  N.  Y.  Residence, 
Canisteo,  N.  Y. 

CHILDREN. 

Lottie  Allison  *  b.  June  10,  1860;  m.,  Sept.  6,  18S2,  Jackson  W. 

Bowdlsh.    Res.  Marlon,  la. 
Yinnie  Allison,*  b.  May  11,  1863;  m.  Benjamin  F.  Ferris.    Res. 

Canisteo,  N.  Y. 
Clarence  Allison,"  b.  Oct.  10,  1865;  d.  May  29,  1866. 
Mira  L.  Allison,"  b.  May  7,  1868;  m.,  Sept.  10, 1890,  HobertS.  Lent. 

Res.  Jasper,  N.  Y. 
William  Allison,"  b.  July  24,  1870;  d.  April  20,  1871. 
Mortlmore  Allison,  Jr.,"  b.  Feb.  6,  1872.    Res.  Canisteo,  N.  Y. 
Redmond  D.  Allison,"  b.  Jan.  24,  1874. 
Isaac  Allison,"  b.  Aug.  1,  1876. 


1594. 

1595. 

1596. 
1597. 

1598. 
1.599. 
KiOO. 
1601. 


1602.  Charles  W.  Allison «  [1489]  (William,*  Richard," 
Isaac,'  Joseph  ^  ).  He  was  born  Aug.  31, 1839 ;  married,  Jan. 
22,  1863,  Ella  Botheroe.     Residence,  Decorah,  Iowa. 


CHILDREN. 

um.    Nellie  Irene  Allison,"  b.  Nov.  19,  18(J5. 
KMM.    Georgianna  Allison,"  b.  May  22,  1873. 


1605.  Richard  Allison  Elmer"  [  1496]  (Richard  Allison  El- 
mer,^ Micah  Allison  Elnier,^  Elizabeth  Allison,*  Richard," 
Isaac,' Joseph  ^ ).  He  was  born  at  Wawayanda,  Orange  county, 
N.  Y.,  June  16,  1842  ;  d.  Oct.  1, 1888.  He  graduated  at  Ham- 
ilton college  in  1864;  studied  law,  was  admitted  to  the  bar, 
then  entered  his  brother's  bank  at  Waverly,  N.  Y.,  where  he 
was  cashier  for  twelve  years.  There  he  resided  till  his 
removal  to  the  city  of  New  York.  In  1870  he  became  inter- 
ested in  the  organization  of  the  Sayre  Land  company,  under 


HOWARD  ALLISON,   OF   HEMPSTEAD,   N.   Y. 


237 


which  was  built  up  that  thriving  village.  He  was  direc- 
tor of  the  First  National  Bank,  the  Sayre  water  company, 
the  Cayuga  wheel  foundry,  the  Sayre  pipe  foundry,  and  the 
Sayre  steam  forge  company.  In  1881  he  was  appointed,  by 
President  Garfield,  second  assistant  postmaster-general,  and 
held  this  position  for  three  years,  where  he  was  a  most  faith- 
ful and  efficient  officer.  In  1884  he  resigned,  and  organized 
the  American  Surety  company  at  New  York  city,  became  its 
president,  and  remained  such  until  his  death  at  his  home  in 
New  York,  54  West  20th  street.  He  was  a  man  of  high 
character  and  greatly  admired.  As  a  banker  and  president 
of  the  American  Surety  company,  he  proved  that  he  had 
*'a  genius  for  business.  He  married,  June  16,  1870,  Sarah 
France,  oi  Middletown,  N.  Y.  She  was  daughter  of  J.  F. 
and  Isabella  France.  She  with  her  children  live  in  the  city 
of  New  York. 

CHILDKEN  BOBN  WAVEBLY,   N.   Y. 

1606.  Robert  France 'Elmer,*  b.  Jul>  3,  1871.    He  was  a  member  of  the 

scientific  department  of  Yale  college  in  1888,  and  left  college 
on  account  of  his  father's  death. 

1607.  Richard  AlHson  Elmer,'  b.  Nov.  10,  1875.    He  is  a  student  prepar- 

ing for  Columbia  college. 

1608.  Charles  Howard  Elmer,*  b.  Jan.  20,  1878.    He  is  a  student  making 

preparations  to  enter  Columbia  college. 

1609.  Howard  Allison  «  [1641]  (Isaac  W.,'^  Isaac,*  Isaac,^ 
Isaac,^  Joseph  ^  ).  He  was  oorn  at  Slate  Hill,  town  of  Wa- 
wayanda.  Orange  county,  N.  Y.,  March  4,  1846.  On  his 
maternal  side  he  is  the  eighth  generation  in  descent  from 
Edward  Elmer,  a  Puritan,  who  came  from  England  to  Boston, 
Mass.,  in  1632.  His  childhood  and  youth  were  spent  on  the 
homestead,  and  at  Chester,  N.  Y.,  and  early  in  life  at  the  lat- 
ter place  he  united  with  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  was 
educated  at  the  public  schools  of  Chester,  prepared  for  col- 
lege under  Prof.  Edward  F.  B.  Orton  at  Chester  academy, 
where  he  received  first  prize  for  superiority  in  declamation,  and 
graduated  at  Hamilton  college,  Clinton,  N.  Y.,  in  1867,  where 
he  received  the  second  prize  in  chemistry.  He  was  principal  of 
the  academy  and  general  superintendent  of  schools  at  Mount 
Morris,  N.  Y.,  following  his  graduation.  His  law  studies 
were  pursued  with  Judge  David  F.  Gedney  of  Goshen,  Orange 
county,  N.  Y.  After  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  he  prac- 
tised at  Middletown,  Orange  county,  N.  Y.,  and  for  a  brief 
time  in  Minnesota.  Since  1887  he  has  been  in  the  law  deoart- 
ment  of  the  American  Surety  company  at  160  Broadway,  New 
York,  N.  Y.,  of  which  company  his  cousin,  Richard  Allison 


238       CHARLES   ELMER   ALLISON,   OF  YOMKERS,  N.   Y. 

Elmer,  was  founder  and  president.  Mr.  Allison  has  a  wide 
knowledge  of  the  department  of  law  to  which  he  has  eiven 
his  attention.  He  is  a  member  of  the  college  Greek  letter 
society,  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon,  and  is  also  a  director  in  the 
Sydenham  post-graduate  course  and  hospital  of  the  city  of 
New  York.  He  is  a  director  of  the  New  York,  Boston,  Albany, 
&  Schenectady  Railway  company,  and  director  and  president 
of  the  "  Allison  Drug  Compary  "  of  New  York  city,  and  of 
Orange,  N.  J.,  and  director  and  vice-president  of  "'fhe  Ghap- 
paqua  Mineral  Spring  Company."  He  married,  Jan.  2, 1872, 
Edith  A.,  daughter  of  George  and  Ellen  (Douglass)  Thurber, 
who  was  born,  Nov.  14,  1849,  at  Patchogue,  Long  Island, 
New  York.  Residence,  Hempstead,  Queens  county,  Long 
Island,  N.  Y. 


CHILDBEX. 


1610.  Teresa  Allison,'  b.  Chester,  N,  Y.,  Nov.  1,  1872. 

1611.  Edna  Allison,'  b.  Middletowa,  N.  T.,  Nov.  14,  1874. 

1612.  Howard  Allison,'  b.  Middletown,  N.  T.,  Sept.  25,  1879. 
1618.  Arthur  Allison,'  b.  Middletown,  N.  Y.,  April  10,  1881. 

1614.  Charles  Herbert  Allison,'  b.  Middletown,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  8,  1884. 


1615.  Charles  Elmer  Allison «  [1542]  (Isaac  W.,^  Isaac,* 
Isaac,^  Isaac,2  Joseph^).  Rev.  Charles  E.  Allison  was  born 
at  Slate  Hill,  town  of  Wawayanda,  Orange  county,  N.  Y., 
July  21,  1847.  On  his  maternal  side  he  is  the  eighth  gener- 
ation in  descent  from  Edward  Elmer,  a  Puritan,  who  came 
from  England  to  Boston,  Mass.,  in  1632,  and  settled  at  Hart- 
ford, Conn.,  in  1636,  as  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of 
the  site  of  the  city.  His  childhood  was  spent  at  the  home- 
stead, near  Amity,  and  at  Chester,  N.  Y.  He  united  with 
the  Presbyterian  church  in  Chester,  March  5,  1866.  His 
preparatory  course  was  received  at  the  Chester  academy, 
where  he  won  the  first  prize  for  excellence  of  declamation. 
He  entered  Hamilton  college,  Clinton,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was 
graduated  in  1870.  During  nis  junior  year  he  was  appointed 
one  of  the  Clark  prize  orators  of  his  class. 

His  theological  studies  were  pursued  at  Union  Theological 
seminary,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  where  he  graduated  in  May, 
1874,  and  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Hudson,  N.  Y.,  Pres- 
bytery, April  21,  1876.  During  his  senior  year  in  the  sem- 
inary he  preached  in  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  and  also  after  his 
graduation.  On  April  21,  1879,  he  assisted  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Dayspring  Presbyterian  church  in  Yonkers,  and 
was  ordained  and  installed  over  that  church  by  the  West- 
chester presbytery  April  30, 1879. 


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Mr.  Allison  is  a  member  of  the  Greek  letter  college  frater- 
nity, Delta  Kappa  Epsilon,  of  the  presbytery  of  West  Chester, 
N.  Y.,  of  which  he  was  moderator  in  1886,  the  Pastor's  asso- 
ciation  of  New  York,  N.  Y.,  the  Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  Men- 
ument  association  of  Yonkers,  the  Historical  society  of 
Yonkers,  the  Westchester  county  Historical  society,  and 
president  of  the  Yonkers  Clerical  association  in  1892.  Hia 
favorite  studies  have  been  belles-lettres,  theology,  and  the 
principles  of  persuasive  public  speech.  The  Yonkers  Dailff 
Herald^  Dec.  9th,  1891,  has  the  following : 

Rev.  Dr.  Cole  said  on  Tuesday  evening,  in  accepting  the  gift  of  a  oostlj 
oil  portrait  from  the  citizens  of  Yonkers,  that  they  could  not  have  se- 
lected a  more  acceptable  presenter  than  the  Rev.  Charles  E.  Allison; 
and  we  fully  endorse  the  doctor's  remarks.  Unboundedlv  popular  with 
Tonkers  audiences,  both  young  and  old,  and  wonderfully  adapted  to 
the  demands  of  public  speech,  ue  could  not  have  been  surpassed  e^  the 
orator  of  the  occasion.  His  long  companionship  with  the  doctor  iu  that 
ministry  of  which  both  are  such  wortiiy  examplars,  gave  him  opportu- 
nities that  a  stranger  could  not  have  embraced,  and  the  emblematic 
eloquence  of  his  oration  was  rendered  doubly  impressive  by  the  tender 
sentiment  that  characterized  the  speaker.  It  was  a  beautiful  address, 
and  will  be  long  remembered  by  those  who  were  privileged  to  hear  it. 

For  the  press  he  is  a  frequent  contributor,  and  is  the 
author  of  the  "  History  of  Hamilton  College."  In  politics 
Mr.  Allison  is  a  Prohibitionist,  and  is  *'a  zealous  ancl  active 
laborer  in  the  temperance  cause,  and  has  given  to  it  his  time 
and  talents.  He  takes  the  high  ground  that  the  Bible  and 
the  ballot  are  the  two  best  weapons  for  the  overthrow  of 
intemperance,  and  his  published  utterances  indicate  that  he 
is  fixed  in  purpose  and  strong  in  faith  in  the  prayers  and 
final  triumph  of  temperance  through  moral  and  legal  means." 
(From  the  recent  work,  "Church  and  Sunday-School  Work 
in  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,"  by  Agnes  E.  Kirkwood.) 

Rev.  David  Cole,  D.  D.,  of  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  said,  in  a  his- 
torical sketch  of  that  city, — "  During  his  ministry  in  Yon- 
kers Mr.  Allison  has  been  a  most  active,  zealous,  and  popular 
minister,  and  a  most  effective  and  successful  worker.  In  the 
pulpit  he  is  clear,  direct,  and  impressive.  All  his  sermons 
are  warm  and  magnetic.  He  is  a  close  student  apd  a  good 
thinker.  And  above  all,  he  is  noted  for  a  kind  heart  and  for 
a  profound  interest  in  all  that  belongs  to  the  higher  needs 
of  the  people.  Too  much  cannot  be  said  for  his  devotion  to 
his  work  and  its  useful  results  to  his  own  church  and  the 
city.  He  is  always  ready  to  respond  to  the  calls  for  service, 
and  is  especially  acceptable  as  a  reader  and  speaker  in  every 
social  gathering  that  may  be  held."    The  flashes  of  wit  and 


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glow  of  humor  which  brighten  his  addresses  increase  his  pop- 
ularity as  a  speaker.  A  specimen  of  his  oratory  is  an  ora- 
tion, entitled,  "The  Monument's  Message,"  which  he  deliv- 
ered to  a  great  audience  in  Music  Hall,  Yonkers-on-the-Hud- 
son,  on  Memorial  Day.  It  was  published  in  full  in  the  daily 
papers  of  that  city.  May  31,  1893. 

In  this  "  History  of  the  Allison  Family,"  Rev.  Mr.  Allison 
has  taken  a  deep  and  active  interest,  from  the  moment  that 
he  knew  the  work  was  in  progress  to  its  consummation,  and 
I  am  greatly  indebted  for  facts  of  interest  and  for  aid,  espe- 
cially in  the  preparation  of  the  history  of  his  own  branch  of 
the  family.     He  is  unmarried.     Resides  at  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

GOSHEN,  N.  Y.,  KECORDS. 

This  information  is  taken  from  the  oldest  personal  records 
of  the  First  Presbyterian  church  of  Goshen,  Orange  county, 
N.  Y.  The  first  entry  is  dated  Dec,  1773.  These  records 
are  in  the  possession  of  Charles  G.  Elliott,  Esq.,  of  Goshen, 
who  is  a  descendant  in  the  seventh  generation  from  Elliott, 
the  early  missionary  to  the  Indians. 

The  Goshen  church  was  organized  evidently  as  early  as 
1721,  but  the  early  records  were  probably  burned,  as  well 
as  the  town  records,  as  they  are  not  to  be  found. 

The  following  records  of  Allisons  and  others  are  not 
woven  into  the  genealogies: 

Joseph  Allison,  Sept.  4,  1775,  was  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  church  in 
Goshen,  N.  Y.,  wlien  a  petition  for  a  charter  was  made. 

Henry  Allison,  m.  Hannah  Jackson  Nov.  18,  1776. 

Richard  Allison,  m.  Amy  Case  Sept.  1.5,  1777. 

Mary  Allison,  daughter  of  Ricliard  Allison  and  Mary  Case  his  wife,  b. 
AuR.  21,  1779. 

Margaret  Allison  was  wife  of  John  McNeal.  Children :  William  Alli- 
son McNeal,  baptized  Aug.  2.5,  1770.  Thomas  McXeal,  baptized 
Aug.  25,  1776.     Joseph  McNeal,  baptized  Jan.  1,  1778. 

Mary  Allison,  m.  John  McNeal  Dec.  24,  178(). 

Elizabeth  Allison,  daughter  of  John  Allison,  b.  Oct.  21,  1775. 

Michael  Allison,  son  of  John  Johnes  and  Hannah  Jackson  his  wife,  b. 
April  4,  1779. 

William  Allison,  m.  Mary  Graham  Jan.  10,  1789. 

Mary  Allison,  m.  Nivthaniel  Harrison  April  26,  1700. 

Hamilton  Morrison,  m.,  Nov.  20,  1817,  or  May  23,  1818,  Maria  Miller. 

OTHER  RECORDS. 

On  Jan.  20,  1611,  John  Allison  and  Thomasin  White  were  married  at 

St.  Mary,  Wliite  Chapel,  London,  Eng. 
In  1737,  John  Allison  was  an  attorney  in  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.    In  1748, 

William  Allison  was  a  surgeon  in  New  York,  N.  Y. 


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The  following  Allisons,  Allistons,  are  found  on  the  muster 
rolls  of  the  state  of  New  York.    Vol.  Ill : 

1616.  Van  Rnnsaellaer  AlIiHon,  18  yrs.  old,  was  in  Co.  G,  86th  Reg't, 

N.  Y.  Vols. ;  enlisted  at  Canisteo,  N.  Y. 

1617.  William  Allison,  aped  2<>,  was  in  Co.  G,  8«th  Reg't,  N.  Y.  Vols.; 

enlisted  at  Canisteo,  N.  Y. 

1618.  William  I.  Allison,  aged  20,  w;i8  in  Co.  F,  OSth  Reg't,  N.  Y.  Vols.; 

enlisted  at  Haverstraw,  Rockland  Co.,  N.  Y. 

1619.  Cornelius  \lliHon,  aged  20,  was  in  Co.  F,  95tli  Reg't,  N.  Y.  Vols.; 

enlist  d  at  Ilaverstraw,  Rockland  Co.,  N.  Y. 

1620.  Joseph  Allison  was  in  Co.  A,  70th  Reg't,  N.  Y.  Vols.    This  com- 

pany was  recruited  at  Paterson,  N.  J.,  and  in  the  city  of  Now 

1621.  Frank  AUiston,  2.3  yrs.  old,  was  a  private  in  Co.  K,  72d  Reg't, 

N.  Y.  Vols.    This  company  was  recruited  in  New  York,  N.  Y. 

"  The  History  of  Monmouth  and  Ocean  Counties,  N.  J.," 
has  the  fcl  jwing: 

1622.  John  Ellison  is  named  as  a  witness  in  court  proceedings  in  1705. 
1628.    Richard  Ellison's  will  was  dated  March  5,  1710,  proven  Dec.  23, 

1723. 
1624.    Daniel  Ellison  was  taxed  in  Freehold,  N.  J.,  in  1776,  for  eighty-six 
acres  of  land  and  other  property. 
These  parties  all  lived  in  Monmouth  and  Ocean  counties,  N.  J. 


REFERENCES    FROM    THE    COLONIAL    HISTORY    OF  NEW 

YORK. 

From  that  interesting  work  published  by  the  state  of  New 
York,  entitled  "  Documents  Relative  to  Colonial  History  of 
the  State  of  New  York,"  procured  in  Holland,  England,  and 
France  by  John  Roraeyer  Broadhead,  Esq.,  agent  of  the  legis- 
lature to  procure  and  transcribe  documents  in  Europe  rela- 
tive to  the  colonial  history  of  the  state,  and  edited  by  E.  B. 
O'Callaghan,  M.  D.,  LL.  D.,  the  following  references  are 
taken : 

On  Sept.  3,  1664,  Sir  Robert  Carr,  at  Fort  James  in  New  York,  was 
ordered  to  subdue  tlie  Dutch  at  Fort  Delaware.  The  fort  was  stormed 
and  captured  Oct.  13,  1664.  He  reported  to  Colonel  Nichols,  and  re- 
questecf  him  to  send  liim  two  men,  whoso  services  he  needed,  in  these 
words, — "  Lett  mee  begg  ye  favor  of  you  to  send  Mr.  Allison  and  Mr. 
Thompson,  the  one  to  ye  reedifvingof  the  fort,  ye  other  to  fix  our  arms." 
—Vol.  Ill,  p.  74. 

The  Christian  name  of  Mr.  Allison  is  not  given. 

A  number  of  loyal  citizens  of  New  York  city,  adherents  of  King  Will- 
iam (Prince  of  Orange)  and  his  wife.  Queen  Mary  (New  York  was  then 
an  English  province),  drew  up  a  document  declarmg  their  abhorrence  to 
illegal  proceedings  of  certain  men  in  the  province.    It  was  to  have  been 
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preBontod  Jan.  25,  1080,  to  tho  mayor's  court;  but  before  that  date  per- 
BOUK  of  note  were  Heized,  Iiouhch  broken  open,  no  it  wan  not  thou^bt  safe 
to  proceed  in  ttie  matter.  One  of  these  usurpern  was  Jacob  Leynter.  a 
captain  of  a  train  band.  On  Aug.  U\,  1((8I),  lie  captured  tlie  fort,  and  by 
force  of  arms  <lrag(;ed  thereto  many  persons  of  note.  Among  tliem  was 
Mr.  Robert  Allison,  a  merchant  and  considerable  trader  in  the  city  and 
province  of  Now  York.— Fot.  ///,  p.  67S.  (Kobort  Allison  is  also  indexed 
Robert  All  inson.) 

Leyster  was  arbitrary,  and  claimed  the  title  of  lieutenant-governor. 
Later  on,  Robert  Allison  and  others  assaulted  Leyster.  On  June  0,  1800, 
Robert  Allison  and  about  forty  otliers  went  to  the  city  hall  and  said  it 
was  their  day  to  get  the  prisoners  out  of  tlie  fort.  Tliey  gave  "  two  or 
three  huzzas"  (according  to  depositions  taken  June  8,  1000),  and  went 
toward  the  fort.  On  tlie  way  they  met  Captain  Leyster,  wlio  claimed  to 
be  lieutenant-governor,  and  "  there  beset  him  close."  Allison  seized  his 
sword  to  wrest  it  from  hin.  During  the  scrimmage  Leyster  was  roughly 
handled. 

On  Dec.  30, 1701,  the  Protestants  of  New  York  sent  an  address  to  King 
William  III  expressing  their  loyalty,  and  asking  to  be  relieved  of  evils 
brought  upon  them  by  those  who  were  divesting  the  king's  subjects  of 
their  rights  and  possessionn,  and  dividing  the  same  among  tliemselves 
and  then-  confederates.  This  was  signed  by  many  citizens.  Among  the 
signatures  were  those  of  Robert  Allison,  Joun  Ellison,  and  Thomas  Ellis- 
son. 

Oct.  2,  1702.  Among  the  chief  inhabitants  who  signed  an  address 
to  Lord  Cornbury,  governor  of  New  York,  were  Itobert  Allison,  Tliomas 
EUyseen,  John  Ellison.  In  a  list  of  tlie  freeholders  and  inhabitants  of 
the  county  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  dated  Dec.  ilO,  1701,  is  the  name  of  Tennis 
Ellissen. 


OCCURRENCE  IN  CANADA  DURING  THE  YEAR   1747-48. 

In  a  letter  dated  "  Cahos,  Oct.  20,  1747,"  the  French  com- 
mander says, — "  We  have  three  Englishmen  well  treated  and 
closely  watched — John  Hawkes,  Matthew  Ellison,  and  John 
Taylor."     Hawkes  commanded  Fort  Massachusetts  in  1746. 

Lt.  Gov.  James  DeLaucey  wrote  as  follows : 

New  York,  Jan.  31,  1755.  Yesterday  the  Lieutenant-Colonels  (Robert) 
Ellison  and  Mercer  came  to  this  town.  I  have  ordered  horses  to  be  got 
for  them  to  carry  them  to  Connecticut  in  tlieir  way  to  Boston,  for  which 
place  they  will  set  out  as  soon  as  the  weather  permits. — Vol.  VI,  p.  9SB. 

The  44th  Reg't  of  Foot  was  commanded  by  Colonel  Ellison, 
•who  was  succeeded  by  James  Abercromby  March  13, 1756. 

In  1687  complaint  was  entered  by  the  Royal  African  Com- 
pany of  England  against  Robert  Allison  for  infringement  of 
the  charter  by  importing  negroes,  elephants'  teeth,  etc.,  into 
New  York  from  Africa.  In  the  same  year  he  was  charged 
with  making  a  threat  that  he  would  "  take  the  Ketch  Advent- 
ure.''' In  1688  he  petitioned  to  retain  an  Indian  slave  to  be 
purchased  in  Honduras,  which  was  rejected. 

Robert  Allison  had  license  to  marry  Hannah  Bray,  Nuv. 
29,1693. 


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On  Sept.  16,  1704,  lie  made  his  will ;  proved  July  18, 
1705.  He  was  a  resident  of  New  York  city,  and  had  a  wife, 
Hannah.  He  had  a  brother,  Thomas  Allison,  apparently 
deceased,  who  had  a  son, 

Robert  Allison,  to  whom  Robert  Allison  first  nuaied  gave 
one  third  of  his  real  estate  when  twenty-one  years  of  age.  In 
case  Robert  Allison,  the  younger,  dies  before  that  time,  the 
property  was  to  go  to  the  "loving  sister"  of  Robert,  St., 
Sarah  Holmes,  living  in  Bridgewater  in  kingdom  of  England. 

He  also  remembered  Hannah  Allison,  daughter  of  his 
brother,  Thomas  Allison.  This  nephew  and  niece  lived  at 
his  house  in  New  York  city.    • 

Rip  Van  Dam  and  William  Smith,  executors. 

Inventory  of  this  estate  taken  March  28,  170b. 

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The  following  records  were  taken  in  Oct.,  1891,  by  the  au- 
thor, Tr.  J,  the  surrogate's  office  in  the  city  of  New  York,  and 
from  the  record^  of  the  different  counties  of  N;v\'. Jersey,  pre- 
vious to  1804,  which  are  kept  iu  the  office  of  the  secretary  of 
state,  at  Trenton,  N.  J.,  and  from  the  records  ut  Suffolk 
county,  Mass.,  at  Boston,  Mass. 

William  Ellison,  of  Elizabeth.  N.  J.,  sold  Land  Fob.  0,  1C88.  On  Oct.  7, 
1695,  or  Feb.  20,  lOJKJ,  then  of  Woodbridge,  N.  J.,  lie  bouglit  liind  of 
Capt.  Samuel  Walker,  late  of  Boston,  Mass.,  merchant,  now  of  Piscat- 
aqua,  N.  J.  On  March  27,  1707,  he  made  his  will,  proven  Aug.  11).  1707. 
He  had  a  wife,  Mary  Ellison,  and  children,  Enoch  Ellison  and  Emma 
Ellison. 

John  Ellison,  merchant,  of  the  city  of  New  York,  bought  land  of  Han- 
nah, widow  of  William  Barton,  in  Perth  Amboy,  N.  J.,  Nov.  22,  1090. 
He  had,  on  Nov.  7,  1609,  bought  land  in  Middletown,  N.  J. 

John  Ellison,  of  Now  Y'ork,  N.  Y.,  made  his  will  Oct.  12,  1718.  He 
mentions  his  wife,  Eleanor  Ellison,  his  son,  John  Ellison,  Jr.,  William 
Ellison,  Thomas  Ellison,  Joseph  Ellison,  his  sister,  Elizabeth  Finch,  and 
his  brother,  William  Ellison  in  England. 

John  Ellison,  Jr.,  of  New  Y'ork,  N.  Y.,  was  a  merchant  like  his  father. 
He  made  his  will  July  11,  172.').  He  mentions  his  wife,  Mary  Ellison,  his 
eldest  son,  John  Ellison,  Jr.,  his  daughter,  Mary  EllLson,  and  his  broth- 
ers, William  Ellison,  Thomas  Ellison,  Joseph  Ellison. 

In  the  previous  year,  March  2,  1724,  the  three  brothers  of  this  John 
Ellison— William  Ellison  of  New  York,  N.  Y.,  a  mariner,  Thomas  Elli- 
son of  the  county  of  Ulster,  merchant,  and  Joseph  Ellison  of  tlie  city  of 
New  York,  mariner, — "  three  of  the  sons  of  John  Ellison,  late  of  the  city 
of  New  York,  merchant,"  relinquished  all  claim  to  some  land  in  Perth 
Amboy,  N.  J.  This  brother  John  had  relinquished  to  tliom  various 
messuages  in  New  York  and  elsewhere  in  that  province. 

William  Ellison  ma<le  his  will  Dec.  1.3.  172.5.  He  mentions  his  wife. 
Mary  Ellison,  lands,  slaves,  etc.,  in  Virginia  and  North  Carolina,  and 
property  in  the  province  of  New  York.  He  mentions  his  brother, 
Thomas  Ellison,  and  gives  this  property  to  him  at  the  death  of  his  wife, 
including  "two  Indian  boys  named  Nortu  and  South." 


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Joseph  Ellison  mao-  his  will  Dec.  15,  1732,  and  mentions  his  hrother, 
John  Ellison,  his  wife,  Margaret  Ellison,  and  his  bi-other,  Thomas  Elli- 
son. 

Joseph  Ellison,  of  Shrewsbury,  N.  J.,  bought  land  of  Arthur  Brown, 
March  1,  riHl. 

Joseph  Ellison,  of  New  Brunswick,  county  of  Middles*,  x,  N.  J.,  appar- 
ently the  same  .as  above,  made  his  will  May  0, 1739;  proven  June  9,  1739. 
He  had  wife,  Martha  Ellison,  and  children,  Anna  Ellison,  Mary  Ellison, 
and  daughter-in-law  Ann .  Thomas  ^lllison  was  one  of  the  execu- 
tors. 

Thomas  Ellison,  of  Hempstead,  N.  Y.,  Queen's  Co.,  "on  Nassau 
Island,"  N.  Y.,  bought  land  in  New  Jersey,  called  Havorsneck,  of  Walter 
and  Mary  Newman,  one  hundred  and  sixty-four  acres,  Sept.  4,  1708. 

Thomas  Ellison  of  Shrewsbury,  county  of  Monmouth,  N.  J.,  yeoman, 
bought  land  in  that  town  of  John  Lawrence,  June  16,  1709. 

Thomas  Ellison,  of  Perth  Amboy,  N.  J.,  husbandman,  on  March  20, 
1723,  and  Seth  Allison,  carpenter,  passed  a  legal  document  in  relation  to 
land. 

Thomas  Ellison,  of  Shrewsbury,  N.  J.,  bought  land  in  that  place,  Jan. 
21,  1739,  of  Beriah  Goddard,  of  Dartmouth,  Mass. 

Thomas  Ellison,  of  Shrewsbury,  N.  J.,  on  April  13,  1762,  bought  land 
there  of  James  Towney,  of  Buck's  Co.,  Penn.  He  made  his  will  Sept. 
10,1766;  proven  Dec.  1,  1770.  He  had  a  wife,  Margaret  Ellison.  He  had 
a  daughter,  Anna  Ellison,  who  married  Mr.  Allen,  and  had  a  son,  Sam- 
uel Aflen.  He  hatl  daughters, — Elizabeth  Ellison,  who  married  Mr.  Mor- 
ris, Bebecca  Ellison,  Hannah  Ellison;  sons, — Amos  Ellison,  Lewis  Elli- 
,  son,  Thomas  Ellison,  and  granddaughters, — Elizabeth  and  Mary  Ellison. 


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FROM  SUFFOLK   COUNTY  RECORDS,  AT  BOSTON,  MASS. 

Thomas  Ellison,  Jr.,  of  the  city  of  New  York.  Merchant.  He  married 
Mary  Peck,  Nov.  10,  1761.  He  and  wife,  Mary  (Peck)  Ellison,  and  Hannah 
Peck  of  the  same  place,  spinster,  two  of  the  six  daughters  of  and  co- 
heirs of  Benjamin  Peck,  late  of  the  city  of  New  York,  deceased,  sold 
July  9,  1771,  to  Jeremiah  Leaming,  of  Norwalk,  Conn.,  their  part  of 
land  and  wharfs  at  Boston,  Mass.,  which  belonged  to  Benjamin  Peck, 
which  he  got  from  his  father,  Thomas  Peck. 

William  Ellison,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  Oct.  28,  1773,  sold  land  to  Thomas 
Hill. 

OTHER  RECORDS. 


Thomas  Ellison,  of  New  Windsor,  Ulster  Co.,  N.  Y.,  made  will  Sept.  18, 
1789,  mention  of  his  sons — Thomas  Ellison,  John  Ellison,  William  Ellison, 
and  daughters — Eleanor  Ellison,  Mary  Ellison,  and  Margaret  (Ellison) 
Crooke. 

Thomas  Ellison,  of  New  York  city;  will  dated  Feb.  1,  1790.  He  men- 
tions his  wife,  Mary  Ellison,  his  bi'others  John  and  William  Ellison,  and 
his  nephew  Thomas  Ellison,  son  of  his  brother  William  Ellison.  He 
mentions  Thomas  Ellison  Colden,  his  sister  Elizabeth  Colden,  his  sis- 
ter Eleanor  Ellison,  his  sister  Mary  Ellison,  his  niece  Margaret  Ellison, 
and  John  Inglis,  Margaret  Inglis,  Ann  Inglis,  children  of  Charles  Inglis, 
the  bishoppf  Nova  Scotia,  by  his  niece  Margaret  Crooke.  He  mentions 
his  sister  Elizabeth  Colden,  his  niece  Alice  Colden,  wife  of  Lewis  Antill. 

Mary  Ellison,  of  New  York  city,  had  a  will  dated  Oct.  26,  1810.  She 
mentions  her  sister,  Elizabeth  Colden,  Alice  Antill,  granddaughter  of 
Elizabeth  Colden,  her  sister,  Margaret  Crooke,  wioow  of  John  Crooke, 
John  Inglis,  son  of  Charles  Inglis,  bishop  of  Nova  Scotia,  and  his 
daughter,  Margaret  Halliburton,  Tiis  daughter  Ann  Pigeon.  She  speaks 
of  her  sister  Eleanor  Ellison,  Margaret  Miller's  daughter,  of  liier  brother 


THE  ELLISONS  OP  NEWBUEGH,  N.  Y. 


245 


William  Ellison,  her  niece,  Elizabetli  Floyd.  She  appointed  her  brother, 
Johr.  Ellison,  and  nepliew,  Thomas  Ellison,  executors. 

John  Allison,  of  Oxford,  county  of  Sussex,  N.  J.  Sarah  Allison 
appointed  administratrix  of  his  estate,  Sept.  1,  1759. 

John  Ellison  of  county  of  Burlington,  N.  J.  Administration  on  his 
estate  granted  June  13,  1761. 

John  Ellison  and  wife,  Rachel  Ellison,  of  the  city  of  New  York,  sold 
land  at  Perth  Amboy,  N.  J.,  to  John  Griggs,  Aiig.  21,  1763.  He  ww  a 
sail  maker. 

John  Ellison's  will  was  proven  Nov.  17,  1782,  in  Ducchess  Co.,  N.  Y', 

John  Ellison's  will,  dated  Dec.  23,  1784,  recorded  in  surrogate's  office. 
New  York,  N.  Y.  He  mentions  his  daugliter,  Martha  Dorland,  his 
brother,  Bichard  Ellison,  his  father,  Richard  Ellison,  his  brother,  Samuel 
Ellison,  and  his  sister,  Freelove  Piatt. 

James  Ellison  of  Hempstead,  N.  Y.,  will  dated  Feb.  10, 1780.  He  men- 
tions his  wife,  Elizabetli  Ellison,  his  son,  William  Ellison,  and  his  surviv- 
ing daughters,  Freelove  Ellison,  Mary  Ellison,  Elizabeth  Ellison,  Hannah 
Ellison ;  one  of  the  witnesses  was  Ricliard  Ellison. 

William  Ellison,  of  New  York,  N.  Y.  Cabinet  maker.  Made  a  will, 
dated  Sept.  3,  1788.  He  had  a  wife,  Margaret  Ellison,  and  a  daughter, 
Mary  Ellison.    He  mamed  Margaret  Brandt,  April  19.  1779. 

Seth  Ellison,  "  of  the  southward  of  the  city  of  Perth  Amboy."  N.  J., 
made  a  will  March  20,  1770,  proven  May  24,  1  HO.  He  mentions  iiis  eldest 
son,  Thomas  Ellison,  daughter,  Sarah  Lumbcrson;  to  son  Joseph  Ellison 
one  half  the  land  the  father  lived  upon  was  given.  His  daughter  Martha 
Buckalew  received  land  of  him  in  Middletown,  county  of  Monmouth,  N. 
J.  His  son,  Samuel  Ellison,  was  deceased,  but  the  sons  of  the  latter, 
iSeth  Ellison  and  Samuel  Ellison,  were  remembered  in  this  will.  (See  pre- 
vious notice  of  Thomas  Ellison  and  Seth  Ellison  of  Perth  Amboy,  N.  J. 

THE  ELLISONS   OF   NEW   WINDSOR  AND  NEWBURG,   N.   Y. 


Cuthbert  Ellison  ^  was  sheriff  of  Newcastle-on-Tyne,  Eng- 
land, in  1544,  and  was  mayor  in  1549  and  to  1554.  He  had 
a  grandson,  Cuthbert  Ellison,  of  Newcastle-on-Tyne.  The 
son  of  the  latter,  Christopher  Ellison,  also  a  resident  of  New- 
castle, was  born  Jan.  26,  1612  ;  died  1695.     He  had  a  son. 

John  Ellison,  born  1688,  emigrated  to  America  and  settled 
in  New  York,  N.  Y.  The  history  of  Orange  county,  N.  Y., 
p.  214,  says  that  he  secured  a  claim  to  property  in  New  Wind- 
sor, Webster  county,  N.  Y.,  in  1718,  by  an  investment  of 
£160,  and  had  an  additional  claim  by  a  loan  of  £140,  in  1721, 
and  perfected  the  "title  to  the  property  in  May,  1723." ^ 

*In  the  August  number,  1890,  Magazine  of  American  History,  edited  by 
Mrs.  Martha  J.  Lamb,  743  Broadway,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  is  a  brief  account 
of  the  Ellisons  of  New  Windsor,  N.  Y. 

'John  Ellison  made  his  will  in  1718,  but  he  may  not  have  died  till  some- 
time later.  He  had  a  brother,  William  Ellison,  in  England,  as  appears 
from  that  document.  See  former  (luotatlons  from  probate  records, 
which  give  his  children.  The  preceding  quotations  from  probate  ana 
other  records  relating  to  the  Ellisons  tlirow  great  light  upon  the  Ellison 
family  of  New  Windsor  and  Newburg,  N.  Y.,  and  corroborate  some  of 
the  information  received  from  a  distii.^t  source.  Tlie  author  has  not 
made  a  special  atitdi/  of  the  history  and  genealogy  of  tlie  Ellisons,  but 


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When  his  son  Thomas  Ellison  took  possession,  he  erected  a 
stone  mansion  on  the  bluff  overlooking  the  river,  and  a  dock 
and  storehouse,  and  founded  the  freighting  business,  which 
was  continued  a  century  by  himself  and  his  descendants. 
His  house  was  occupied  by  General  Washington  in  1779  as 
his  head-quarters. 

JOHN  ELLISON'S  CHILDKEN. 

I.  John  Ellison.    No  record. 

II.  Thomas  Ellison  was  a  colonel  in  French  and  Indian  war. 

III.  William  Ellison.    No  record. 

IV.  Joseph  Ellison.    No  record. 


Col.  Thomas  Ellison,  son  of  John,  married  Margaret  Garre- 
brant  in  1723.  He  built  the  homestead  that  year,  the  house 
afterwards  occupied  as  Washington's  headquarters.  He  died 
there. 


CHILDREN. 


I. 

IL 

III. 

IV. 

V. 


Thomas  Ellison,  d.  young. 
Elizabeth  Ellison,  m.  Caidwallader  Golden. 
Margaret  Ellison,  m.  John  Crook,  and  had  one  daughter. 
Eleanor  Ellison,  b.  1730. 


12:  m.  Mary,  daughter  of  Benjamin 
id  the  Peck  family  from  Suilolk 


VI. 
VII 


Thomas  Ellison,  b.  1732; 
notice  of  them  and 

records,  p.  244,  and  Mr.  Ellison's  will. 
Mary  Ellison.    Single. 
Jonn  Ellison,  d.  young. 


Peck.    See 
Co.,  Mass., 


VIII.  John  Ellison,  m.  Catherine  Jameson. 

IX.  Francis  Ellison,  d.  young. 

X.  William  Ellison,  m.  Mary  Floyd  and  had  three  children. 

If  the  foregoing  account  of  the  origin  of  this  family  is  cor- 
rect, these  Ellisons  of  Newburgh  and  New  Windsor,  N.  Y.» 
are  not  related,  on  this  side  the  ocean,  to  the  Long  Island 
Ellisons,  who  were,  and  are  now,  the  J-llisons  of  Rockland 
county,  N.  Y.  But  it  is  not  improbable  that  upon  the  other 
side  the  sea  they  both  sprang  from  a  common  source,  and 
that,  the  Allisons  of  Scotland. 


has  incorporated  what  he  has  himself  gleaned,  and  what  has  been  fur- 
nished by  others,  so  that  the  information  would  be  preserved,  and  with 
the  hope  that  it  would  aid  and  stimulate  the  future  historian  of  the  Elli- 
son family. 


CHAPTER  XIII. 

THE  ALLISONS  OF  llOCKLAND  COUNTY,   N.  Y.^ 


1625.  Lawrence  Ellison,^  the  progenitor  of  this  branch  of 
the  Allisons,  according  to  "Thompson's  History  of  Long 
Island,  N.  Y.,"  was  a  Puritan,  and  came  from  Watertown, 
Mass.,  to  Weathersfield,  Conn. ;  removed  from  there  to 
Stamford,  thence  to  Hempstead,  L.  L,  with  other  emigrants 
who  accompanied  Rev.  Richard  Denton  in  1644.  Most  of 
the  early  families  of  Hempstead  were  under  his  leadership, 
and  came  from  Hemel,  Hempstead,  England,  about  twenty 
miles  from  London.  Some,  however,  came  from  Halifax, 
County  of  York,  whence  Rev.  Richard  Denton  himself  emi- 
grated. The  latter  was  for  a  time  minister  in  Coley  Chapel, 
Halifax.  These  emigrants  are  supposed  to  have  been  a  part 
of  t'  colony  which  came  across  seas  with  Robert  Winthrop 
and  bir  Richard  Saltonstall  in  1630. 

In  June,  1643,  Lawrence  Ellison  obtained  a  verdict  of  jB4 
damages  against  Thomas  Marshfield,  in  particular  court, 
Connecticut.  In  1657  he  was  taxed  in  Hempstead  for  twenty- 
nine  acres.  From  the  Hempstead,  L.  I.,  town  records  in 
1658,  Lawrence  and  John  Ellison  became  sureties  for  the 
good  behavior  of  Lawrence's  son-in-law  and  John's  brother- 
iu-law,  John  Ellington.     On  Nov.  29,  1658,  he  had  ten  acres 

>I  am  preatly  indebted  foi-  information  to  the  "  History  of  Rockland 
County,  New  York,"  published  in  1884  by  J.  B.  Beers  &  Co.,  36  Vesey  St., 
New  York,  N.  Y.;  edited  by  Rev.  David  Cole,  D.  D.  To  the  "Isaac 
Kool  (Cool  or  Cole)"  genealogy,  by  Itev.  David  Cole,  D.  D.,  of  Yonkers, 
N.  Y.,  and  especially  to  the  "  Fami!  Genealogy  of  Jonathan  Barlow  ana 
Plain  Rogers  of  Delaware  County,  New  York; ''  compiled  and  edited  by 
George  Barlow,  Esq,,  of  405  Clermont  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  From  the 
latter  work  a  great  deal  of  my  information  has,  with  the  permission  of 
the  author,  been  obtained  and  transcribed. 

*  From  the  fact  tliat  some  of  the  Hempstead  colonists  came  from  York- 
shire, £ng.,  and  from  the  custom  of  spelling  the  name  Ellison  and  Alli- 
son interchangeably,  and  from  knowledge  that  some  of  the  Allisons  in 
this  book  originated  from  Halifax,  Yorksliire,  Eng.  (see  No,  920).  where 
Jtev,  Richard  Denton  officiated  before  coming  to  America,  and  ids  set- 
tlement at  Hempstead,  N.  Y"..  it  may  not  be  amiss  to  state  that  that 
locality  may  have  been  the  place  from  which  came  Lawrence  Ellison, 
and  the  parish  records  in  that  place  or  locality  might  throw  light  upon 
his  early  history  and  that  of  his  ancestry. 


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BICHARD  ELLISON.  OF  HEMPSTEAD,  N.  Y. 


of  land  allotted  him  in  Hempstead,  L.  I.  Lawrence  Ellison 
was  chosen  townsman  in  1659.  Not  long  did  this  early  set- 
tler of  Hempstead  continue  with  the  youthful  settlement. 
He  died  in  Hempstead,  in  the  North  Hiding,  Yorkshire,  Long 
Island,  N.  Y.,  in  1664.  At  the  court  of  sessions,  held  at 
Hempstead  Jan.  2,  1665,  letters  of  administration  on  his 
estate  were  granted  to  his  three  sons,  Richard,  Thomas,  and 
John  Ellison.  This  is  the  oldest  record  but  one  recorded  in 
the  surrogate's  office  in  the  city  of  New  York.  In  legal 
documents  he  signed  his  name  by  '*  his  mark." 


CHILDBEX. 

1626.  Ricbard  Ellison*  (1629),  res.  Hempstead,  N.  Y.    He  was  b.,  pre- 

sumably, about  1620. 

1627.  Thomas  Elli80^•  (1638),  res.  Hempstead,  N.  Y.    He  wasb.,  pre- 

sumably, about  1622. 

1628.  John  Ellison*  (1645),  res.  Hempstead,  N.  Y.    He  was  b.,  presum- 

ably, about  1624, 
Ellison  m.  John  Ellington;  res.  Hempstead,  X.  Y. 


1629.    Richard  Ellison  2  [1626]  (Lawrence  i).    He 

320.     He  " 


was 
born,  presumably,  about  1620.  He  was  evidently  at  one 
time  a  resident  of  Braintree,  Mass.,  and  the  peculiar  and 
unusual  name  of  his  wife  identifies  the  man.  The  record  of 
the  births  of  his  children  appears  upon  the  Braintree  records, 
showing  that  he  was  a  resident  there  from  1645  to  as  late  a 
date  as  1660,  and  that  he  appears  upon  the  Hempstead 
records  in  1663.  The  name  of  his  wife,  "  Thamasin,"  appears 
on  the  records  of  Braintree,  and  the  same  is  mentioned  in  his 
will.  In  1663  he  was  of  Mad  Nan's  Neck,  L.  I.,  a  strip  of 
land  which  was  granted  that  same  year  to  his  brothers,  John 
and  Thomas  Ellison,  and  Thomas  Hicks.  In  1673  he  was 
taxed  in  Hempstead  on  sixty  acres  of  land.  Land  was 
allotted  to  him  in  1677,  and  the  same  year  more  was  allotted 
to  him  on  Hempstead  Plains ;  he  was  living  there  in  1682. 
He  made  his  will  Feb.  14, 1680,  which  is  recorded  in  the 
surrogate's  office  in  New  York  city.  This  was  proven  June 
13, 1688,  showing  that  he  died  between  those  dates.  In  that 
instrument  he  gave  "  unto  my  loving  and  well-beloved  wife, 
Tamisen  Elison,  ten  pounds,"  also  the  "bed  with  its  furni- 
ture she  now  Lyeth  on  ; "  to  his  son  John  he  gave  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  acres  of  land  and  "one  hors;  to  his  son 
Thomas  he  gave  twenty-two  acres ;  and  he  remembered  his 
sons-in-law,  Jonathan  Smith  and  Joshua  Jannock.  In  closing, 
he  recommended  his  "Dearly  beloved  children  and  wife, 
aforesaid,  to  the  merciful  keeping  and  prelection  of  our  most 


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249 


blessed  Saviour,  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord."  Residence,  Hemp> 
stead,  N.  Y.  The  family  of  "  Richard  and  Thomasin  Allison 
born  Brantrey,  Mass.,"  as  found  upon  the  records. 


CHILDBEK. 


1630. 
1631. 
1632. 


1633. 
1634. 

1635. 
1636. 
1637. 


Mary  Ellison,*  b.  June  16, 1646. 

Hanna  Elliscn  *  b.  May  24,  1648. 

John  Ellison,*  b.  June  26, 1650;  evidently  not  married.    He  left  a 

will  dated  Nov.  8,  1684,  proven  in  the  city  of  New  Yorlc,  in 

which  he  gave  his  property  to  his  brother,  Thomas  Allison; 

res.  Hempstead,  N.  Y. 
Sarah  Ellison,*  b.  Oct.  4,  1652;  perhaps  m.  Joshua  Jannock. 
Thomas  Ellison,'  b.  Jan.  1,  1655.    He  was  living  Jan.  10. 1688,  and 

received  property  by  his  brother's,  John  Ellison's,  will. 
Experience  Ellison,*  b.  June  2,  1657. 
Ricliard  Ellison,*  (1648),  b.  Feb.  7,  1660. 
Bachael  Ellison,*  m.  Jonathan  Smitli. 


1638.  Thomas  Ellison «  [1627]  (Law.enceO-  He  was 
born,  presumably,  about  1622.  He  was  a  resident  of  Hemp- 
stead, N.  Y.,  and  signed  his  name  by  "  his  mark  "  to  a  legal 
document  in  1656.  He  had  ten  acres  of  land  in  Hempstead 
allotted  to  him  Nov.  27, 1658 ;  in  1662  was  chosen  a  towns- 
man ;  in  1663  he  became  part  owner  of  Mad  Nan's  Neck ;  in 
1677,  at  a  public  meeting,  land  was  allotted  him  in  Hemp- 
stead ;  in  same  year  land  was  given  at  Hempstead  Plains ; 
in  1685  he  was  taxed  on  sixty  acres  of  land  and  on  two  hun- 
dred and  seventy  acres;  in  December,  1696,  he  conveyed 
lands  in  Hempstead  to  Richard  Allison.  Thomas  Ellison, 
Sr.,  died  in  summer  of  1697.  His  will  was  dated  April  7, 1697, 
proved  at  Jamaica,  L.  I.,  Dec.  11, 1697.  By  that  document 
he  had  wife,  Martha  Ellison,  and  several 

CHILDREN. 

1639.  Thomas  Ellison.'    He  was  in  East  Jersey  in  1702.    A  Thomas 

Allison  and  Cornelie  Jolinson  liad  license  of  marriage  granted 
them  July  4,  1098. 

1640.  John  Ellison.* 

1641.  Grace  Ellison.' 

1642.  Marv  Ellison.' 

1643.  Elizabetli  Ellison.* 
1044.     Vlartha  Ellison.* 

1645.  John  Ellison 2  [1628]  (Lawrence^).  He  was  born 
presumably  about  1624.  John  Ellison,  then  a  young  man, 
in  company  with  Rev.  Richard  Denton  and  his  son,  Robert 
Coe,  John  Coe,  John  Karman,  Jeremy  Wood,  Richard  Gilder- 
slieve,  William  Raynor,  '  'm  Ogden,  Jonas  Wood,  John 
Fordham,  Edmund  Woon      iiomas  Armitage,  Simon  Seiring, 


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Heiwy  Pierson,  Robert  Jackson,  Thomas  Sherman,  and  Fran- 
cis Yates,  in  1644,  composed  a  colony,  which,  according  to 
the  history  oi  Stamford,  Conn.,  were  aggrieved  at  the  limited 
fr  iichises  granted  the  town  of  Stamford  by  the  New  Haven 
colony,  left  the  jurisdiction  of  England,  and  took  up  land 
under  the  Dutch  government,  on  the  south  side  of  Long 
Island,  N.  Y.  This  was  in  1644.  In  1647  land  was 
apportioned  to  him  in  Hempstead.  In  1656  ho  signed  legal 
documents  by  "  his  mark."  In  1658  he  became  one  of  the 
sureties  for  the  good  behavior  of  his  brother-in-law,  John 
Ellington.  On  Nov.  29, 1658,  ten  acres  of  land  were  allotted 
to  him  in  Hempstead.  He  was  chosen  townsman  in  1662, 
and  in  1663  land  was  granted  to  him  and  others  at  Mad  Nan's 
Neck,  and  this  same  year  he  was  taxed  for  thirty  acres,  and 
on  ten  acres,  two  oxen,  and  four  cows.  In  1676  he  was  chosen 
overseer.  He  was  granted  four  acres  of  land,  for  whicli  he 
was  required  to  furnish  the  town  with  two  gallons  of  rum  to 
drink.  At  a  public  meeting  in  Hempstead,  in  1677,  land 
was  given  to  him,  and  also  land  on  Hempstead  Plains.  In 
1678  he  was  chosen  constable  and  real  estate  valuator.  H^ 
made  no  will  and  his  property  went  to  relatives. 


CniLD. 


1646. 


John  Ellison,  Jr.»  (1656).  Res.  Hempstead,  Long  Island,  N.  Y. 
In  1677,  at  a  public  meeting  in  that  town,  land  was  allotted  to 
him. 
1647.  Thomas  Ellison,'  perhaps  his  son.  (Prom  Family  Genealogy  Jon- 
athan Barlow  and  Plain  Rogers  of  Delaware  Co.,  N.  Y.,  by 
George  Barlow  of  Wall  street.  New  York,  N.  Y.    Page  347.) 

1648.  Richard  Ellison  ^  [1636]  (Richard,^  Lawrence  ^ ). 
He  was  born  in  Braintree,  Mass.,  "  7-2-1660,"  and  went  early 
in  life  to  Hempstead  with  his  parents.  He  was  one  of  a  com- 
mittee to  lay  out  Hempstead  Plains  in  1685.  He  then  resided 
in  Hempstead.  On  March  17,  1715,  as  appears  from  the 
records  of  Queen's  county,  Long  Island,  New  York,  he  con- 
veyed land  in  Hempstead,  and  signed  his  name  Richard  Elli- 
son, but  his  name  was  written  Richard  Allison  in  the  body  of 
the  deed,  He  was  called  JUison  by  the  witnesses  and  was 
indexed  Allison.  He  probably  emigrated  to  Monmouth 
county,  N.  J.,  shortly  afterward,  as  it  appears  from  the 
records  of  that  county  previous  to  1804,  which  are  in  the  sec- 
retary of  state's  office  in  Trenton,  N.  J.  (as  are  all  other  county 
records  of  that  state  previous  to  that  date  and  after  that  date 
at  the  county  seats)  ;  he  emigrated  to  Freehold,  Monmouth 


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county,  N.  Y.,  where  he  made  his  will  March  5,  1719 ;  pro- 
bated Dec.  23,  1732.    He  married  Alice,  or   Elsie  ^ 

who  survived  him.  His  son,  Daniel  Ellison*,  was  executor. 
He  gave  to  his  three  sons  and  daughter,  Sarah,  his  land  on 
Long  Island  to  be  divided  equally. 


CHILDBEN. 

1640.  Daniel  Ellison,*  who  received  plantation  where  he  dwelt,  and  per- 
haps made  legal  document  1774-'70.  Recorded  Liber  L,  secret 
tary  of  state's  office,  Trenton,  N.  J. 

1650.  Richard  Ellison.* 

1651.  Samuel  Ellison,*  perhaps  made  will  170&-'68.    Recorded  page  154, 

Book  I  in  secretary  of  state's  office,  Trenton,  N.  J. 

1652.  Ruth  Ellison.* 

1653.  Mary  Ellison.* 

1654.  Susannah  Ellison.* 

1655.  Sarah  Ellison.* 

1656.  John  Allison,  Jr.^,  [1646]  (John^,  Lawrence  i). 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  the  immediate  founder  of  the 
family  of  Allisons,  which  for  a  number  of  generations,  and  a 
numerous  race,  have  lived,  acted  life's  part,  and  slept  within 
the  soil  of  Haverstraw,  Rockland  county.  New  York.  Mr. 
Allist;n  was  born  in  Hempstead,  Long  Island,  N.  Y.,  and  was 
one  of  the  company  that  purchased  the  north  part  of  the 
Kakiat  patent  of  land  in  Orange  county,  the  portion  which  is 
now  in  Rockland  county,  in  the  year  1719,  on  which  they 
founded  the  settlement  of  New  Hempstead,  now  Ramapo. 
He  became  owner  of  the  greater  part  of  De  Hart's  patent, 
which  included  the  present  townships  of  Haverstraw  and 
Grassy  Point  in  Orange  county,  now  in  Rockland  county. 
In  the  strength  of  his  manhood  and  in  the  hey-day  of  life,  he, 
with  his  family,  removed  to  New  Hempstead  and  later  to 
Haverstraw,  and  founded  his  home,  which  remained  such  till 
his  death.  His  house  stood  on  the  bank  of  the  sparkling 
Hudson  river  "  on  the  west  side  of  what  is  called  Allison 
street  and  about  eight  rods  north  of  Main  street "  in  Haver- 
straw. (History  of  Rockland  county.)  From  the  knowledge 
we  have  of  his  business  enterprises,  he  appears  to  have  been  a 
man  of  push  and  executive  ability.  In  the  history  of  Rock- 
land county  he  is  called  of  the  English  settlers,  i.  e.,  of  English 
descent.  He  died  in  1754,  between  June  6,  when  his  will  was 
made,  and  Oct.  21,  when  it  was  proven  in  court.     He  was 

Srobably  buried  in  the  old  cemetery  on  the  "  Neck  "  near  the 
linisceongo  creek,  or  in  the  old  Allison  burying-ground, 
some  sixty  rods  east  of  the  former  home  of  Benjamin 
Allison. 


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262         BENJAMIN  ALLISON,   OF  HAVERSTRAW,  N.   Y. 

CHILDIIEN. 

1657.  Benjamin  AlliHont  (1660).    Date  of  birth  unknown.    Res.  Haver- 

1658.  John  Allison.*    On  Oct.  1,  1773,  was  made  a  will  by  John  Allison 

of  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  probably  tliis  man,  proven  Nov.  7,  1782, 
wife  Amy  Allison  executor,  Cfhildren,  John  Allison,'  Elizabeth 
Allison,'  Thomas  Allison,'  Richard  Allison,*  Margaret  Allison,' 
William  Allison,'  Joseph  Allison,'  Isasic  Allison,'  Jeremiah 
Allison,'  Benjamin  Allison,'  each  had  one  tenth  of  his  estate. 
i659.  Joseph  Allison*  (1673),  b.  Aug.  3,  1721,  or  Aug.  4,  1722;  d.  Jan.  2, 
1796.    Res.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 

1660.  William  Allison,'  d.  about  1758.    He  was  remembered  in  the  will 

of  his  father,  as  was  his  son,  Edward  Allison.' 

1661.  Elizabeth  Allison,*  m.  Mr.  Cuyper. 

1662.  Deborah  Allison,*  m.  John  Johnson. 

1663.  Mary  Allison,*  m.  Mr.  De  Grough. 

1664.  Hannah  Allison,*  m.  John  Taylor. 

1665.  Richard  Allison,*  was  a  physician  and  died  before  his  father  in 

1749.  He  made  a  will  Jan.  9,  of  that  year,  witnessed  by  his 
brother,  John  Allison,  and  Cornelius  C.  Cuyper,  probably  his 
brother-in-law  and  sister  Elizabeth's  husband.  His  father  was 
executor.  He  divided  his  estate  between  his  brothers  and  sis- 
ters, who  were  then  all  living,  and  left  legacies  to  his  friend, 
Phebe  Hubs,  and  to  her  children,  Richard  Hubs  and  Hannah 
Hubs.  These  Hubses  seem  to  have  been  inmates  of  his  father's 
household,  relationship,  if  any,  not  known.  His  father  remem- 
»  bered  her  by  his  will  in  1754,  and  mentions  her  daughter,  Pris- 

cilla  Hubs.    Dr.  Allison  res.  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 


' 


1666.  BeMJamin  Allison*  [1657]  (John,^  John,2  Law- 
rence ^ ).  He  was  born  probably  in  New  Hempstead,  N.  Y., 
as  his  fatbei"  helped  to  found  that  place  in  1720.  The  date 
of  his  birth  is  unknown.  He  resided  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y., 
in  a  house  built  in  1754,  of  brown  stone  blocks,  located  at  the 
meeting  of  two  roads,  the  Grassy  Point  road  and  the  old  Ben- 
son road,  and  north  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church  about 
half  a  mile.  It  was  standing  in  1890  in  fail*  preservation,  and 
was  an  interesting  old-time  relic.  He  received  this  land  from 
his  father,  which  originally  belonged  to  Dick  Crom  and  which 
included  all  the  land  lying  between  the  Minisceongo  creek  and 
the  Benson  farm.  His  father  left  him  besides,  the  south  part 
of  lot  No.  7  in  Haverstraw,  which  he  in  turn  left  to  Hannah 
and  Rebecca  Allison,  daughters  of  his  son,  Thomas  Allison. 
He  was  patriotic,  and  exemplified  his  love  for  American  free- 
dom, and  hatred  of  British  oppression,  by  furnishing,  during 
the  Revolutionary  struggle,  a  large  amount  of  supplies  to  Col- 
onel Hay  and  his  men  of  the  Continental  forces,  stationed  at 
Haverstraw.  The  Continental  bills  with  which  he  was  paid 
proved,  eventually,  to  be  a  total  loss.  He  was  twice  married ; 
name  of  first  wife  is  unknown.  He  married,  second,  Leah 
Ackerman,  marriage  bond  dated  Nov.  1,  1769,  who  is  men- 
tioned in  his  will  made  March  19,  1796. 


JOSEPH  ALLISON,  OF  HAVEK8TRAW,  N.  Y. 


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CHILDBEN  B0B:T  IS  HAVERSTllAW,  ROCKLAND  COUNTY,  N.  V.,  PBOBABLY. 


1667.  John  Allison."    Ho  was  born  probably  between  1725  and  1730.    Ho 

was  living  at  the  time  his  father's  will  was  made,  March  10, 
1706,  ana  was  then  not  married.  There  is  no  evidence  that  he 
was  ever  married.  He  probably  died  single  and  was  buried  in 
the  family  cemetery.  The  History  of  Kockland  County  is  said 
to  be  in  error  in  giving  his  name  in  two  marriages  instead  of 
that  of  his  brother,  Thomas  Allison. 

1668.  Robert   Allison*    (1601),    b.    Haverstraw,  N.   Y.;  ra.  Elizabeth 

.    Res.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 

1660.    Peter  Allison » (1605),  res.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 

1670.  Thomas  Allison  •  (1703),  res.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 

1671.  Samuel  Allison"  (1700).    He  was  living  on  March  10,  1706,  when 

his  father  made  a  will,  and  by  it  he  received  a  consideration  in 
land  and  personal  property.    He  m.  Sarah  Phillips. 

1672.  Josephs.  Allison"  (1715),  b.De       -     - 

Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 


)ec.  18,  1761 ;  m.  Mary  Storms.    Res. 


1673.  Capt.  Joseph  Allison  *  [1659]  (John,3  John,2  Law- 
rence^). He  was  born  probably  in  New  Hampstead,  N.  Y., 
Aug.  3, 1721,  or  Aug.  4,  1722 ;  died,  Jan.  2,  1796,  at  the 
age  of  74  years,  4  months,  29  days.  He  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Matthew  Benson,  March  10,  1743.  She  died 
Dec.  12,  1767,  leaving  ten  children.  He  married,  second. 
May  4, 1769,  Elsie  Parcells,  who  died  April  16,  1815,  aged 
64  years.  Eight  children.  Resided  at  Haverstraw,  N.  Y., 
where  he  owned  a  large  farm  and  much  landed  estate.  The 
headstone  of  Mr.  Allison  appears  in  the  old  Allison  burying- 
ground.    His  remains  now  rest  in  Mount  Repose  cemetery. 

CHILDREN  BOBN  IN  HAVERSTBAW,  BOCKLAND  COUNTY,  N.   Y. 


1674.  Matthew  Allison"  (1727),  b.  July  13,  1743;  d.  before  1705,  leaving^ 

children :  Josepn,"  Peter,"  Cornelius,"  Hendrick,"  Matthew,'  ana 
Elizabeth  Allison."    He  res.  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 

1675.  Elizabeth  Allison,"  b.  Oct.  2,  1745;   m.  David  Ten  Eyck.    Res. 

Haverstraw,  N.  Y.  She  had  a  large  family  of  children.  Among 
them  were  Thomas  Ten  Eyck,"  res.  Stony  Point,  X.  Y. ;  James 
Ten  Eyck,"  res.  Peekskill,  N.  Y. ;  John  Ten  Eyck,"  Samuel  Ten 
Eyck,"  Richard  Ten  Eyck,"  Harriet  Ten  Eyck,"  and  Hannah 
Ten  Eyck." 

1676.  Mary  Allison "  b.  Oct.  17,  1747;  m.  Amos  Hutchings.    The  mar- 

riage bono  was  filed  at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  14,  1764. 

1677.  Hannali  Allison,"  b.  Feb.  14, 1750;  m.  Adrian  Waldron;  res.  Haver- 

straw, N.  Y.  She  had  a  largo  family  of  children,  the  most  of 
whom  lived  in  their  native  town.  Among  them  were  Abram 
Waldron,"  Jacob  Waldron,"  John  Waldron,"  Matthew  Wal- 
dron," and  Calvin  Waldron." 

1678.  Joseph  Allison,"  b.  May  20,  1752;   res.   Haverstraw,  N.  Y.    He 

received  with  his  brothers  a  tract?  of  land  from  his  father;  sold 
April  0,  1703. 
1670.    John  Allison,"  b.  May  12,  1754.    He  received  with  his  brothers  a 
great  tract  of  land  from  his  father,  which  they  sold  April  0, 
1703,  situated  in  Haverstraw. 


264  ROBEET  ALLISON,  OP  HAVER8TKAW,  N.  Y. 

1080.  William  Allison,"  b.  March  11,  1750.    AVitli  his  brothers  ho  was 

part  owner  of  a  large  tract  of  lan<l  in  Ilavorstraw,  given  by  his 
father.    Sold  by  them  April  1>,  17»«. 

1081.  Thomas  Allison,*  b.  Feb.  11,  1700;  res.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.    His 

son,  Benjamin  T.  Allison,*  res.  near  Yorktown,  N.  Y. 

1082.  Deborah  AlliHon,'  b.  June  21),  1702;  ni.  William  Willis. 

1083.  Benjamin  Allison,'  b.  July  S,  1704;  res.  Haverstraw,  X.  Y.    He 

left  a  family. 

CIIILDIIEX  BY  SECOND  MARRIAGE. 

1084.  Peter  Allison*  (17.34),  b.  Nov.  19,  1709;  m.  Margaret  Suffern;  res. 

Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 

1085.  Amos  Allison,'  b.  May  29,  1771.    He  was  a  blacksmith,  a  man  of 

great  strength  ami  of  powerful  physique;  res.  Haverstraw, 

N.  Y.    He  m. ,  and  had  seversvl  children.    Among 

them  were  Leonard  Allison,*  and  Jacob  Allison.' 
1080.    Michael  Allison,'  b.  June  3,  1773;  d.  unmarried.    He  was  a  man 
of  wealth,  and  res.  in  the  city  of  New  York,  where  he  d.  at  his 
residence,  40  Vesey  street,  March  25,  1855,  and  is  buried  in 
Greenwood  cemetery. 

1087.  Parcells  Allison,'  b.  April  25,  1777;  res.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.    He 

m.,  Aug.  5,  1800,  Nellie  Parcells,  his  deceased  brother's  widow. 

1088.  Richard  Allison'  (1740),  b.  Oct.  23,  1780;  m.  Eliza  Ruckel.    He  d. 

Nov.  20,  1825,  in  the  city  of  New  York. 

1089.  Elsie  Allison'  (1750),  b.  Nov.  9,  1783;  ra.  Jacob  Archer,  in  1801; 

res.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 

1090.  Abraham  Allison,'  b.  Nov.  9,  1783;  d.  in  infancy. 


1691.  Robert  Allison  ^  [1668]  (Benjamin,*  John,^  John,a 
Lawrence^).  He  was  born  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  and  by 
his  father's  will,  made  March  19, 1796,  he  received  consid- 
erable land ;  res.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.     He  m.  Elizabeth 

,  who  became  intemperate    and    depraved  in   morals. 

This  preyed  deeply  on  his  mind.  He  became  disheartened, 
lost  ambition,  and  worked  as  a  common  laborer  for  his 
nephew,  William  Cosgrove.  She  survived  her  husband,  and 
forty-five  acres  of  land  were  given  to  Christopher  Cosgrove 
for  her  support  in  her  old  age. 


CHILDREN  BORN  IN  HAVERSTRAW,  N.  V. 

1692.  Benjamin  Allison.*    He  is  said  to  have  lived  and  died  a  bachelor. 

He  was  named  for  his  grandfather,  who  in  his  will  left  the  use 
of  a  tract  of  land  to  his  son,  Robert,  which  should  be  inherited 
by  this  Benjamin,  who  was  to  pay  his  sisters  £5  each,  and  to 
support  his  mother, 

1693.  Hannah  Allison.'    She  m.  Benjamin  Youmans;   res,  in  Haver- 

straw, N.  Y.,  where  he  died.  She  m.,  second,  James  Kenney, 
of  Sufferns,  Rockland  Co.,  N.  Y.  They  had  one  child:  Patty 
Kenney,'  m.  Mr.  Bo^twick.  He  was  employed  by  the  Garner 
Print  Works,  Gamersville,  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  and  had  a  fam- 
ily of  children. 

1694.  Margaret  Allison,'  m.  John  Devine,    They  res.  on  Long  Island 

where  he  was  a  farmer,  raising  produce  for  the  markets. 


PETER   ALLISON,    OF  HAVERSTIlAW,  N.  Y. 


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1695.  Peter  Allison  ^  [16691  (Benjamin,*  John,^  John," 
Lawrence').  He  was  born  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.  He  inher- 
ited the  homestead  from  his  father,  and  resided  for  many 
years  in  Haverstraw  in  the  old  stone  house  of  Benjamin 
Allison,  northeast  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church,  about 
one  half  mile  distant,  and  at  the  junction  of  the  old  Benson 
and  Grassy  Point  roads.  He  added  to  his  possessions,  and 
was  a  substantial  and  prosperous  farmer.  He  ranked  high 
among  his  fellow-citizens,  and  possessed  abilities  of  no  com- 
mon order.  He  resided  near  the  li  oe  kilns,  with  his  family, 
on  the  Byron  place,  in  North  Haverstraw,  which  he  had  pur- 
chased. He  was  twice  married.  The  name  of  his  first  wife 
is  not  known.  They  had  five  children.  He  married,  sec- 
ond, Mi-s.  Earl,  of  New  York  city.    He  died  in  1815. 


CHILDREN  DORN  IJf  HAVERSTRAW,   N.   Y. 


1696.  Margaret  AlHson.' 

1697.  Leah  Allison.'    After  the  death  of  her  sister,  Hannah,  she  married 

her  brother-in-law,  Baxter  June.  Tliey  res.  in  Haverstraw, 
N.  Y.,  in  a  small  frame  dwelling,  near  the  foot  of  the  hill,  on 
the  opposite  side  of  the  highway  from  the  old  chemical  works, 
and  near  the  First  Presbyterian  church.  No  children. 
1606.  Hannah  Allison."  She  was  a  smart,  enterprising,  and  fine  looking 
woman,  a  tailoress  by  trade,  and  supported  herself  by  her 
needle,  working  in  different  families.  She  m.  Baxter  .June„a 
man  of  indolent  habits,  but  of  strong  build  and  large  frame. 
Her  sister,  Leah,  and  brother,  John  Allison,  lived  with  her  in 
Haverstraw,  where  she  died  about  ten  years  after  her  marriage. 
Children:  Loretto  June,'  and  a  son. 

1699.  John  Allison."    Res.  in  Haverstraw  with  his  sisters,  and  d.  unmar- 

ried. He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and  a  prominent  man 
in  the  town.  In  the  militia  he  was  a  lieutenant,  j^nd  held  pub- 
lic positions.  He  was  a  person  of  fine  appearance  and  high 
moral  character. 

1700.  Peter  P.  Allison  •  (1750).    Res.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 

1701.  Sarah  Allison."    She  was  a  dressmaker;  res.  New  York,  N.  Y. 

1702.  Elizabeth  Allison."    She  m.  Lemuel  June,  who  was  a  justice  of 

the  peace  and  held  other  town  offices.  He  was  a  person  of 
ability.  He  managed  a  freight  sloop  which  carried  brick  and 
plied  between  Haverstraw  and  the  city  of  New  York.  Chil- 
dren: Baxter  June,'  Charles  June,'  and  others. 

1703.  Thomas  Allison  ^  [1670]  (Benjamin,*  John,3  John,2 
Lawrence').  He  was  born  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  and  by 
his  father's  will  he  received  in  that  town  a  tract  of  land  of 
about  one  hundred  acres.    He  married  Mary  Kingsland. 

CmLDREN  BORN  IN  HAVERSTRAW,   N.   Y. 

1704.  Garret  Allison"  (1768),  b.  March  28,  1789;  d.  June  11,  1848;  res. 

Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 

1705.  James  Allison"  (1780),  b.  Haverstraw;  res.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 


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266        JOSEPH   B.  ALLISON,  OF  HAVER  STRAW,  N.  Y. 

1706.  Catherine  Allison.'    She  probably  *1.  unmarried. 

1707.  Rebecca  Allison.*    She  m.  Lob.  Lockwciod;  removed  to  Green- 

wich, Conn.,  and  from  there  to  the  West.  Children:  Oeoruo 
Lockwood,'  wJio  m. ,  and  had  two  sons,  now  liv- 
ing;, and  a  daughter  who  is  deceased.    Lockwood,'  a 

daughter,  m.,  and  lives  in  the  West.  Frederick  Lockwood,'  a 
street  car  conductor,  res.  Providence,  R.  I. 

1708.  Hannah  Allison.*    She  m.  James  Guernsey.    He  was  in  the  fur 

business  in  ^ew  York  city. 

1709.  Samuel  Allison  »  [1671]  (Benjamin,*  John,^  John," 
Lawrence  *).  He  resided  for  a  time  at  Haverstraw,  N.  Y., 
and  subsequently  removed  to  the  West.  He  married  Sarah 
Phillips,  who  was  born  Feb.  11,  1760 ;  died  Oct.  23,  1841. 

CHILDREN. 


1710. 
1711. 

1712. 
1713. 

1714. 


Hannah  Allison,'  b.  Oct.  10,  1702;  d.  M.arch  8,  ISm.    She  m.  Seth 

Leonard.    Children:  Samuel  Leonard,'  Joseph  Leonard,?  Me- 

linda  Leonard,'  Amasa  Leonard,'  Betsey  Leonard,'  Charles 

Leonard  '  Clarinda  Leonard.' 
David  Allison'  (1784),  b.  Sept.  21,  1704;  d.  at  Pontiac,  Mich.,  Oct. 

0,  188;^ 
Polly  Allison,'  b.  June  10,  1790;  d.  April   15,  18.10;  m.  Benjamin 

Collins.    No  children.    She  subsequently  m.  Mr.  Wilkinson. 
Abigail  Allison,'  b.  1708;  m.  Luther  Sawtclle.    Children:  Henry 

Sawtelle,'  Emelino  Sawtelle,'  Luther  Sawtelle,'  Catherine  Saw- 

telle.' 
Samuel  Allison,' b.  1800;  m.  Hettie  Waterbury.   Children:  George 

W.  Allison,'  Jane  Allison,'  Hannah  Allison,?  Charles  Allison.' 


1715.  Joseph  B.  Allison  ^  [1672]  (Benjamin,*  John,^ 
John,2  Lawrence  ^).  He  was  born  at  Haverstraw,  N.  Y., 
Dec.  13,  1760  or  1761,  in  the  old  Benjamin  Allison  brown 
stone  house,  situated  at  the  junction  of  the  Grassy  Point  and 
old  Benson  farm  roads,  and  one  half  mile  northeast  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  church.  Here  he  lived,  working  at  farm 
work  for  his  father  till  the  age  of  manhood.  When  fifteen 
years  of  age  his  father  sent  him  on  a  perilous  journey  to 
General  Washington's  encampment,  back  of  Newburg,  with 
a  bill  for  supplies  furnished  the  Continental  troops  encamped 
at  Haverstraw.  On  reaching  Washington's  tent  he  was 
overawed  by  the  majestic  bearing  of  the  commander-in-chief. 
The  general  invited  him  in,  received  his  message,  and,  put- 
ting his  hand  on  the  young  man's  head,  commended  his 
bravery  and  fidelity.  When  seventeen  years  of  age  he  was 
enrolled  as  a  "minute  man,"  one  liable  to  be  called  out  for 
military  duty  at  a  minute's  notice.  While  acting  as  team- 
ster, carrying  supplies  to  the  troops,  he  became  well  known 
at  head-quarters.  He  was  a  volunteer  at  the  taking  of  Stony 
Point.    His  portion  of  the  trophies  were  a  British  cartridge- 


JOSEPH   B.   ELLISON,  OF   HAVERSTRAW,   N.  Y.         267 

box  and  a  bayonet.  These  relics  are  now  in  the  possession 
of  the  Deiuarest  branch  of  his  descendants.  He  was  of 
medium  size,  wiry,  and  active.  From  his  father  he  received 
a  large  farm,  and  he  married,  and  settled  down  to  the  duties 
of  a  farmer  and  the  quarrying  of  brown  stone.  His  home* 
stead,  a  large  frame  dwelling,  with  a  kitchen  extension  on 
the  end,  was  situated  on  the  west  side  of  Miniscongo  creek, 
opposite  to  the  spot  where  Peck's  rolling  mill  now  stands. 
This  building  was  standing  recently. 

Some  years  after  the  death  of  his  wife  he  sold  eight  thou- 
sand  dollars'  worth  of  land,  and  divided  the  proceeds  among 
his  children.  His  son,  Abraham,  and  his  daughters,  Catherine 
and  Margaret,  received  land  from  him  and  aid  in  erecting 
their  builoings,  and  all  were  situated  adjoining  each  other 
on  the  mountain  side  of  the  road  to  Ramapo,  beginning 
about  one  eighth  of  a  mile  beyond  the  Mount  Repose  cem- 
etery and  running  west.  He  gave  to  his  son,  Jonas  Allison 
a  place  on  the  opposite  side  of  this  road  and  half  a  mile 
farther  west,  on  the  east  side  of  the  hill.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch  spent  the  last  years  of  his  life  in  the  homes  of  his 
children.  He  died  Dec.  20,  1848,  and  the  remains  of  himself 
and  wife  now  repose  in  Mount  Repose  cemetery  in  Haver- 
straw,  N.  Y.,  and  the  place  is  marked  by  old  brown  head- 
stones in  good  preservation. 

Mr.  Allison  married,  in  1781  or  1782,  Mary  Storms,  who 
was  born  at  Haverstraw,  June  20,  1760,  and  who  died  there 
March  24,  1824.  She  was  stout,  had  black  hair  and  eyes 
and  an  amiable  disposition,  and  was  full  of  courage  and 
patriotism.     They  resided  at  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 


CHILDBKN  BOim   AT  HAVEH8TRAW,    N.    Y. 

1716.  Benjamin  Allison,"  b.  Sept.  13,  1782;  d.  Feb.  10, 1842;  single.    Tlio 

later  years  of  his  life  were  spent  in  the  home  of  his  brother, 
Abraham  Allison,  where  he  died.  He  was  buried  in  the  Pres- 
byterian churchyard  on  Calico  hill,  and  included  in  1889  in 
the  grounds  of  Elisha  Peck. 

1717.  Rebecca  Allison,"  b.  Feb.  17,  1784;  d.  June  7,  1863.    She  m.  Chris- 

topher Cosgrove,  April  19,  1801.  He  was  a  house  carpenter. 
They  res.  in  New  York,  N.  Y.,  and  then  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y., 
whore  he  died  Nov.  12,  1842.  Mrs.  Cosgrove  was  live  feet  six 
inches  in  height,  stout  built,  and  good  featured.  Her  com- 
plexion was  dark,  her  hair  and  eyes  were  black.  Her  powers 
of  endurance  were  great,  and  she  had  great  perseverance  and 
energy.  Sixteen  children  were  bom  to  her  in  twenty-two 
years,  fifteen  of  them  maturing  with  sound  bodies  and  pure 
morals,  and  all  were  well  trained  in  habits  of  industry.  They 
all  became  active,  zealous  Christians  and  highly  esteemed  cit- 
izens, and  were  members  of  the  Presbyterian  or  Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  She  d.  June  7,  1863.  Children  except  eld- 
est b.  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. : 

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SAMUEL  COSGBOVE,  OF  JERSEY  CITY,  N.  J. 


I.  Mary  Cosjerove,'  b.  April  0,  1802,  in  New  York  city;  d.  Oct.  20,  1865, 
in  Grandville.  Midi. ;  m.  Luther  D.  Abbott. 

li.  William  Cosgrove,'  b.  Aug.  18,  1803;  d.  Dec.  18,  1856;  m.  Rebecca 
Phillips;  res.  Havorstraw,  X.  Y. 

in.  Margaret  Cosgrove,'  b.  Dec.  28,  1804;  d.  Oct.  16,  1828;  m.,  Nov.  10, 
1827,  Daniel  S.  Kiles. 

IV.  Abraham  Cosgrove,'  b.  May  27,  1806;  d.  April  16,  1849,  in  Haver- 
straw,  N.  Y.  He  m.  Letitia,  daughter  of  Garrett  Allison. 
(See  that  family.) 

v.  Amelia  Cosgrove,'  b.  Dec.  18,  1807;  d.  Dec.  28,  1828;  m.  Tunis  Sne- 
deker. 

VI.  Benjamin  Cosgrove,'  b.  Aug.  31,  1809;  d.  in  Haverstraw,  Aug.  0, 

1850. 

VII.  Wilhelmina  Cosgrove,'  b.  Aug.  3,  1811;   d.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 

March  3,  1881;  m.  William  Barlow,  Jr.  One  child:  George 
Barlow,'  b.  Oct.  24,  1832,  in  tlie  old  Cosgrove  homestead  In 
Haverstraw,  N.  Y.  He  is  a  broker  in  New  York ;  res.  405  Cler- 
mont avenue,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  He  m.,  Oct.  20,  1858,  Martha 
Ann  Lockwood,  b.  Peekskill,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  0,  1835.  He  is  the 
author  of  a  very  valuable  work  entitled  "  Family  Gtenealogy  of 
Jonathan  Barlow  and  Plain  Rogers,  of  Delaware  Co.,  N.  Y." 
Children:  George  Francis  Barlow,*  b.  Oct.  4,  I860;  lawyer. 
Caroline  Lockwood  Barlow,'  b.  May  29,  1862;  m.  William  Cor- 
nell Hendrie.  Nellie  W.  Barlow,"  b.  Feb.  8,  1868;  m.  Worden 
Dunham  Loutrell.    Elbert  Spicer  Barlow,"  b.  July  1,  1878. 

VIII.  Joseph  Cosgrove,'  b.  Jan.  13,  1813;  d.  May  6, 1889,  in  Haverstraw, 

N.  Y. ;  res.  Haverstraw.  ±le  ....  Sarah  Ann  Allison,  daughter 
of  Garrett  and  Sarah  (Palmer)  Allison.  (See  that  family  rec- 
ord.) 

IX.  Hannah  Cosgrove,'  b.  March  16,  1815;  m.,  April  11,  1833,  John  J. 

Peck.  He  d.  July  26,  1884.  She  res.  in  1889,  in  Haverstraw, 
N.  Y.  Children:  Edward  J.  Peck,»  b.  March  30,  1834;  d.  Jan. 
18,  1890.  Jane  Eliza  Peck,*  b.  Aug.  28,  1837;  d.  May  19,  1842. 
John  Newton  Peck,'  b.  Dec.  15,  1842;   res.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 

X.  Jane  Eliza  Cosgrove,'  b.  Jan.  5,  1819.    Slie  m.,  Sept.  13, 1845,  Michael 

Snedekcr  Allison,  of  Jersey  City,  N.  J.     (See  his  record.) 

XI.  Catherine  Ann  Cosgrove,'  b.  Jan.  5, 1810;  m.,  June  21, 1837,  Michael 

Suedeker  Allison.  She  d.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  12,  1845. 
(See  liis  recoi'd.) 

XII.  John  Cosgrove,'  b.  Nov.  23,  1820;  d.  March  21,  1877,  in  Haver- 

straw, N.  Y.    He  m.  Catherine  B.  McLauren.    She  res.  at  Col- 
'  linsvillo,  near  Morristown,  N.  J.    Children :  Jolin  Albert  Cos- 

frove,«  b.  Sept.  6,  1848;  d.  April  2,  1886;  clergyman.  William 
IcLauren  Cosgrove,'  b.  May  15,  lSo8;  d.  July  19, 1858.  Minnie 
Augusta  Cosgrove,"  b.  April  28,  1862;  m.  Frost  S.  Green;  res. 
Moiiistown,  S'.  J. 

XIII.  Samuel  Cosgrove,'  h.   Jan.  7,  1823;  res.  Jersev  City,  N.  J.;  m. 

Martha  Matilda  Benson,  Feb.  2,  1848.  She  "d.  April  10,  1885. 
Children:  George  Benson  Cosgrove,'  b.  Oct.  13,  1848;  m.  Rho- 
melia  M.  Myers.  Is  in  business  in  the  city  of  Now  York. 
Michael  Allison  Cosgrove,*  b.  March  4,  1832;  d.  unmarried 
April  0,  1877.  Arthur  Cosgrove,'  b.  July  1£,  1856;  m.,  April 
10,  188;i,  Louise  R.  Kulin;  res.  San  Diego,  Cal. 

XIV.  Harriet  Cosgrove,'  b.  June   12,  1825;  d.  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y., 

March  28,  1826. 

XV.  Henrietta  Cosgrove,"  b.  May  12,  1827;  m.,  March  4,  1846,  Charles 

Holmes,  who  d.  Jan.  2, 1880.  Children:  William  S.  Holmes,' b. 
Nov.  2,  1846;  unmarried.  Emma  Eliza  Holmes,'  b.  Oct.  16, 
1848;  d.  Jan.  31,  1883.  Charlotte  Holmes,'  b.  Aug.  3,  1850;  m. 
Andrew  Snedekcr;  res.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.  Maria  Frances 
Holmes,'  b.  Jan.  19,  1853;  res.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.  Ida  M. 
Holmes.'    Charles  W.  Holmes,' b,  Dec.  17, 1857;  res.  New  York 


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city.  Albert  E.  Holmes.'  Nettie  Allison  Holmes,"  b.  Oct.  12, 
18tt5;  res.  Haveratr.aw,  N.  Y.  Clara  B.  Holmes,*  b.  July  7, 
1867;  m.,  Jan,  22,  1801,  Dr.  Ira  L.  Nickerson;  res.  Haverstraw, 
N.  Y. 
XVI.  Charlotte  Cosgrove,' b.  Feb.  25,  1831;  m.  Jan.  11,  1865,  William 
H.  King;  res.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.  Children:  Elizabeth  R. 
King ,•  b.  Jan.  25,  1856;  d.  July  26,  1876.  Henrietta  King,'  b. 
March  26,  1860.  George  Edgar  King,'  b.  July  8,  1864;  d.  Sept. 
2,  1865.  Ella  Charlotte  King,'  b.  June  7,  1867;  d.  March  15, 
1868.    Emilie  Amelia  King,'  b.  June  20,  1869;  d.  Dec.  3,  1869. 

1718.  Abraham  Allison'  (1796),  b.   April  6,   1786;    d.  in  Haverstraw, 

N.  Y. 

1719.  Margaret  Allison,'  b.  Feb.  21,  1788;  m.  July  12, 1807,  Joseph  Dem- 

arest,  b.  in  Rockland  Co.,  N.  Y. ;  d.  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y., 
Sept.  5,  1849,  aged  64  years,  11  months,  5  days.  He  was  a 
house  carpenter.  She  was  handsome  when  young,  was  con- 
scientious and  upright,  and  faithful  in  all  life's  relations. 
They  lived  in  New  York  city,  and  later  in  Haverstraw.  She 
survived  her  husband.     Children : 

I.  Walter  Demarest,'  b.  May  13,  1809;  d.  unmarried  Aug.  2,  1833. 

II.  Catherine  Demarest,'  b.  April  7, 1811;  d.  March  2,  1830;  unmarried. 

III.  Samuel  Demarest,'  b,  Dec.  13,  1817;  d.  Jan.  29,  1850;  unmaiTied. 

IV.  Mary  Demarest,'  m.  Ibaac  Stevens;  res.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  and 

later  removed  to  the  West.    Three  children. 

V.  Willamena  Demarest,'  m.  Moses  Springsteed.    She  d.  in  the  asylum 

for  the  insane  at  Utica,  N.  Y. ;  res.  West  Chester  Co.,  N.  Y. 
Two  of  the  children  married  men  by  the  name  of  Waldron. 

VI.  Matthias  Demarest,'  m.  Hannah  Perry,  of  Clarkstown,  Rockland 

Co..  N.  Y.  Children:  Perry  Demarest.'  Emma  Demare8t.> 
Walter  Demarest,'  b.  at  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. ;  house  cai-penter; 
married,  and  has  two  children ;  res.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 

1720.  Samuel  Allison'  (1803),  b.  Jan.  29,  1790;  m.  Ann  Grey. 

1721.  Joseph  Allison,'  b.  Jan.  15,  1792.     Was  drowned  when  a  boy. 

1722.  Thomas  Allison"  (1810),  b.  March  10,  1794;  d.  at  Ladentown,  N.  Y. 

1723.  Hannah  Allison,'  b.  April  13,  1796;  d.  probably  in  or  near  Gten- 

eva,  N.  Y.  She  m.  Matthias  Coe,  b.  Oct.  28, 1792,  who  d.  with- 
out  children.  She  m.,  second,  Jonas  Dubois,  a  farmer,  and 
removed  to  the  vicinity  of  Geneva,  N.  Y.  They  had  several 
children. 
1721  Catherine  Allison,'  b.  May  18,  1798;  m.  Benjamin  Coe,  b.  Nov.  7, 
1794;  d.  May  20,  1851,  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.  They  lived  for 
a  while  near  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  but  returned  to  Hivverstraw  and 
spent  their  lives.    Shed.  Aug.  15,  1878.     Children: 

I.  Jonas  Coe '  was  a  wagon  maker  in  New  York,  N.  Y. ;  m.  Emma  

.    She  (1.  in  the  city  of  New  York,  Jan.  28,  1889,  and   is 

buried  in  Mount  Itepose  cemetery,  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.  One 
child. 

II.  Adelphi  Coc,»  b.  July  26,  1819;  d.  Nov.  21,  1877,  at  Haverstraw, 

N.  v.;  siujile. 

III.  Halsted  Coo,'  mason;  res.   Yonkers,  N.  Y..  and  d.  there.     He  m. 

Sarah  Perry,  of  Clarkstown,  N.  Y.    Ouo  son. 

IV.  Marietta  Coe,'  m.  David  liomaine.    Slie  res.  in  1800  in  Haverstraw, 

N.  Y.  Child:  Laura  Komainc,'  m.  Elmer  Trempor,  of  Haver- 
straw, and  res.  thme. 

1725.  Jonas  Allison"  (1810),  b.  Oct.  2,  180'^  d.  looi:  res.  Haverstraw, 

N.  Y. 

1726.  Christopher  Allison,"  d.  single,  in  advanced  life,  at  the  home  of 

his  sister,  Mrs.  Catherine  Demare.'t,  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 


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1727.     Matthew  Allison «  [167-4]  (Joseph,*  John,^  John,^ 
Lawrence  ^  ).    He  was  born  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  July  13, 


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PETER   ALLISON,   OF  NEW   YORK,   N.   Y. 


1743  ;  died  before  1796  leaving  a  family, 
straw,  N.  Y. 


Residence,  Haver- 


CHILDBEN. 


1728.  Joseph  Allison." 

172{>.  Peter  Allison." 

1730.  Cornelius  Allison." 

1731.  Hemlrick  Allison "  (1822). 

1732.  Matthew  Allison." 

1733.  Elizabeth  Allison." 


He  m.  Sarah  Marks  of  Ilaverstraw,  N.  Y. 


1734.  Peter  Allison  ^  [1684]  (Joseph,*  John,^  John,2  Law- 
rence ^  ).  He  was  born  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  19, 1769 ; 
married  Margaret,  daughter  of  John  Suffern.  In  early  man- 
hood he  went  to  the  city  of  New  York  and  became  a  brass 
founder.  He  carried  on  business  in  Maiden  Lane,  where  he 
retained  property  till  his  death.  Later  in  life  he  disposed  of 
his  foundry  business  and  engaged  in  the  dry  goods  business 
in  Greenwich  street.  His  home  was  on  Vesey  street,  where 
he  died  of  inflammatory  rheumatism,  Feb.  21,  1836,  at  66 
years,  6  months,  10  days.  In  Oct.,  1877,  his^  body  was 
removed  to  Mount  Repose  cemetery  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y., 
and  buried  in  the  Allison  plot  on  the  west  brink  of  the  hill. 

CHILDREN  BORN   NEW  YORK,    N.    Y. 

1735.  George  Suffern  Allison » (1829),  b.  Jan.  15,  1792;  res.  Ilaverstraw, 

N.  Y. 

1736.  John  Allison"  (1835),  b.  April  9,  1796;  m.  Mary  Morgan.    Res.  New 

Y-ork,  N.  Y. 

1737.  Caroline  Allison,"  m.  Epenetus  Wheeler.    They  res.  in  New  York 

city  and  later  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. ;  then  removed  to  Illinois, 
where  he  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  in  Ogle  county.  111.,  May  9, 
18 — ,  aged  76  years.     Children. 

I.  Marguerette  Wheeler,'  b.  New  York,  N.   Y. ;   m.   Rev.   Mr.   Hopper. 

Res.  New  York,  N.  Y. 

II.  Caroline  Wheeler,' b.  New  York,  N.  Y. ;  m.  Henry  Garner.    Res. 

Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 

III.  Alfred  Wheeler.'    In  1849  he  went  to  California  and  became  a  noted 

lawyer  and  judge  in  that  state. 

1738.  Antoinette  Allison,"  m.  Henry  J.  Hopper.     Res.  New  Y'ork,  N.  Y. 

He  was  a  dry  goods  merchant  in  Greenwich  street.  She  d.  in 
the  house  of  Preston  Hickok,  No.  10  Greenwich  Ave.,  New 
York,  N.  v.,  of  a  cancer,  Jan.  24,  1851.    No  children. 

1739.  Peter  Allison."    He  left  no  descendants.    He  followed  the  sea  for 

many  years  and  d.  in  young  manhood. 

1740.  Joseph  Allison."     He   left  no  descendants.      He  d.  at  Parnape, 

Rockland  Co.,  N.  Y.,  of  brain  disease,  and  is  buried  in  Parnape 
cemetery. 


1740.  Richard  Allison  ^  [1688]  (Joseph,*  John,^  John,2 
Lawrence  * ).  He  was  born  in  Haverstraw,  Rockland  county, 
N.  Y.,  Oct.  23,  1780 ;  died  Nov.  26,  1825.     He  married  Eliza 


ELSIE  ALLISON,  OF  HAVERSTEAW,   N.  Y. 


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Ruckel  at  St.  John,  N.  B.,  born  Oct.  18,  1785 ;  died  May, 
1870,  in  the  city  of  New  York.  He  died  in  the  city  of  New 
York.     His  residence  had  been  in  Haverstraw  and  New  York. 


CHILDREN. 

1741.  Mary  Caroline  Allison,' b.  New  York,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  6,   1808;  d.  iu 

Newark,  N.  J.,  March  14.  1882.    She  ni.,  in  1833,  John  Hegeman 
whod.  ia51.    Children: 

I.  George  Hegemau,?  who  m.  Jane  Amelia  Allison  and  had  children : 

Elizabeth  Hegeman,'  Georgia  Hegeman,"  Jeanette  Hegeman.' 

II.  Mary  Hegeman,'  m.  John  Fretlerick  Allen.    Kes.  Newark,   N.   J. 

Children:    Emma   Allen,'   Ferdinand  W.  Allen,'  Sidney  W. 
Allen,'  Louise  Allen.' 

1742.  Michael  Allison'  (1843),  b.  June  22,  1809;  d.  April  5,  1876,  in  Tap- 

pan,  N.  Y. 

1743.  Susan  Elizabeth  Allison,"  b.  New  York,  N.  Y.,  March  29,  1811;  d. 

Glendale,  Ohio,  Oct.  18,  1883.    Single. 

1744.  Richard  Allison,'  b.  in  New  York,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  7,  1813;  d.  Nov,  22, 
1837.     Single. 

1746.    Jasper  H.  Allison,'  b.  New  York,  N.  Y.,  July  12,  1816;  d.  Newark, 
N.  J.,  Feb.  7, 1883.    He  m.  Ellen  Ward.    Children: 

I.  Edgar  Allison.'    Single. 

II.  Anna  Allison,'  m.,  in  1867,  John  Robb.    She  d.  in  1868.    Child,  Anna 

Robb.' 

1746.  Edgar  Allison,'  b.  Nov.  22,  1817;  d.  Aug.  21,  1818. 

1747.  Amelia  Southard  Allison,"  b.  New  York,  N.  Y.,  May  13,  1820;  d.  at 

Glendale,  Ohio,  May  2,  1877.    She  m.  Rev.  David  Pise,  in  1846.* 
He  is  rector  of  Christ  church.    Res.  Glendale,  Ohio.    Children: 

I.  Frederick  David  Pise,'  b.  Manlius,  N.  Y..  March  27, 1847;  d.  at  Clarks- 

ville,  Tenn.,  Feb.  16,  1851. 

II.  William  Taylor  Pise,'  b.  Manlius,  N.  Y.,  July  19,  1850.    Episcopal 

clergyman,  d.  at  Glendale,  Ohio,  Sept.  15,  1882. 

III.  Josephine  Amelia  Pise,'  b.  Clarksville,  Tenn.,  Sept.  3,  1852. 

IV.  Fiancis  Agnes  Pise,' b.  Columbia,Tenn.,  June  23, 18.56;  d.  Oct.  20, 1861. 

V.  Charles  T.  Pise,'  b.  Columbia,  Tenn.,  Oct.  28, 1^57.    Episcopal  clergy- 

man.    Res.  Hamilton,  near  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

VI.  Elizabeth  Ruapa  Pise,'  1>.  Columbia,  Tenn.,  Oct.  24,  18.59. 

1748.  Abram  Stagg  Allison,'  b.  Feb.  17,  1823;  m.  his  second  cousin,  Hen- 

rietta, daughter  of  John  Allison,  Sept.,  1851,  and  had  children. 
He  d.  Jan.  20,  1872. 

I.  Harry  W.  Allison,'  b.  New  York,  N.  Y.,  Aug.,  18.56;  m.  Ada,  daughter 

of  Watson  Tomkins  of  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.    (See  that  record.) 
He  d,  Nov.,  1879. 

II.  Mary  Morgan  Allison,'  m.,  Feb.  6,  1887,  Frank  Nickerson. 

1749.  Sarah  Jane  Allison,"  b.  Feb.  17,  1823;  d.,  unmarried,  in  New  Jersey, 

in  1873. 


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1750.  Elsie  Allison  ^  [1689]  (Joseph,*  John,3  John,2  Law- 
rence ^ ).  She  was  born  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  9, 1783  ; 
married  Jacob  Archer  in  1801.     Resided  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 

CHILDltEN. 

1751.    Harriet  Matilda  Archer,'  m.  Samuel  A.  P.  Snow.    Children: 

I.  Samuel  Archer  Snow.' 

II.  Elsie  A.  Snow,' m,  S.imuel  C.  BlauveU.    They  had  three  children: 

Samuel  Augustus  Blauvelt,'  Franklin  Snow  Blauvelt,'  Emma 
Snow  Blauvelt.' 


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PETER  P.  ALLISON,  OF  HAVERSTRAW,  N.  Y. 


Charles  Henry  Snow,'  m.  Sarah  W.  Allison.    Children:  Harriet  A. 
Snow,'  Charles  Dana  Snow,'  Richard  Allison  Snow,'  Katie  A. 
Snow,'  Harriet  Matilda  Snow,«  William  Leigh  Snow.' 
IV.    Richard  Allison  Snow.' 

1752.  Maria  Louise  Archer."    She  m.  Levi  Carman.    Children: 

I.  Elmira  E.  Carman,'  m.  Richard  W.  Coe.    Child :  Maria  Louise  Coe.' 

II.  Martha  Young  Carman.' 

III.  George  Lewis  Carman,'  m.  Hattie  Spraken.    Children:  John  Car- 

man,' Maria  Louise  Carman,'  George  Lewis  Carman.' 

1753.  Elsie  Ann  Archer,"  m.  Charles  DuBois.    Children: 

I.  Maria  Antoinette  DuBois.'i 

II.  Eugenia  DuBois.' 

III.  Jolin  Allison  DuBois.' 

IV.  Charles  Archer  DuBois,'  m.   Ilattie  Kendall.    Children:  Charles 

Archer  DuBois,'  Lillie  DuBois,"  Ettie  DuBois, '  Arthur  DuBois.' 

1754.  Eliza  Ann  Archer,'  m.  Andrew  Buckbee.    Children: 

I.  Rebecca  Ann  Buckbee.' 

II.  Josephine  Buckbee.' 

III.  Jacob  William  Buckbee,' m.  Minerva  Auston.    Children:  Charles 

Van  Biu-en  Buckbee,'  Jacob  William  Buckbee.' 

IV.  Harriet  Matilda  Buckbee.' 
1756.    Martha  Young  Archer.* 

1750.    Michael  Allison  Archer,'  m.  Sarah  Cassida,  and  had  one  child.    He 
m.,  second,  Mary  Watson.    He  m.,  third,  Clarissa  Amanda 
Trowbridge.     Children: 
John  Henry  Arnier.' 


Children:   Lillian 


II.  Allison   Michael    Archer,'   m.  Margsiret  Lake. 

Amanda  Archer,'  William  Watson  Archer.' 

III.  Charles  DuBois  Archer.' 

IV.  George  B.  Archer.' 

1767.    Margaret  Amanda  Archer.' 
1758.     John  Jacob  Archer.' 


1759.  Peter  P.  Allison  ^  [1700]  (Peter,^  Benjamin,*  John,3 
John,^  Lawrence  0.  He  was  born  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y., 
and  was  a  wheelwright  and  blacksmith,  his  shop  standing 
near  the  First  Presbyterian  church  and  at  the  corner  of  the 
Garnersville  and  Grassy  Point  roads.  He  resided  after  mar- 
riage near  his  shop,  in  the  old  Briggs  house.  In  1808  or 
1809  he  married,  in  Haverstraw,  Catherine  Allison,'  a  rela- 
tive ;  daughter  of  James  (and  Mary)  Allison. 

CHILDREN   BORN  IN   HAVERSTRAW,    N.    Y. 

1760.  Mary  Allison,'  b.   Jan.  26,  1810;   m.  John  Odell;    res.  in  Haver- 

straw, N.  Y.     He  d.,  leaving  two  children.     She  m.,  2d, . 

She  d.  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 

1761.  Thomas  Allison,'  b.  Nov.  3,  1811;  m.  Mary  Jane ,  and  d.  in 

Haverstraw,  X.  Y. 

1762.  Hannah  Allison,'  b.  Nov.  2,  1814;  m.  James  Conover.    He  was  a 

brick  manufacturer;  res.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.  They  were  excel- 
lent people,  and  were  highly  esteemed.     They  left  children. 

1763.  John  P.  Allison,'  b.  April  15,  1817;    m.,  in   Haverstraw,  Oct.  3, 

1844,  Eliza,  dau.  of  James  and  Ann  (Douglas)  Onderdonk. 
She  was  b.  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  June  1,  1822;  res,  East  Sagi- 
naw, Mich.    No  children. 

1764.  Benjamin  Allison,'  b.  Oct.  15,  1819;  d.  unmarried  about  1869. 


GARRETT  ALLISON,  OF   HAVERSTRAW,  N.  Y. 


263 


1765.  Margaret  Allison,'  b.  Feb.  14,  1820;  m.  George  Fulmer.    He  was  a 

brick  manufacturer  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  and  removed  to 
Greenport,  L.  I.,  N.  Y.  They  were  people  of  excellent  repu- 
tation.   She  is  deceased.    No  children. 

1766.  Adelia  Allison,'  b.  Nov.  13,  1821 ;  m.  Peter  Post.    They  resided  in 

Jersey  City,  N.  J.    She  is  deceased. 

1767.  Collins  Allison,'  b.  Dec.  3,  1823.    He  is  deceased. 


1768.  Garrett  Allison «  [1704]  (Thomas,^  Benjamin,* 
John,3  John,2  Lawrence^).  He  was  born  in  Haverstraw, 
N.  Y.,  March  28,  1789 ;  m.,  Oct.  4,  1812,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Jonathan  and  Elizabeth  (Wood)  Palmer.  She  was  born  in 
New  York,  N.  Y.,  July  1,  1791 ;  died  May  4,  1863.  He  died 
at  Haverstraw,  June  11,  1848. 


CHILDBED. 


1769. 


Letitia  Allison,!  b.  Sing  Sing,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  28,  1813;  m.,  May  29, 
1830,  Abraham,  son  of  Christopher  and  Rebecca  Allison  Cos- 


grove;  b.  at  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  May  27,  1806;  d. 


April  26, 
Children 


1849.    P.  O.  ad^'-'^ss  of  the  wife,  Haverstraw,  N. 
and  descendants  b.  at  Haverstnaw,  N.  Y. 

I.  Charles  E.  Cosgrove,' b.  April  3,  1831;  d.  Sept.  4,  1875;  m.,  July  31, 

1853,  Cornelia  H.  Vanderwerken,  dau.  of  Tunis  and  Harriet 
Vanderwerken.  She  d..  1853.  He  m.,  second,  May  14,  1855, 
Henrietta  Spear. 

II.  Mary  Elizabeth  Cosgrove,'  b.  Feb.  10,  1833;  d.  Oct.  10,  1852. 

III.  Joseph  Cosgrove,'  b.  Mav  19,  18;i5;  d.  March  7,  1839. 

IV.  Catherine  A.  Cosgrove,"  b.  April  7,  1837;  d.  Feb.  26,  1839. 

V.  Sophie  G.  Cosgrove,'  b.  June  21,  1840;  m.,  Oct.  30,  1801,  Edward  J., 

son  of  John  J.  and  Haiinah  (Cosg.ove)  Peck;  res.  Haverstraw, 
N.  Y.     Children  b.  there:     Louisa  A.  Peck,»  b.  Aug.  18,  1862; 
d.  March  6, 1872.    Letitia  May  Peck,"  b.  April  9,  1873;  d.  Sept.  5, 
1873.    Everett  Peck,»  b.  July  20,  1874. 
Joseph  A.  Cosgrove,'  b.  Nov.  6,  1842;  d.  Dec.  17,  1866. 
Abraham  Cosgrove,  Jr.,'  b.  May  29,  1846;  d.  Jan.  23,  1859. 


VI. 
VII 
1770. 


Michael  Snedeker  Allison'  (1856)  b.  Tarrytown,  N.  Y.,  July  10, 
1815:  res.  Jersev  City,  N.  J. 
1771.  Mary  Elizabeth  Allison,'  b.  at  Tarrytown,  N.  Y.,  March  28,  1817; 
m.,  Nov.  4,  1839,  Edward,  son  of  Michael  and  Mary  Palmer 
Snedeker.  He  was  b.  at  Clarktown,  Rockland  county,  N.  Y. 
He  was  a  ship  carpenter  and  draughtsman,  with  a  genius  for 
modelling  swift-going  vessels,  and  his  skill  contributed  much 
to  tlie  reputation  of  his  brother-in-law,  Michael  S.  Allison,  by 
whom  he  was  employed  for  many  years.  He  d.  Aug.  4,  1868. 
His  wife  possi'SKcd  a  line  physique  and  a  lovable  disposition, 
and  was  fnithful  in  all  relations  of  life.  At  an  earlv  age  she 
united  with  tlie  Methodist  Episcopal  cliurch,  of  which  she  has 
since  been  a  faitliful  member  and  a  livini;  witness  of  the  power 
of  divine  grace  in  sustaining  the  liuman  soul  under  severe  trials 
and  atHictions;  res.  llalliday  St.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.    Children: 

I.  Lawrence  DeNoyclles  Snedeker,"  b.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  18,  1840;  d. 

Feb.  1»,  1845. 

II.  Edward   Lawrence  Snedeker,'  b.  April  L'3,  1840;  m.,  Oct.  29,  1807, 

Addio  Ham.    She  res.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.     He  d.  April  23,  1808. 
Child:  Edward  Lawrence  Snedeker,"  b.  Sept.  19,  1S68. 

III.  Mary  Elizabeth  Snedeker,'  b.  at  lloboken,  N.  J.,  March  19,  1855; 

res.  Halliday  St.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 


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264       GABRjiiTT  O.  ALLISON,  OF  HAVEBSTBAW,  N.  T. 


June  10,  1818;  d.  Sep- 


lY.    Garretta  A.  Snedeker,*  b.  in  Hobokeu,  N.  J.,  Nov.  0,  1859;  res. 

Halliday  St.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
177Z.    Sarah  Ann  Allison,'  b.  Tarrytown,  N.  Y. 

tember,  1819. 
1773.    Sarah  Ann  Allison,' b.  at  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  April  18,  1820;  m., 

Nov.  21, 1838,  Joseph  Cosgrove,  son  of  Christopher  and  Uebecca 

(Allison)  Cosgrove;  b.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  13,  1813.    P.  O. 

address,  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.    Children: 

I.  Edward  Snedeker  Cosgrove,'  b.  Oct.  7,  1839;  m.,  Dec.  20,  1866,  Nellie 

Zeluif,  widow  of  Samuel  Breeze,  and  dau.  of  William  and 
Catherine  Miller  Zeluff.  P.  O.  address,  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 
Children:  Edward  Cosgrove,*  b.  Nov.  11,  1869.  Melville  Cos- 
p'ove,'b.  Jan.  7,  1873. 

II.  Caroline  A.  Cosgrove,"  b.  Jan.  31,  1843;  res.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 

III.  Lawrence  D.  Cosgrove,>  b.  Jan.  15,  1845;  d.  1846. 

IV.  Sarah  Elizabeth  Cosgrove,'  b.  Aug.  8,  1846;  d.  Sept.  26,  1847. 

V.  Mary  Elizabeth  Cosgrove,'  b.  Aug.  8,  1846;  d.  in  1849. 

VI.  Anna  Cosgrove,'  b.  Dec.  20,  1854;  res.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 

VII.  Harriet  A.  Cosgrove,'  b.  August,  1856;  d.  1862. 


VIII. 

1774. 
1775. 


Nov.  11,  1861;  P. 


O.  address,  Haverstraw, 
March  17, 


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II. 


III. 
IV. 
V. 
VI. 

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Lillian  Cosgrove,'  b, 

N.  Y. 
Garrett  G.  Allison'  (1865),  b.  at  Haverstraw,  N.  Y, 
1822;  m.  Harriet  Stokum;  res.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 
Caroline  Smith  Allison,'  b.  at  Haver  itraw,  N.  Y.,  March  30,  1824; 
m.,  Aug.  1,  1843,  Henry,  son  of  Henry  C.  and  Phebe  (Gardiner) 
Mather,  b.  in  Suffolk  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  1,  1818;  res.  Hoboken. 
N.  J.  Caroline  Smith  Allison  developed  into  womanhood 
with  those  delicate  graces  of  mind  and  heart  which  make  the 
true  woman.  Her  gentleness  of  spirit  drew  her  in  early  life  to 
"the  meek  and  lowly  Jesus,"  whom  she  accepted  as  her 
'  Saviour  and  has  found  to  be  a  friend  above  all  others.  She  is 
a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Mr.  Mather  is 
a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  He  is  a  ship 
carpenter  by  trade  and  occupation.  They  res.  in  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  until  about  1848-'49,  and  then  removed  to  Hoboken, 
N.  J.,  their  present  home.  Children: 
Mary  Elizabeth  Mather,'  b.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  19,  1844;  d.  Aug. 
14  1845. 
Williani  Henry  Mather,"  b.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  23,  1845;  m., 
June  24,  1868,  Lena  S.,  dau.  of  Ebenezer  and  Mary  (Wiest) 
Flint,  b.  at  Esopus,  Ulster  Co.,  N.  Y.  P.  O.  address,  Hoboken, 
N.  J.  Children:  Eudora  Livingstone  Mather,"  b.  May  23, 
1869.  Sarah  Eva  Mather,"  b.  July  14, 1875.  Henrietta  Mather." 
Allison  Gardiner  Mather,'  b.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  April  18,  1847;  d. 

Oct.  24,  1849. 
Sarah  Elizabeth  Mather,"  b.  in  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  Sept.  20,  1850;  d. 

July  14,  1851. 
Catherine  Amelia  Mathei,'  b.  in  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  Sept.  20,  1850; 

Aug.  20,  1851. 
Edwin  Titus  Mather,'  b.  in  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  Aug.  2, 1857;  d.  Dec 

1859. 
Micliael  S,  Allison  Mather,'  b.  in  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  March  1,  1807. 
Willamena  Byron  Allison,'  b.  at  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  March  29, 
1827,  and  possesses  a  fine  womanly  character.    She  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist   Episcopal  church.    She  m.,   Nov.   21, 
1849,  James  H.,  son  of  David  B.  and  Sarah  (Lockwood)  Gard- 
ner.   He  was  1).  in  1824;  d.  Jan.  19,  1868.    For  many  years  he 
was  engaged  in  the  commission  produce  business  at  West 
Washington  market.    P.  O.  address  of  Mrs.  Gardner  and  her 
children,  Hoboken,  N.  J.    Children  b.  Hoboken,  N.  J. : 
Charles  Edward  Gardner,'  b.  Jan.  1,  1852;  d.  Aug.  28,  1852. 
Caroline  A.  Gardner,'  b.  Sept.  15,  1854;  d.  June  5,  1857. 


d. 

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DAVID  ALLISON,   OF  PONTLA.C,   MICH. 


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III.  Sarah  L.  Gardner,'  b.  Feb.  1,  1856;  d.  March  5,  1857. 

IV.  Willamena  A.  Gardner/  b.  Dec.  1.3,  1858. 

V.  Carrie  C.  Gardner,'  b.  April  24,  1861). 
VL    Cassie  A.  Gardner,'  b.  Oct.  4,  18<B. 

VII.    Hattie  A.  Gardner,'  b.  Oct.  26,  1867;  d.  Dec.  4,  1868. 

1777.  Walter  Smith  Allison'  (1869),  b.  at  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  March  15, 

1829;  res.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

1778.  Catherine  Amelia  Allison,'  b.  at  Haverstraw,  N.   Y.,  March  14, 

1832.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 
She  m.,  July  27,  18.J3,  Daniel,  son  of  Lyman  and  Juliana  Tolas. 
He  was  b.  Jan.  20,  1830,  and  res.  Jersey  City,  N.  J.  Children 
b.  Hoboken,  N.  J. : 

I.  Emory  L.  Toles,'  b.  Jan.  6,  1855. 

II.  Daniel  Allison  Toles,'  b.  Nov.  1,  1856. 

III.  Clarence  Toles,'  b.  Sept.  27,  1858;  d.  July  28,  1860. 

IV.  Florence  Amelia  Toles,"  b.  Jan.  24,  1867;  d.  Jan.  29,  1870. 

1779.  Emily  Allison,'  b.  at  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  12,  1834;  d.  Feb.  14, 

18.34. 

• 

1780.  James  Allison «  [1705]  (Thoinas,^  Benjamin,*  John,^ 
John,2  Lawrence  ^ ).  He  was  born  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 
Ship  carpenter.  Resides  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.  He  was  in  stat- 
ure short  and  stout,  with  auburn  hair  and  blue  eyes.  He 
married  Mary ,  who  was  bom  in  England. 


CHILDREN. 


1781.  Garrett  T.  Allison '  (1877)  b.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  and  res.  there. 

1782.  William  Allison,'  b.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 

1783.  Catherine  Allison,'  b.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. ;  m.  Peter  P.  Allison. 

(See  his  record.) 


D 


1784.  David  Allison  «  [1711]  (Samuel,^  Benjamin,*  John,3 
John,2  Lawrence  ^  ).  He  was  born  Sept.  21,  1794 ;  died  at 
Pontiac,  Mich.,  Oct.  6,  1883.  Farmer.  He  married  Susan 
Hamer,  who  was  born  March  14,  1798,  and  died  Sept.  16, 
1865.    Residence,  Pontiac,  Mich. 

CHILDREN. 

1785.  Sarah  Allison,'  b.  Aug.  3,  1819,  and  d.  Aug.  14,  1887,  at  Pontiac, 

Mich.    She  m.  Thomas  Flinn,  a  farmer,  b.  April  26,  1817;  d.  at 
Birmipgham,   Mich.,  July  0,  1883.    Children: 

I.  William  Fliun.' 

II.  Wesley  Flinn.' 

III.  Eugenia  Flinn.' 

IV.  Thomas  Wesley  Flinn,'  b.  May  2,  1845;  d.  Nov.  20,  1873. 

V.  Ellen  S.  Flinn,'  b.  Oct.  10,  1846;  d.  March  14, 1878. 

VI.  Elizabeth  E.  Flinn,'  b.  Feb.  17,  1850;  d.  Feb.  3,  1885. 

VII.  Charies  W.  Flinn.' 

VIII.  Bertha  Flinn.' 

1786.  Almira  Allison,'  b.  Dec.  28, 1820;  d. 

liorenzo  N.  Denison.    Children: 

I.  David  Avery  Denison.' 

II.  Susan  Denison.' 

III.  Cylinda  Denison.' 

IV.  William  Denison.' 


Aug.  13,  1870.    She  m.  Rev. 


Hi 


266         ABRAHAM  ALLISON,   OF  HAVER8TRAW,  N.   Y. 

V.    Sarah  Adelaide  DeniHon,>  d.  Aug.,  1874. 

1787.  Vincent  Allison,'  b.  April  16,  1823;  m.  Martlia  M.  Bickford.    Jew- 

eller.   Res.  Pontiac,  Mich.    No  children. 

1788.  JohnH.  Allison,' b.  Jan.  11,  1825.    Jeweller.    Res.  Elkhart,   Indi- 

ana.   He  m.  Eunice  Ilerrick.    Children: 

I.  Eliza  Allison,'  b.  Juno  2,  1851;  d.  Aug.  20,  1851. 

II.  Frank  Allison,"  b. 

1780.    Charles  Allison'  (187»),  Binghamton,  Browne  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  21, 
1827;  d.  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  July  7,  1892. 

1790.  William  Allison,'  b.  May  13,  182«;  d.  Aug.  30,  1830. 

1791.  Henry  Allison,'  b.   July   10,   18;J1.    Jeweller.    Res.   at   Pontiac, 

Mich.     He  m.  Lorena  Rhodes.     Children: 
I.    Henri  David  Allison.'    He  graduated  at  Michigan  university  in  1386. 
Lawyer. 
Edwin  Vincent  Allison.'    Jeweller.    Res.  Pontiac,  Mich.    He 


II 


m. 
Georgie  Bcwlby. 

III.  Bertha  Allison.'    Res.  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

IV.  John  Allison.'    Res.  Pontiac,  Mich. 

V.  Mary  Allison.'    Res.  Pontiac,  Mich. 

VI.  Frank  Allison.a    Res.  Pontiac,  Mich. 

1792.  William  Allison,'  b.  April  6,   1834.      Jeweller.     Res.  San  Jose, 

Cal. 

1793.  Franklin  James  Allison,'  b.  Oct.  4,  1836.    Unmarried.    Jeweller. 

Res.  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

1794.  George  Wesley  Allison,'  b.  Dec.  28,  1842;  d.  at  Troy,  Mich.,  Sept. 

3,  1863. 

1795.  Abraham  Allison  6  [1718]  (Joseph  B.,^  Benjamin,* 
John,3  John,2  Lawrence  ^ ).  He  was  born  in  Haverstraw,  N. 
Y.,  April  6,  1786 ;  died  there  and  is  buried  in  Mount  Repose 
cemetery.  He  was  a  farmer  and  carpenter.  His  father  gave 
him  the  land  for  his  farm  and  homestead  and  aided  him  in 
erecting  his  buildings.  He  owned  another  farm  at  Mead's 
corner,  about  a  mile  beyond  his  home  on  the  Ramapo  road. 
He  was  very  industrious  and  frugal  in  his  habits,  a  devout 
Christian,  upright  in  all  his  dealings,  and  was  highly  esteemed 
as  a  man,  citizen,  and  friend.  He  married  Jane  De  Pew, 
born  Jan.  18,  1787 ;  died  in  Haverstraw.  He  resided  in  Hav- 
erstraw, N.  Y. 


CHILDREN  nOKN  IN   HAVERSTRAW,   N.    Y. 


1796. 
1797. 
1798. 


1799. 
1800. 


m. 


1812, 


Garrett  T.  Allison.    (See 
Res.  Haverstraw,  N. 


Charlotte  Allison,'  b.  Feb.  26,  1810; 
his  record.) 

Joseph  A.  Allison'  (1887),  b.  Nov.  26, 
Y.,  and  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

Mary  Allison,'  b.  May  2,  1815;  d.  at  Newton,  Penn.,  May  27,  1824, 
and  is  buried  in  Mount  Repose  cemetery,  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 
She  m.,  Nov.  27,  1837,  Harvey  W.  Gurnee  of  Rockland  Co.,  N. 
Y.  He  became  professor  in  Pennington  seminary,  N.  J.,  and 
then  at  Newton,  Penn.  He  was  a  man  of  superior  mental  abil- 
ities and  high  character. 

Matthias  Coe  Allison,'  b.  Feb.  13,  1818;  d.  Oct.  29,  1819. 

Margaret  Allison,'  b.  Nov.  10,  1820,  and  d.  in  middle  life.  She  m. 
Spencer  Springsteed.  They  had  a  daughter  who  grew  to 
womanhood.    He  m.  a  second  wife. 


y. 

ford.  Jew- 
chart,   Indi- 

y.,  Feb.  21, 

at  Pontiac, 
jityin  1386. 
ch.    He  m. 


I.  San  Jo8^, 
.  Jeweller. 
Mich.,  Sept. 

Benjamin,* 

rstraw,  N. 

nt  Repose 

ither  gave 

led  him  in 

at  Mead's 

lapo  road. 

a  devout 

esteemed 

De  Pew» 

ed  in  Hav- 


ilison.  (See 
erstraw,  N. 

ay  27,  1824, 
aw,  N.   Y. 

md  Co.,  N. 
,  N.  J.,  and 

mental  abil- 


Ee.    She  m. 
o    grew    to 


MRS.  SUSAN  (HAMERj  ALLISON. 


iiWiiwM'iijaaw^ 


THOMAS  ALLISON,   OP  LADENTOWN,  N.  Y. 


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1801.  Edmund  D.  Allison,'  b.  Oct.  6, 1820.    He  received  a  romI  education 

and  waH  brouglitup  to  a  farmer's  life,  now  a  carpenter.  He  m. 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Peter  Coe.  Res.  HavcrHtraw,  N.  T.  No 
children. 

1802.  Christopher  Allison,'  b.  Feb.  12,  1824;  d.  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y., 

Feb.  5,  1843. 

1808.  Samuel  Allison"  [1720]  (Joseph  B.,»  Benjamin.* 
John,^  John,2  Lawrence  ^ ).  He  was  born  in  Haverstraw,  N. 
Y.,  Jan.  29,  1790.  He  was  a  brass  founder  and  foreman  in 
a  bell  foundry  in  New  York  city  for  a  long  period.  The  last 
years  of  his  life  he  lived  with  his  son  Thomas,  and  is  said  to 
have  died  in  Texas  with  an  unmarried  son.  He  married,  in 
the  city  of  New  York,  Ann  Grey,  daughter  of  a  sea  captain. 
She  was  accomplished  and  high  spirited,  and  considered 
handsome.  She  died  previous  to  the  death  of  her  husband, 
at  the  home  of  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Sarah  Ann  Totten. 

CHILDItEN  BORN  IN  NEW  YORK,   N.   Y. 

1804.  James  Augustus  Allison.'    He  owned  and  occupied  a  residence  at 

Tottenville,  Staten  Island,  N.  Y.    Hem.  .    Children: 

I.  Sarah  Allison,'  m. . 

II.  Alida  Allison,'  m. . 

III.  Andro  Vert  Allison,'  merchant  at  New  Brunswick,  N.  J. 

IV.  Wesley  Allison." 

1805.  Thomas  Allison.'    He  was  an  able,  energetic  man,  and  conducted 

an  extensive  grocery  and  poultry  business  at  the  corner  of 
Grand  and  Columbia  streets  in  New  York  city.  He  was  twice 
married  and  in  late  years  lived  with  his  daughter  in  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y. 

1806.  Samuel  George  Allison.'    He  settled  in  the  South,  probably  in 

Texas,  became  wealthy;  d.  in  the  South  unmarriecl. 

1807.  Jonas  Allison.'    He  went  to  Texas,  bought  a  cattle  ranch,  had  it 

well  stocked  when  marauders  came  down  upon  him  and  stole 
all  his  stock  and  movable  property. 

Amelia  Gertrude  Allison.'    She  m.  Mr. of  Connecticut  and 

had  three  daughters. 


1806. 
1809. 


Sarah  Ann  Allison,'  m.  John  Totten  of  Staten  Island,  N.  Y.,  where 
he  was  bom  and  where  he  died.    They  had  two  children. 


1810.  Thomas  Allison  ^  [1722]  (Joseph  B.,^  Benjamin,* 
John,8  John,2  Lawrence^).  He  was  born  in  Haverstraw, 
N.  Y.,  March  10,  1794,  and  died  at  Ladentown,  N.  Y.  His 
remains  were  probably  buried  in  the  Quaker  burj-ing-ground 
at  Ramapo,  N.  Y.  He  was  a  house  carpenter,  and  lived  in 
Ladeijtown,  Rockland  Co.,  N.  Y.,  on  a  farm  given  to  his 
wife  by  her  father.  It  is  said  that  they  would  go  to  Haver- 
straw village  and  return  by  ox-team,  being  afraid  that  horses 
might  run  away  with  them.  The  journey  occupied  from 
early  dawn  to  nearly  midnight.  They  were  all  members  of 
the  Society  of  Friends.  He  married  Theodosia  Seacor. 
Some  of  the  children  died  young. 


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JONAS  ALLISON,  OF  HAVBRSTBAW,   N.  Y. 


CUILDBEN  BOBN  AT  LADENTOWN.   N.   V. 


1811.  Mary  Allison.'    She  m.  Benjamin  Seacor.    He  was  a  farmer,  and 

resided  at  West  Haverstraw.    Had  one  son. 

1812.  Elizabeth  Allison.'    She  m.  Lyman  Pitman  Jones.    No  children. 

Res.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.    He  m.,  second,  Cordelia  Kiles. 

1813.  Benjamin  F.  Allison.'    Farmer;  res.  near   Peekskill,  N.  Y.    He 

m. .    Child: 

I.    Mary  Allison.' 

1814.  Amelia  Allison.'    She  m.  Edward  Swaithout,  a  widower.    He  is  a 

farmer.    They  reside  at  Clarkstown,  Kockland  Co.,  N.  Y.    No 
children. 

1815.  Whitefield  Allison,'  d.  when  sixteen  or  eighteen  years  of  age. 

^1816.  Jonas  Allison «  [1725]  (Joseph  B.,^  Benjamin,* 
John,^  John,2  Lawrence^).  He  was  born  at  Haverstraw, 
N.  Y.,  Oct.  2,  1800.  He  received  a  good  education,  and  be- 
came a  carpenter.  For  many  years  he  was  employed  at 
Peck's  rolling-mills  in  Haverstraw.  He  built  his  dwelling 
on  a  few  acres  of  land  which  had  been  given  him  b^'  his 
father,  situated  on  the  road  to  Ramapo,  and  about  one  mile 
from  Mount  Repose  cemetery.  There  he  and  his  family 
lived  until  he  was  far  advanced  in  life,  when  he  removed  to 
the  village  of  Haverstraw  and  established  a  bakery  business 
which  he  carried  on  for  several  years.  He  and  his  wife  and 
children  were  all  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
and  were  sincere  and  devoted  Christians.  He  died  Aug.  1, 
1861,  and  is  buried  in  Mount  Repose  cemetery. 

He  married,  Feb.  7, 1829,  Emeline  Felter,  who  was  born 
at  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  9,  1809.  Hers  was  a  truly 
Christ-like  character.  Her  gentleness  of  spirit  was  an  inspi- 
ration of  goodness  to  all  with  whom  she  came  in  contact. 
Her  life  was  devoted  to  her  home  and  family.  She  died  in 
Haverstraw,  March  8,  1866. 

CHILDBEN  BORN  IN  UAVEBSTHAW.   N.   Y. 

1817.  Whitefield  Allison,'  b.  Aug.  29,  1829;  d.  Nov.  18,  1844. 

1818.  Mary  Elmira  Allison,'  b.  Jan.  20,  IS^iS.    She  is  a  member  of  the 

Methodist  Episcooal  church.    Unmarried. 
1818.    Edward  Allison,'  b.  Aug.  24,  1835;  d.  Jan.  19,  1837. 
IHlfl.    Emily  Adelaide  Allison,'  b.  Aug.  24,  18;^S;  d.  Aug.  20,  1865,  and  is 

buried  in  Mount  Repose  cemetery,  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 
lb.:'..    Erastus  T.  Allison,'  b.  May  12,  1843.    He  enlisted  in  the  17th 

Regt.  N.  Y.  Vols,  during  the  late  war.    He  was  taken  ill  'n 

the  service,  returned  homo,  and  died  of  typhoid  fever  Oct.  16, 

1865.    Buried  in  Mount  Repose  cemetery  in  Haverstraw. 
1S21.    Ann  Sophia  Allison,'  b.  Feb.  13.  1848;  m.  Isaac  W.  Abrams,  of 

Haverstraw.    They  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 

church. 


1822.     Hendrick    Allison « 
John,8  John,2  Lawrence^). 


[1731]    (Matthew,"  Joseph,* 
He   was  bora  in  Haverstraw, 


'' 


GEORGE  S.    ALLISON,   OF   HAVERSTEAW,   N.   Y. 


269 


N.  Y.,  and  niarried  Sarah  Marks  of  that  place.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  George  Marks.  Mr.  Allison  lived  on  Manhat- 
tan island,  later  at  the  New  Dock,  N.  J.,  and  subsequently 
removed  to  Hackensack  Township,  N.  J.,  and  located  be- 
neath the  Palisades,  near  Euglewood. 

CHILDREN. 

182.3.  Evancler  Allison,'  res.  Ft.  Lee,  N.  J. 

1824.  Harriet  Allison.' 

1825.  James  Allison.' 

1826.  William  Henry  Allison '  (1892),  res.  Englewood,  N  J. 

1827.  Edward  Allison.' 

1828.  Rachel  Allison.' 

1829.  George  Suffern  Allison,6  [1735]  (Peier,^  Joseph,* 
John,2  John,2  Lawrence  ^).  He  was  born  in  New  York,  N.  Y., 
Jan.  15,  1792.  He  married,  Oct.  28,  1818,  Hannah,  daugh- 
ter of  Jonas  and  Mary  (Burns)  Brewster,  of  Haverstraw, 
Rockland  Co.,  N.  Y.  She  was  born  July  13,  1794,  and  died 
in  Haverstraw,  Sept.  2,  1867.     He  died  there  Aug.  27,  1884. 

Mr.  Allison  passed  his  early  life  in  the  city  of  New  York. 
In  the  last  war  with  Great  Britain  he  took  an  active  part, 
and  in  1812  was  an  oflScer  in  Colonel  Washburn's  regiment, 
and  was  stationed  at  Sandy  Hook.  When  hostilities  had 
ceased  he  removed  to  Haverstraw  upon  the  invitation  of  his 
grandmother,  who  was  occupying  the  old  Allison  homestead, 
which  had  been  left  to  her  by  her  husband.  Soon  afterward 
she  purchased  land  in  North  Haverstraw,  now  Stony  Point, 
where  his  residence  stood,  occupied  by  his,  son  Brewster  J. 
Allison,  ir  1892.  This  land  was  owned  by  Wandell  Mace, 
who  was  anxious  to  sell  and  move  to  what  was  then  the 
"  West,"  now  the  central  part  of  the  state  of  New  York, 
"  where  100  acres  of  good  land  could  be  bought  for  fifty  dol- 
lars." 

The  first  business  of  Mr.  Allison  was  to  keep  a  small  store 
and  furnishing  goods  needed  in  a  country  neighborhood. 
By  marriage  ana  by  purchase  he  became  the  owner  of  a  large 
tract  of  timber  land,  and  he  connected  with  his  mercantile 
business  that  of  wood  and  lumber.  He  afterward  purchased 
a  tract  of  farm  land  adjoining  his  homestead,  and  carried  on 
quite  an  extensive  farm  in  connection  with  his  other  enter- 
prises. The  brick-making  business  soon  gave  him  a  wider 
field  for  the  exercise  of  his  powers,  and  this,  with  the  rapid 
advance  in  the  value  of  real  estate,  increased  his  wealth  to 
such  an  extent  that  he  became  one  of  the  wealthiest  men  of 
the  county.    In  1829  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  assem- 


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AMANDA  ALLISON,  OF  STON^  POINT,  N.  Y. 


bly  of  New  York,  and  reelected  in  1830.  He  took  a  deep 
and  active  interest  in  the  military  profession,  and  was  a 
colonel  and  afterward  a  brigadier-general  of  the  militia  of 
Rockland  county,  N.  J.  He  also  became  judge  of  the  court 
of  common  pleas. 

CHILDBEN    BOBJf    IX    HAVEBSTRAW,  IN    THAT    POBTION  WHICH    18    NOW 
(1893)   STONY  POINT,  BOCKLAND  CO.,  N.   T. 

1830.  Eugenia  Allison,'  b.  Sept.  19,  1819;  m.,  at  her  father's  home,  Aug. 

13,  1844,  William  McArdle,  a  lawyer  by  profession.  He  was  a 
captain  of  a  military  conmany  in  the  city  of  New  York,  and 
died  wliile  serving  as  an  officer  during  the  Seminole  war.  He 
left  no  children.  Slie  m.,  second,  at  her  father's  home  at 
Stony  Point  (by  Rev.  James  J.  McMahon,  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  late  of  Marion,  Southwestern  Virginia),  Sept.  5,  1865, 
William  Knight,  a  resident  of  Stony  Point,  Bockland  Co.,  N.  Y. 
He  was  a  merchant,  and  d.  in  the  summer  of  1891.  She  d. 
June  15,  1890,  aged  70  years,  9  months,  6  days.    No  children. 

1831.  Brewster  Jonas  Allison'  (1897),  b.  July  6,  1821;  res.  Stony  Point, 

Rockland  Co.,  N.  Y. 

1832.  Mary  Margaret  Allison,'  b.  May  3,  1823;  m.,  at  her  father's  home, 

March  1,  1859,  Rev.  James  J.  McMahon,  who  was  b.  in  Ama- 
hilla.  County  of  Tyrone,  Ireland,  who  is  now  pastor  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  church  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.      She  d.  in  Stony 
Point,  N.  Y.,  May  20,  1868.    Children: 
George  Allison  McMahon,*  baptized  July  8,  1860;  single;  res.  New 

York,  N.  Y. 
Ellen  Montague  McMahon,'  baptized  April  6,  1862;  res.  at  Stony 

Point  and  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Arthur  Brewster  McMahon,'  baptized  Jan.  3,  1865;  deceased. 
Hannah  McMalion,'  baptized  April  7, 1867;  m.  Thomas  Lee,  a  grad- 
uate of  Hamilton  college,  N.  Y.    He  is  a  lawyer,  and  res.  at 
Stony  Point,  N.  Y. 

V.  Mary  Allison  McMahon,»  b.  Feb.  18,  1868,  baptized  Sept.  17,  1871. 
Her  motlier  dying  gave  her  to  her  sister,  Mrs.  Eugenia  Knight, 
by  whom  slie  was  brought  up.  She  res.  at  Stony  Point  and 
New  York,  N.  Y. 

1838.  George  Allison,'  b.  July  7,  1825;  d.  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  Sept  21, 
1827. 

1834.    Amanda  Allison,' b.  Aug.  6,  1827; 
of  Daniel  Tomkins.    He  was  b, 

and  removed  from  Orangej  N.  „.,  i.^.  o^.v.^^ova....,  j.-,.  j...  «uu 
lives  in  that  portion  whicli  is  now  Stony  Point,  with  other  lieirs 
of  his  father;  he  is  part  owner  of  the  battle-ground  of  Stony 
Point.  From  that  high  projecting  eminence  in  the  Hudson 
river,  surmounted  by  a  United  States  light-house,  there  is  a 
most  lovely  view  of  the  river,  plain,  and  liills  for  many  miles. 
The  beautifully  situated  and  attractive  home  of  Mr.  Tomkins, 
built  in  1872,  overlooks  the  Hudson  and  Stony  Point,  where 
"Mad  Anthony"  Wayne  won  his  famous  victory.  He  is  a 
practical  man,  of  sound  bense,  of  advanced  ideas,  a  Republican 
in  politics,  and  in  religion  a  Presbyterian.  Mrs.  Tomkins  d. 
Aug.  14,  1887,  aged  00  years  and  8  days. 

CHILDREN. 

I.  Helen  Amanda  Tomkins,'  b.  at  Tomkins's  Cove,  Stony  Point,  N.  Y., 
Jan.  26,  1853;  d.  Oct.  14,  1890. 


I. 
II. 

Ill 

IV, 


m.,  Sept.  3,  1851,  Watson,  son 
in  Newark,  N.  J.,  May  5,  1829, 
J.,  to  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  and 


MICHAEL  ALLISON,   OF  TAPPAN,   N.   Y. 


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II.  Ada  Prederika  Tomkins,'  b.  at  Stony  Point,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  19.  1856: 

m.,  Dec.  11,  1878,  Harvey  W.  Allison,  son  of  Abram  S.  and 
Henrietta  Allison,  of  New  York  city.  They  were  second 
cousins.  He  was  cashier  in  F.  P.  Freeman  &  Go's,  banking 
house,  53  Exchange  Place,  New  York,  N.  Y.  He  d.  at  Stony 
Point,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  17,  1879.  Mrs.  Allison  resides  at  her 
father's  home. 

III.  Mary  Allison  Tomkins,'  b.  Stony  Point,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  3,  1859;  res.  at 

her  father's  home.  Stony  Point,  N.  Y. 

1836.  John  Allison «  [1736]  (Peter,^  Joseph,*  John,8 
John,2  Lawrence  ^).  He  was  born  in  New  York  city  April 
9,  1796.  He  married  Mary  Morgan,  bom  Sept.  15,  1803; 
resides  in  New  York  city.  He  was  in  the  mercantile  business 
in  Greenwich  St.,  then  later  was  in  grocery  business,  comer 
of  6th  Ave.,  15th  St.  He  died  at  his  home,  239  West  60th 
St.,  New  York  city,  Oct.  2,  1865,  as  did  his  wife.  Mr. 
Allison  was  buried  in  Greenwood  cemetery,  lot  No.  14-867, 
section,  162-169  between  Grape  and  Vine  avenues. 

CHILDBEX  BORN  IN  NEW  YORK  CITY. 

1836.  Henrietta  Allison,?  b.  Jan.  16,1825;  m.  Abram  S.  Allison.    They 

res.  82d  St,  New  York  city.  He  d.  and  she  now  lives  there. 
They  were  cousins.    He  was  a  stationer.    Children: 

I.  Henry  Weed  Allison,'  m.  Miss  Ada  Tomkins,  of  Haverstraw.    (See 

that  record.    No.  1834,  II.) 

II.  May  Allison,'  m.  Frank  Nickerson;   res.  82d  St.,  New  York  city. 

Children :  Margaret  Nickerson.*    Helen  Nickerson.* 

1837.  Edward  Allison,'  b.  Jan.  24,  1828;  single;  res.  New  York,  N.  Y., 

and  d.  there. 

1838.  Peter  John  Allison,'  b.  Feb.  5,  1830;  d.  March  23,  1832. 

1839.  Ann  Augusta  Allison,'  b.  Jan.  30,  1832;  res.  New  York  city,  82d 

St. 

1840.  George  Henry  Allison,'  b.  Dec.  7,  1834;  res.  Morrisania,  N,  Y. ; 

m.  and  has  a  family. 

1841.  Emily  Josephine  Allison,'  b.  March  31,  1837;  m. Origgs;  res. 

in  New  York,  N.  Y.,  and  d.  some  years  ago. 

1842.  Alfred  Morgan  Allison,'  b.  Sept.  28,  1841;  d.,  when  a  young  man, 

Dec.  2,  1862;  res.  New  York,  N.  Y. ;  single;  bookkeeper. 

1843.  Michael  Allison  ^  [1742]  (Richard,^  Joseph,*  John,8 
John.'^  Lawrence  0«  He  was  born  in  the  city  of  New  York, 
June  22,  1809 ;  died  in  Tappan,  N.  Y.,  April  5,  1876.  His 
home  was  in  New  York  city  till  1868,  when  he  moved  to 
Tappan,  where  he  lived  till  his  death,  April  6,  1876.  He 
married  Susan  Gentil,  vho  died  in  New  York  city,  April  6, 
1846,  leaving  children.  He  married,  second,  Harriet  M. 
Calhoun.  She  was  daughter  of  Henry  and  Eliza  Melvina 
(Conkling)  Calhoun,  and  granddaughter  of  Andrew  Cal- 
houn, who  was  born  in  the  Parish  of  Ray,  near  the  towns  of 
Raphoe  and  Labadish,  in  the  County  of  Donegal,  Ireland, 


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272         MICHAEL   S.   ALLISON,   OF  JERSEY  CITY,   N.  J. 

and  who  was  son  of  William  Calhoun  of  Scotch  blood.  The 
church  he  attended  was  at  Manor  Cunningham.  He  was 
born  in  1764 ;  came  to  America  in  1790 ;  lived  in  Boston, 
Mass.,  and  is  buried  in  Concord,  N.  H.  The  Calhouns  are 
said  to  be  descended  from  the  ancient  family  of  Colquhouns 
and  Lairds  of  Luss,  whose  original  home  was  at  Luss,  on  the 
west  side  of  Loch  Lomand  in  Scotland. 

Mrs.  Allison  was  born  in  Canajoharie,  N.  Y.,  May  5, 
1827,  and  in  1880  removed  to  Nebraska,  and  now  resides  in 
Beatrice,  Neb.  Her  eight  children  were  born  in  Bleeker  St., 
New  York,  N.  Y. 

CHILDREN  BORN  IN  NEW  YORK,  N.   Y. 

1844.  Jane  Amelia  Alli8on,T  b.  June  20,  1833;    m.  her  cousin,  George 

Hegeman,  an  engraver;  res.  Newark,  N.  J.    Children: 

I.  Elizabeth  Hegeman.' 

II.  Georgia  Hegeman.' 

III.  Jennette  Hegeman.' 

1845.  William  Gentil  Allison,'  b.  August,  1835;  m.  Hester  J.  Meserole. 

He  res.  New  York,  N.  Y.,  and  d.  there  April  5, 1869.    Children: 

I.  Ida  Allison.' 

II.  William  Allison.' 

1846.  Richard  Allison'  (1912),  b.  44  Vesey  St.,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  July  7, 

1838;  m.  Mary  A.  Love;  res.  Rutherford,  N.  J. 

1847.  Thomas  Allison'  (1917),  b.  Sept.  19,  1840;  m.   Mary  E.  Millett, 

attorney;  office  59  Liberty  St.,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Children  by 
2d  manlage: 

1848.  Howard  Calhoun  Allison,'  b.  April  4,  1852;  d.  Feb.  19,  1853. 

1849.  Harriet  Allison,'  b.  May  29,  1853;  teacher;  res.  Beatrice,  Neb. 
1860.    Michael  Calhoun  Allison,'  b.  April  1, 1856;  m.,  Feb.  4,  1885,  Helen 

Blake  Johnston,  b.  Gloucester,  Mass.,  May  10,  1859;  farmer; 
res.  Beatrice,  Neb.    Children  b.  Beatrice,  Neb. : 

I.  John  Johnston  Allison,'  b.  Oct.  20,  1886. 

II.  Richard  Savillo  Allison,'  b.  May  19,  1888. 

III.  Frances  Field  Allison,'  b.  April  20,  1892. 

1851.  Lelia  Calhoun  Allison,'  b.  July  19, 1857;  m.,  Sept.  16, 1885,  Charles 
*  Rudolph  Lawson,  b.  Halifax,  N.  S.,  June  16,  1859;  res.  New 

York,  N.  Y.    Child  b.  New  York,  N.  Y. : 
I.    Gertrude  Piingle  Lawson,'  b.  Dec.  10,  1886. 

1852.  Irving  Allison,'  b.  Dec.  18,  1859;  m.,  July  24,  1881,  Emma  Clara 

Battey,  b.  Roseville,  N.  J.,  Nov.  10,  1861;  manufacturer;  res. 
Omaha,  Neb.    Children  b.  Omaha,  Neb, : 

I.  Mabel  Calhoun  Allison  '  b.  Oct.  18,  1883. 

II.  Grace  Elliot  Allison,'  b.  Aug.  6,  1885. 

III.  Mildred  Allison,'  b.  Dec.  12,  1889. 

IV.  Irving  Allison  '  b.  March  21,  1891.  , 

1853.  Winthrop  Allison,'  b.  Aug.  26,  1861;  res.  St.  Paid,  Minn. 

1854.  Elliot  Condich  Allison,'  b.  July  1,  1866;  farmer;   res.  Beatrice, 

Neb. 

1855.  Mabel  Hitchcock  Allison,'  b.  Sept.  12,  1867;  res.  Beatrice,  Neb. 


1856.  Michael  Snedeker  Allison  ^  [1770]  (Garrett,* 
Thomas,^  Benjamin,*  John,^  John,^  Lawrence^).  He  was 
born  at  Tarrytown,  N.  Y.,  July  10,  1816.    Before  he  was 


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five  years  of  age  his  parents  removed  to  Haverstraw,  Rock- 
land county,  N.  Y.,  where  he  received  a  good  academic  edu- 
cation, and  learned  the  trade  of  ship  carpentry  with  his  father. 
He  worked  at  his  trade  as  a  journeyman  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
for  several  years.  Then  he  leased  a  ship-yard  in  Hoboken, 
N.  J.,  and  removed  his  family  to  that  city.  Here  he  did  a 
very  large  business,  repairing  vessels  and  building  new  ones, 
chiefly  three-masted  schooners,  for  the  Virginia  trade,  stanch 
sea-going  vessels  with  very  fast  sailing  qualities,  and  steam- 
boate,  all  of  which  were  remarkable  for  their  speed,  notably 
the  steamboats  J.  W.  Baldwin  and  Mary  Powell.  From 
Hoboken  he  moved  with  his  family  to  178  Pacific  avenue, 
Lafayette,  now  a  part  of  Jersey  City,  N.  J.  This  dwelling 
and  grounds  he  purchased,  and  it  became  his  permanent  home. 
He  also  became  the  owner  of  an  extensive  ship-yard  at  Jersey 
City,  where  he  continued  the  business  during  the  remainder 
of  his  life. 

Love  and  veneration  for  his  mother  and  her  memory  were 
distinguishing  traits  in  his  character.  He  inherited  from  his 
father  a  sound,  vigorous  constitution.  He  was  about  five 
feet  and  nine  inches  in  height,  thick  set,  mth  a  powerful 
frame,  very  muscular ;  he  had  double  teeth  all  around  in  both 
jaws ;  brown  hair,  becoming  partly  bald  on  the  top  of  his 
head,  and  blue  eyes.  From  his  mother  he  derived  deep  rev- 
erence for  God  and  his  revealed  truth.  Early  in  life  he 
became  identified  with  religious  work  as  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  of  which  he  continued  a  useful 
and  honored  member,  holding  the  office  of  steward  or  trustee 
during  life.  He  contributed  largely  of  his  means  to  church 
and  benevolent  causes.  His  hospitable  home  was  always 
open  to  the  ministers  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and 
was  the  headquarters  of  its  bishops  when  their  duties  called 
them  in  that  vicinity.  He  was  a  member  of  the  order  of  Odd 
Fellows  and  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  and  a  director  in  sev- 
eral banking  and  other  institutions.  He  died  at  his  home 
in  Jersey  City  on  May  22,  1881.  On  May  24  impressive 
funeral  services  were  held  at  the  residence,  thirty  clergymen 
being  present,  besides  the  relatives  and  friends  in  that  vicinity. 
Rev.  Mr.  Lowrie,  a  former  pastor,  referred  to  him  as  a  model 
man  in  every  phase  of  life.  Other  clergymen  followed  in  the 
same  strain,  some  of  whom,  having  been  very  near  to  him  in 
religious  and  social  life,  spoke  with  great  tenderness,  even  with 
tears.  The  following  day  his  remains  were  conveyed  to  Haver- 
straw on  the  steamboat  John  Sylvester,  which  he  had  built  and 
always  owned  in  part.  Accompanying  the  remains  were  del- 
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274  MICHAEL  8.   ALLISON,   OF  JERSEY   CITY,    N.   J. 

egations  from  the  Amity  lodge,  No.  103,  F.  and  A.  M.,  Amity 
chapter,  No.  31,  R.  A.  M.,  Columbia  lodge.  No.  63,  I.  O. 
O.  F.,  all  of  Jersey  City,  six  clergymen,  and  the  workmen  in 
his  employ,  members  of  his  family,  and  a  large  number  of 
friends.  They  were  met  by  the  Stony  Point  lodge  of  F.  and 
A.  M.,  and  the  procession,  including  over  fifty  carriages,  slowly 
proceeded  to  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  The  day  was 
serene  and  lovely.  Five  clergymen  participated  in  the  ser- 
vices, four  of  whom,  Messrs.  Lowrie,  Coit,  Ellison,  and  Mon- 
roe, had  been  pastors  of  the  deceased.  His  remains  were 
interred  in  the  family  plot  in  Mount  Repose  cemetery.  He 
had  accumulated  a  large  property  and  left  his  family  in  good 
circumstances,  with  a  wise  provision  for  the  continuance  of 
the  business  by  his  sons. 

He  married,  at  the  home  of  her  parents  in  Haverstraw, 
Catherine,  daughter  of  Christopher  and  Rebecca  (Allison) 
Cosgrove.  She  was  born  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  16, 1819 ; 
died  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  12,  1845,  and  her  remains  are 
interred  in  Mount  Repose  cemetery.  She  was  reared  to  a 
life  of  useful  industry,  and  in  the  love  and  fear  of  God. 
Possessing  an  amiable  disposition,  with  a  bright,  cheerful 
expression  of  countenance,  she  became  the  sunshine  of  her 
home,  and  greatly  endeared  to  her  husband  and  family.  Her 
early  death  was  partly  due  Lo  her  rather  delicate  physical 
organization.  She  possessed  a  fine  mind,  with  deep  religious 
convictions.  She  died  as  she  had  lived,  in  the  full  conscious- 
ness of  her  Saviour's  love.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church. 

Mr.  Allison  married,  second,  Sept.  17,  1845,  at  the  home  of 
her  parents  in  Haverstraw,  Jane  Eliza  Cosgrove,  a  sister  of 
his  first  wife.  She  was  born  in  that  place  Feb.  9,  1817. 
Brought  up  on  the  old  homestead,  under  the  guidance  of  her 
remarkable  mother,  she  acquired  habits  of  useful  industry  in 
doing  her  full  share  in  the  varied  duties  of  farm  life,  which 
included  assisting  in  garden  work,  gathering  fruits  in  season, 
husking  corn,  milking,  churning,  baking,  cooking,  spinning, 
and  sewing,  thus  fitting  her  to  become  a  model  housewife. 
She  was  converted  early  in  life  and  joined  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  Since  then  she  has  found  the  comforts 
and  consolations  of  religion  her  highest  joy  and  support  in 
the  many  afflictions  she  has  been  called  to  endure.  She  is 
about  five  feet,  seven  inches  in  height,  and  large  framed. 
She  has  dark  hair  (now  gray),  regular  features,  and  black 
expressive  eyes,  a  mild  and  forbearing  disposition ;  is  domes- 
tic in  her  tastes  and  habits,  and  cherishes  a  loving  devo- 


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tion  to  all  her  friends     Si        u     , 

continued  to  reside  with' te?fL''""'^'"''»  decease  she  ha. 

tte.r  home  on  Pacific  avenue  JeJ^  ^J™^""!  daughte,.  ." 

CUILVBEK. 
^f2*il^?^*^^«™ater  Allison -b   in  n. 

etery  in  Haverttiiw     i!r*°'' '?  interred  in  Mounf  p*^  *°  '^^'■8«y 
to  fffve  her  £ruJ^„?^''^«"&iou«  traininTeariv^nS°^  J'?'"- 

"mphant  death     The  flinJi'""^"  fortitude  '  She  dS'*' !i« 
dence  of  her  mothPr  f,      ®'^*,^  services  were  h«^H  o*  !^  *  ^- 

1868.    Edward  kneiekerAuL      .  u  °  "^^^^^  City, 

Dec.  20  ISflfl  L.  IV^S?'  ^-  Brooklyn  N  V     t  i    , 
(Miller)  Zduff*'liV^*«r'  d^ug^rof  WilS  ^^^li®^;  »•, 

y  ^'cy,  JV.  J.,  Sept.  27,  1870. 

CHILDREN  BY  SECOND   WIFE. 

1859.    Samuel  Coserove  All- 

'n-at^'lfCpt?   '^"^'■'ivrt- .^^y^^- 
Methodist  Enisoomiii,      ^^'•^  Js  an  activn  J.   '  \:'  ^-i  and 


I860. 


1861. 


276       QABRETT   G.   ALLISON,    OF  HAVERSTRAW,   N.  Y. 

is  short  in  stature,  has  black  hair  and  eyes,  with  dark  com- 
plexion and  re^lar  features.  Klie  lias  enjoyed  the  benefits  of 
American  and  Eurojican  travel.  She  m..  May  23,  1872.  Jerome 
Delmar  Oillett,  son  of  Morillaand  Maria  (Hendrickson)  Gillett. 
He  was  b.  in  Milflin,  Wyandotte  Co.,  Ohio,  ediicated  at  Ober- 
lin  college,  and  became  .associated  with  his  father  in  business. 
He  has  an  office  in  Wall  street.  Now  York,  N.  Y.,  where  he  is 
engaged  in  the  banking  and  brokerage  business  with  Mr.  Gris- 
wold,  under  the  firm  name  of  Griswold  &  Gillett.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  St.  Andrew's  Methodist  Episcopal  church  in 
New  York  city.    Children: 

I.  Morilla  Gillett,"  b.  in  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  June  12,  1873. 

II.  Jerome  Delmar  Gillett,"  b.  in  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  Jan.  7,  1875. 

III.  Samuel  Allison  Gillett,"  b.  in  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  Dec.  26,  1876. 

1862.  Sarali  Allison,'  b.  in  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  July  15,  1851.  She  was  edu- 
cated at  Pennington  seminary,  N.  J. ;  hsis  a  fine  soprano  voice; 
is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  deeply 
interested  in  church  work.  She  has  always  resided  in  the 
parental  home,  and  is  unmarried. 

186i,.  Josephine  Cosgrove  Allison,*  b.  in  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  March  18,  1853. 
She  was  educated  at  the  Packer  institute,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
She  united  many  years  ago  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  and  is  thoroughly  identified  with  church  and  Sunday- 
school  work.  She  res.  in  the  parental  home  in  Jersey  City, 
N.  J.,  au' I  is  immarried. 

1864.  Sophie  Cosgrove  Allison,'  b.  in  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  Nov.  12,  1854;  d. 
Aug.  13,  1855. 

1865.  Garrett  G.  Allison  ^  [1774]  (Garrett,«  Thomas,"  Ben- 
jamin,^ John,^  John,2  Lawrence  ^).  He  was  born  at  Haver- 
straw,  N.  Y.,  March  17,  1822 ;  married  Harriet  Stokum  in 
1845.  He  was  a  shi])  carpenter  for  many  years.  He  then 
became  a  brick  manufacturer,  by  which  he  became  wealthy. 
He  purchased  the  Miller  place,  opposite  the  Leonard  Gurnee 
homestead  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  where  he  and  his  family 
have  resided  for  many  years.  He  and  his  family  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Of  the  village 
church  he  has  been  a  trustee  for  many  years. 

CHILDREN. 

1866.  Wilbur  Earl  Allison,8  b.  in  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  or  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. ; 

m.  Mary  Conklin.    Child: 
I.     Susan  D.  Allison." 

1867.  Eugene  C.  Allison,'  b.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  13,  1856.    He  was 

engaged  for  some  years  in  the  coal  business;  res.  Haverstraw, 
N.  Y. 

1868.  Frank  S.  Allison,'  b.  Haverstiaw,  N.  Y. 


1869.  Walter  Smith  Allison  7  [1777]  (Garrett,«  Thomas,'^ 
Benjamin,*  John,^  John,'^  Lawrence^).  He  was  born  at 
Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  March  16, 1829  ;  ship  carpenter  ;  resided 
in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  in  1889.  He  married,  April  15,  1862, 
Ann  Eliza  Rowan,  daughter  of  Seth  and  Emmaretta  (Booth) 
Rowan.    She  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  6, 1834. 


GARRETT  T.   ALLISON,   OF   HAVER8TRAW,   N.  Y.      277 

CHILDRKK. 

1870.  Charles  Edmund  Allison,"  b.  in  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  Nov.  18,  1853:  m., 

Dec.  4,  187-1.  Ella  Mulleiy,  b.  in  England,  Nov.  4,  1854.    Child: 
I.     Florence  Angeline  Allison.*  b.  in  Jersey  City,  N.  .1.,  Oct.  17,  1876. 

1871.  Augustus  Allison,'  b.  in  Hoboken,  N.  J..  Nov.  5,  1850. 

1872.  Harriet  Allison,'  b.  in  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  Jan.  5,  1860. 

1873.  Carrie  Cadn.   s  Allison,'  b.  in  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  April  29,  1802. 

1874.  Henry  Booth  Allison,'  b.  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  May  30,  1864. 

1875.  William  Allison,"  b.  Jersey  City,  N.  J..  Nov.  1,  1866. 

1876.  Frederick  Johnson  Allison,'  b.  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  July  1,  1869;  d. 

Jan.  0,  1870. 

1877.  Garrett  T.  Allison  ^  [1781]  (James,«  Thomas,*  Ben- 
jamin,* John,'  John,2  Lawrence^).  He  was  born  in  Haver- 
straw,  N.  Y.,  and  was  a  house  carpenter  by  trade  and  occu- 
pation. He  was  upright  and  industrious,  quiet  and  retiring 
in  his  manners,  a  sincere  Christian,  and  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Residence  in  Haverstraw, 
where  he  owned  a  few  acres  of  land,  on  which  was  a  com- 
fortable frame  dwelling  with  barn,  situated  on  the  mountain 
side  of  the  Ramapo  road,  just  beyond  the  Mount  Repose 
cemetery.  There  he  lived  with  his  family  till  advanced  iu 
life,  when  with  his  companion  he  located  in  the  village 
where  he  died.  He  and  his  wife  are  buried  in  Mount  Repose 
cemetery  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 

He  married,  in  Haverstraw,  May  25,  1833,  Charlotte, 
daughter  of  Abraham  and  Jane  (De  Pew)  Allison.  She 
possessed  a  sensitive,  nervous  temperament.  Her  delicate 
constitution  was  easily  overcome  by  any  undue  excitement. 
She  was  very  devout.  Her  Bible  and  the  church  of  God 
were  her  chief  sources  of  enjoyment.  She  was  never  so 
happy  as  when  attending  the  revival  services  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church,  of  which  she  was  a  member  and  a 
shining  light,  and  would  sometimes  be  overcome  by  her 
emotions  amid  the  spiritual  excitement  of  those  meetings. 
She  died  at  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. 


CHILD. 

1878.  Martha  Allison,'  b.  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  April  4,  1834.  She  ^c  i  h  d 
a  superior  education.  It  may  truthfully  bo  said  of  he  "  .>l.o 
was  always  a  Christian."  Taught  to  avoid  all  appearame  of 
evil  from  her  earliest  years,  and  inheriting  the  pious,  devo- 
tional spirit  of  her  mother,  her  life  was  truly  "  hid  with  Christ 
in  God."  Her  sweetness  of  spirit  inspired  the  purest  thoughts 
and  purposes  of  all  who  came  in  contact  with  her.  She  died 
at  Princeton,  N.  J.,  and  is  buried  in  Mount  Repose  cemetery, 
Haverstraw,  N.  Y.  She  married  Mr.  Jamison,  a  professor  in 
the  Mountain  institute  at  Haverstraw  village.  After  marriage 
they  removed  to  Princeton,  N.  J.,  where  he  practised  med- 
icine.   He  married  a  second  wife. 


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CHARLES   ALLISON,   OF  BROOKLYN,   N.  Y. 


1879.  Charles  Allison '  [1789]  (David,^  Samuel,*  Ben- 
jamin,^ John,^  John,^  Lawrence').  He  was  born  in  Union 
township,  Broome  county,  N.  Y.,  three  miles  from  Binghaui- 
ton,  Feb.  21,  1827.  When  nine  years  of  age  he  went  to 
Troy,  Oakland  county,  Mich.,  with  his  parents.  He  was 
educated  in  the  nommon  Lichools  and  at  the  academy  at 
Romeo,  Macon  county,  Mich.  He  soon  became  very  prom- 
inent in  business  circles.  For  twenty-six  years  prior  to  1880 
he  was  extensively  engaged  at  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  in  the  canal 
and  lake  transportation  business  between  New  York,  Oswego, 
Cleveland,  and  Chicago.  He  had  been  agent,  general  man- 
ager, and  vice-president  of  the  Northern  Transit  Co.,  of 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  which  had  a  fleet  of  twenty-five  steamers 
plying  between  the  lake  ports.  He  was  president  of  the 
Oswego  and  Bay  of  Quiute  Navigation  Co.,  and  agent  of 
the  Royal  Mail  line  and  several  other  steamboat  companies. 
He  was  largely  interested  in  canal  property,  and  was  the 
principal  owner  of  the  Northern  Transit  Co.  canal  line, 
which  did  the  chief  part  of  the  canal  freight  business  be- 
tween New  York  and  Oswego.  At  the  time  of  his  decease 
he  was  the  head  of  the  firm  of  Allison,  Stroup  &  Co.,  of 
New  York,  N.  Y.,  dealers  in  fertilizers.  He  died  in  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.,  July  7,  1892.  He  married,  in  1857,  Catherine  E., 
daughter  of  Thomas  Macfarlane.  She  was  born  in  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  May  16,  1834,  and  resides  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

CIIII.DBEX. 

1880.  Chillies  Rollo  Allison,"  b.  New  York,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  15,  1858.     Grad- 

uated at  Cornell  university  in  1880;  lawyer.    He  m.,  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.,  Ella  Tichenor.    Child: 
I,    Edna  Louise  Allison,"  b.  1892. 

1881.  Eugene  Ellsworth  Allison,'  b.  at  Birmingham,  Mich.,  April  19, 1861. 

He  was  a  student  at  Harvard,  and  graduated  at  Bellevue  Med- 
ical college  in  1882.  He  m.  Elinor  J.  Stott;  res.  New  York, 
N.  Y.     No  children. 

1882.  George  Franklin  Allison,'  b.  Birmingham,  Mich.,  June  10,  1863. 

He  grjiduated  at  Union  college,  Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  in  1884, 
and  has  received  the  degrees  of  A.  B.,  of  C.  E.,  and  M.  A.; 
lie  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the  state  of  New  York  in  1888; 
lawyer;  office,  203  Broadway,  N.  Y.  He  m.,  188.5,  Charlotte 
Louise  De  Witt,  b.  at  Sterling,  N.  Y. ;  res.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Children: 

I.  Catherine  De  Witt  Allison,"  b.  .Tune  7,  1886;  d.  May  25,  1887. 

II.  Charlotte  De  Witt  Allison,"  b.  Nov.  9,  1888, 

III.  Marion  Maud  Allison,"  b.  Oct.  19,  1892. 

1883.  Mary  Maud  Allison,'  b.  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  April  10,  1865;  res.  Brook- 

lyn, N.  Y. ;  m.  Samuel  Richardson  Bickford.    Children: 

I.  Samuel  Allison  Bickford,"  b.  May  15,  1889. 

II.  Marie  Blanche  Bickford,"  b.  .Ian.  20,  1891. 

1884.  Kate  Augusta  Allison,'  b.  Oswego,  N,  Y.,  Aug.  2, 1867;  res.  Brook- 

lyn, N.  Y. 

1885.  Jennie  Blanclie  Allison,'  b.  and  d.  at  Oswego,  N.  Y. 


! 


CHARLES  ALLISON. 


JOSEPH  A.  ALLISON,  OP  JERSEY  CITY,  N.  J. 


279 


1886.    Victor  Barrow  Allison,'  b.  and  d.  at  Oswego,  N.  Y. 

1886a.  Franklin  Philo  Allison,'  b.  Feb.  14, 1877;  living  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

1887.  Jnseph  A.  Allison  ^  [1797]  (Abraham,^  Joseph  B.,"^ 
IJenjamin,*  John,^  John,^  Lawrence  ^).  He  was  born  in 
Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  26,  1812.  He  received  a  good  edu- 
cation, and  then  became  a  house  carpenter.  He  and  his 
family  resided  in  Haverstraw  until  advanced  in  life,  and  later 
have  lived  with  their  daughter,  Mrs.  Michael  Snedeker,  in 
Jersey  City,  N.  J.  Mr.  Allison  had  a  strong,  well-knit 
frame,  and  an  excellent  constitution.  He  had  black  hair  and 
eyes ;  quiet  and  unassuming  in  manners,  genial  and  sunshiny 
in  disposition,  his  home  has  always  been  peaceful  and  happy. 
Honest  and  upright,  he  commanded  the  respect  of  his  fellow- 
citizens.  He  married,  Feb.  21,  1838,  Mary  Ann  Titus,  born 
June  17, 1817.  She  was  mild,  and  had  a  sweet  and  loving 
spirit.  She  filled  well  her  mission  as  a  devoted  Christian 
wife  and  mother.  She,  with  her  husband  and  family,  were 
consistent  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  She 
died  Jan.  21,  1888,  and  is  buried  in  Mount  Repose  cemetery, 
Haverstraw,  N.  Y.    Children  born  Haverstraw,  N.  Y. : 


1888.  Antoinette  Allison,'  b,  Jan.  11,  1839;  m.,  May  5,  1869,  Peter  F., 

son  of  Peter  and  Christiana  Campbell,  who  were  bom  in  Ar- 
gyleshire,  Scotland.  Mr.  Campbell  is  a  carpenter;  res.  Jersey 
City,  N.  J.    No  children. 

1889.  Margaret  Allison,'  b.  June  21,  1843;  m.,  Dec.  19,  1866,  Michael 

Snedeker,  son  of  Tunis  and  Amelia  (Cosgrove)  Snedeker; 
ship  carpenter  and  farmer;  res.  in  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  now 
430  Fairmount  Ave.,  .Jersey  City,  N.  .1.  Children:  Mabel 
Snedeker,"  b.  Aug.  3,  1872.  Clarence  Snedeker,*  b.  February, 
1877;  d.  Oct.  31,  1877. 

1800.  George  Wilmer  Allison,'  b.  May  27,  1851;  carpenter.  He  m.,  at 
Tallman,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  14,  1877,  Elmira,  dau.  of  Joseph  and 
Fanny  Young  of  that  place.  They  res.  Jersey  City,  N.  J.  No 
children. 

1891.  Charles  Armstrong  Allison,'  b.  Aug.  22,  1854.  He  received  a  supe- 
rior academic  education,  and  became  a  book-keeper  in  the 
employ  of  Messrs.  DeMott  and  Durant,  of  New  York,  N.  Y. 
His  fidelity,  ability,  and  industry  commanded  their  confidence 
and  esteem.  He  was  secretary  of  Highland  Council  No.  398, 
Legion  of  H(mor,  in  .Jersey  City.  He  died  suddenly,  Marcli  19, 
1888.  in  the  city  of  New  Y  jrk,  and  was  buried  in  Mount  Repose 
cemetery,  Haverstraw,  N.  Y.    Ho  was  unmarried. 

1892.  William  Henry  Allison '  [1826]  (Hendrick,^  Mat- 
thew,^ Joseph,*  John,3  John,^  Lawrence  ^).  He  was  born  in 
Hackensack  township,  N.  J.,  Sept.  10,  1820 ;  married,  in  the 
city  of  New  York,  in  1840,  Catherine,  daughter  of  David  ^  and 

'David  Jordan  was  son  of  Joseph  Jordan,  a  French  soldier,  wlio  came 
to  America  with  Lafayette  and  fought  for  American  independence. 
After  the  war  lie  remarried  and  settled  at  Closter,  N.  J.,  on  the  top  of 
Palisades,  where  he  died.    He  m.  Elsie  Parsells. 


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280      BREWSTER  J.  ALLISON,  OP  STONY  POINT,  N.  Y. 

Elizabeth  (Blauvelt)  Jordan.  Mr.  Allison  lived  at  Closter, 
N.  J.,  and  since  1845  in  Hackeusack  township,  now  Engle- 
wood  township,  N.  J. 

CHILDREN. 

1893.  John  Washington  Allison.' 

1894.  David  Jordan  Allison." 

1895.  William  Cutis  Allison'  (1923),  b.  March  30,  1849;  res.  Englewood, 

XI.    J. 

1896.  Mary  Jane  Allison,'  res.  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 


1897.  Brewster  Jonas  Allison '  [1831]  (George  Suffern,^ 
Peter,^  Joseph,*  John,^  John,^  Lawrence  ^).  He  was  born  in 
Haverstraw  (in  the  portion  now  Stony  Point),  Rockland 
county,  N.  Y.,  July  5,  1821.  After  attending  the  district 
school  of  his  neighborhood,  he  was  sent  to  an  institution  at 
Peekskill,  N.  Y.,  where  he  obtained  a  more  extended  educa- 
tion. The  first  part  of  his  business  life  was  spent  in  a  store 
with  his  father,  and  he  afterward  engaged  with  him  in  brick- 
making,  which  he  continued  two  years.  The  yards  were  then 
leased  to  other  parties,  and  he  engaged  in  land  surveying. 
He  held  the  office  of  town  superintendent  of  schools  from 
1848  to  1863,  when  the  office  was  abolished.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  assembly  in  1850,  and  served  on  the  commit- 
tee on  roads  and  bridges  and  towns  and  cities.  The  rival 
candidate  for  the  position  was  Edward  Pye.  Mr.  Allison 
was  elected  on  a  "  free  soil "  ticket  and  naturally  drifted  into 
the  Republican  party,  at  its  formation,  to  which  he  is  still 
attached.  In  1853  he  again  entered  into  the  manufacture  of 
brick,  in  which  he  is  still  engaged. 

Mr.  Allison  was  connected  with  the  First  Presbyterian 
church  of  Haverstraw,  with  which  he  united  in  1854,  and  was 
one  of  its  elders  until  August,  1892,  when  he  united  with  the 
Presbyterian  church  of  Stouy  Point,  and  was  elected  to  the 
same  position.  He  is  a  pronounced  temperance  man,  and 
has  been  a  zealous  worker  in  that  cause.  He  lives  at  the 
village  of  Stony  Point,  N.  Y.,  in  the  house  where  lived  his 
father,  Hon.  George  S.  Allison.  He  married,  Nov.  19,  1856, 
Anna  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William  C;  Housman,  of 
Haverstraw.  She  died  in  Haverstraw,  April  27,  1862.  He 
married,  second.  May  2,  1868,  Anna  Given,  daughter  of  Nel- 
son and  Mary  C.  (Denniston)  Andrus,  of  Haverstraw.  She 
was  born  Dec.  3,  1848 ;  died  Aug.  2,  1889,  and  is  buried  in 
the  Allison  plot  in  Mount  Repose  cemetery,  in  Haverstraw. 
He  resides  in  Stony  Point,  Rockland  county,  N.  Y. 


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N.  .J..  Hn<\  mx-.^t*.  184')  in  Uackeusuck  tovrnship,  now  Engle- 


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ilaicli  30,  IS4'J:  res.  I"  ..i^swood. 


1897.  Ui'ewatfr  Jcnuit*  Aiitwrn"  [1881]  (George  Sufferu,^ 
I'etei'/' Josopii,,^ -loha,^  «?<(l:a^*  Lawrencti ').  lie  wa;*  boin  in 
Haverstnuv  (in  thi,  }*ortion  r;ovv  iStony  Point),  KofklaiiU 
ounty,  N.  Y.,  imW  6,  1821.  After  attending  ti:f^  -iiftM-irt 
scliool  of  ids  neig-l'Morhood,  h^■•  viaa  sent  to  an  iu.su  ;, 

rh**y('  he  obi^iiiled  m  juore  extende<i     ,(.... 

rt  iif  hi>t  l#u«iiuesfl  lift  was  spent  u»  a  ssioro 

ani  fmgHgftd  with  him  in  brick- 

Th©  yards  wore  then 

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•.  .1         I'hc  rival 

.    vv»i,i   i>:iw«*-U   I've.     Sir.    Allison 
ii  '"    •ckei:  Mid  naturaiiy  drifted  into 

party,  lonruuion,  to  which  he  is  -jtili 

v»y  he  again  yniered  into  the  mauul'acture  of 
i»  si  ill  engaged, 
'"inntvted    vcith  the   Fir't  Prf»sHvtf>r!;i»» 
with  ^vhich  he  united  ./• 

Vugnst,!'^!:*-'.  wh»  ' 
St.>uy  Point,  nr 
pronounce*!  ti- 
UMiker  in   ;■  'h,'. 

'  'i-it,  N.  Y  .  \<   ■    .    -o'jsti  where  lived  Iii** 
Alli.sou.     ile  married,  Nov.  19,  1856, 
■"i"    of    William    d    Honsinan,    of 

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married,  second.  .\ta\  2,  18*>8.  Anna  Given,  daughter  of  N<-i- 
80U  and  Mary  C.  ( li^nnirftou  )•  Audi^ua,  of  Havorslrnw.  Shu 
was  born  Dec,  i),  \^iS :  di»'il  Aug.  2.  1889,  and  is  bnried  in 
the  Allison  j'lof  in  Moon!  Repose  cemetery,  in  Haverstraw. 
He  resides  in  Stony  Point.  Rockland  county,  N,  Y. 


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BREWSTER  J.   ALLISON,  OP  STONY  POINT,  N.  Y.      281 


CHILDREN. 


1898. 


1899. 


1900. 


Cornelia  Houseman  Allison,"  b.  at  Nortli  Haverstraw,  N.  Y., 
Oct.  28,  1857;  m,  Daniel  Morrison  Coffin.  Tliey  res.  in  the 
city  of  New  York,  19  Westeoth  St.  Cliildren:  Daniel  Morri- 
son Coffin,  Jr."    Catherine  Morrison  Coffin," 

Georee  Suffern  Allison,'  b.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  22, 1860.  He  waa 
educated  at  the  military  academy  at  Peekskill,  N.  Y.  He  is  a 
brick  manufacturer  with  his  father,  and  lives  at  Stony  Point, 
N.  Y.  His  home,  overlooking  the  shimmering  waters  of  the 
Hudson,  is  romantically  situated,  and  commands  a  view  of 
that  river  for  many  miles.  He  m.,  Feb.  22,  1881,  Sarah,  dau. 
of  Denton  Fowler,  of  Haverstraw,  N,  Y,  Children  b.  Stony 
Point,  N.  Y, :  George  Suffern  Allison,"  b.  Sept.  2,  1883,  Hora- 
tio Wood  Allison,"  b,  Feb,  11,  1885.  Catherine  Fowler  Allison,' 
b,  Jan.  31,  1887.     Lucretia  Allison,"  b,  Aug,  20,  1889, 

William  Brewster  Allison,'  b.  Stony  Point,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  6,  1862; 
d,  April  6,  1862. 


CHILDBEN  BY  SECOND  MARBIAOE. 

1901,    Brewster  Jonas  Allison,'  b.  Stony  Point,  N,  Y,,  July  15,  1869.    He 

is  a  book-keeper  in  his  father's  office;  res.  Stony  Point,  N,  Y. 

He  was  educated  at  Phillips  academy,  Exeter,  N,  H.,  and  other 

similar  schools, 
1002.    Samuel  Sears  Allison,'  b.  Stony  Point,  N,  Y,,  July  8,  1870;   d, 

there  March  9,  1873, 

1903.  Amanda  Tomkins  Allison,'  b.  Stony  Point,  N.  Y,,  Feb,  23,  1872, 

She  was  graduated  at  Houghton  seminary,  Clinton,  N.  Y,,  in 
June,  1889;  home  at  Stony  Point,  N,  Y, 

1904,  Sarah  Andrus  Allison,'  b.  at  Stony  Point,  N.  Y,,  Feb.    16,  1874, 

She  was  graduated  at  Houghton  seminary,  Clinton,  N,  Y.,  in 
June,  1892,    At  home, 

1905.  Calvin  Tomkins  Allison,'  b,  .it  Stony  Point,  N,  Y.,  June  3,  1876. 

He  grJiduated  at  Lawrenceville,  N,  J,,  in  1893,  and  intends  to 
enter  Princeton  college  in  September,  1893, 

1906,  Anna  Mary  Allison,"  b.  Stony  Point,  N,   Y,,  Feb,   11,  1878;    at 

school  at  Hougliton  seminary,  Clinton,  N,  Y. 
1<.K)7.    Hannah  Brewster  Allison,'  b.  Stony  Point,  N,  Y.,  March  31,  1880, 
student  at  Houghton  seminary  at  Clinton,  N.  Y, 

1908,  Eugenia  Knight  Allison,"  b.  Stony  Point.  N.  Y,,  July  11,  1881;  d, 

Oct,  5,  1887, 

1909,  Fanny  Gertrude  Allison,'  b.  Stony  Point,  N,  Y,,  July  27,  18a3, 

1910,  Ralph  Denniston  Allison,'  b.  Stony  Point,  N,  Y,,  Feb,  24,  1885, 

1911,  Edward  Lane  Allison,'  b.  Stony  Point,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  14,  1887. 


1912.  Richard  Allison"  [1846]  (Michael,«  Richard,^ 
Joseph,*  John,3  John,^  Lawrence^).  Majvor  Allison  was 
born  in  the  city  of  New  York,  July  7,  1838 ;  married, 
June  16,  1870,  Mary  A.,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  M. 
Love.  She  was  born  in  New  York,  N.  Y.,  April  25,  1840. 
Her  father  was  a  native  of  Salisbury,  England,  and  s*  of 
Thomas  Love.  Her  mother  was  of  Edinburgh,  Scotland. 
Mr.  Allison  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  ti^e  city  of 
New  York.  He  enlisted  in  1861  in  the  7th  Reg't  of  New 
York  Vols.,  and  served  in  the  defence  of  Washington.    In 


282 


THOMAS  ALLISON,  OP  NEW  YORK,  N.  Y. 


May,  1862,  he  was  promoted  to  be  first  sergeant.  He  again 
enlisted  in  September,  1862,  and  was  commissioned  as  cap- 
tain in  the  127th  Reg't,  New  York  Vols.,  and  served  till  the 
close  of  the  war.  He  was  provost  marshal  of  Charleston, 
S.  C,  from  its  capture  till  he  was  mustered  out  of  the  service 
in  1865.  After  the  war  he  rejoined  the  7th  Reg't;  was 
elected  captain  in  1878,  and  soon  after  was  elected  major. 
He  retired  after  twenty-five  years'  connection  with  the  organ- 
ization. Major  Allison  holds  a  government  position  in  the 
custom  house  in  New  York,  N.  Y.,  and  resides  in  Ruther- 
ford, N.  J. 


CHTLDBEN. 


1913. 

1914. 
1915. 
1916. 


Theodore  Taylor  Allison,'  b.  New  York,  N.  Y.,  March  31,  1872:  d. 

Feb.  28,  1875. 
Edith  Allison,"  b.  Rutherford,  N.  J.,  and  d.  there. 
Adele  Allison,'  b.  Rutherford,  N.  J..  March  3,  1876. 
Helen  Allison,'  b.  Rutherford,  N.  J.,  Feb.  25,  1878. 


1917.  Thomas  Allison  7  [1847]  (Michael,^  Richard,^ 
Joseph,*  John,3  John,^  Lawrence  i).  He  is  son  of  Michael 
and  Susan  Gentil  Allison.  He  was  born  in  New  York,  N.  Y., 
Sept.  19,  1840,  and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
that  city.  He  entered  the  Free  academy,  now  college,  of  the 
city  of  New  York,  from  Ward  School  No.  35,  in  West  13th 
St.,  and  was  graduated  in  1860.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  November,  1861,  having  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Hon. 
John  W.  Edmonds,  and  has  ever  since  been  in  the  active 
practice  of  his  profession,  and  ranks  high  as  a  lawyer.  He 
was  nominated  for  judge  of  the  court  of  common  pleas  for 
the  city  and  county  of  New  York,  in  1889 ;  endorsed  by  the 
Republicans,  and  polled  some  92,000  votes,  but  was  defeated 
by  the  Tammany  Hall  Democratic  candidate.  He  was 
offered  by  Mayor  Edson,  in  1884,  the  appointment  as  corpora- 
tion counsel  of  New  York  city,  which  was  declined.  The 
degrees  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  and  Master  of  Arts  have  been 
conferred  upon  him.  He  married,  Aug.  30,  1871,  Mary  E. 
Millett,  born  in  New  York,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  28,  1842.  She  is 
daughter  of  William  E.  and  Mary  (Conershover)  Millett,  of 
New  York,  N.  Y. ;  law  office  69  and  61  Liberty  St.,  New 
York ;  res.  New  York,  N.  Y. 


CHILDREN. 


1918.  Mary  Allison,'  b.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  April  27,  1873;  student  in  col- 

lege ;  res.  New  York,  N.  Y. 

1919.  Florence  Allison,'  b.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  15,  1874;  student  in 

college;  res.  New  York,  N.  Y. 
1919a.  —  Allison,'  b.  June  21,  1875;  d.  June  21,  1875,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


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1920.  Albert  Allison,'  b.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  17,  1876;  d.  at  Now 

York.  N.  Y.,  June  18,  1876. 

1921.  OHvo  Allison,'  b.  New  York,  N.  Y.,  Got.  16,  1877;  at  school;  res. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

1922.  Thomas  Allison,'  b.  New  York,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  23,  1879;  d.  in  New 

York,  N.  Y.,  May  26,  1882. 

1923.  William  Outis  Allison «  [18951  (William  Henry ,7 
Hendrick,^  Matthew,^  Joseph,*  Jonn,^    John,^    Lawrence  0« 

The  following  sketch  of  Mr.  Allison  was  written  by  his 
friend,  J.  M.  Peters,  Esq. : 

Lawrence,  the  first  Allison  of  this  branch  of  the  family 
known  in  America,  who  was  one  of  the  eariy  settlers  in  the 
New  Haven  colony,  left  the  place  to  join  his  son  John  whom 
the  records  show  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  town  of 
Hempstead  on  Long  Island  about  1644.  Whether  John  was 
born  in  this  country  is  unknown  to  us,  but  he  appears  to 
have  engaged  in  this  enterprise  before  attaining  his  majority. 

In  1719  his  grandson  John,  who  was  evidently  a  man  of 
some  wealth  for  the  time,  went  with  a  number  of  others 
from  the  Hempstead  settlement  to  the  west  uf  the  Hudson, 
and  bought  a  large  tract  of  land  known  as  the  Kakiat  Pat- 
ent, in  Orange,  now  Rockland  county.  He  subsequently 
became  the  owner  of  a  large  part  of  the  land  lying  between 
what-  is  now  known  as  Rockland  Lake  and  Stony  Point  on 
the  Hudson  river.  He  had  a  numerous  family,  among  them 
a  son  Joseph,  who  added  largely  by  purchase  to  his  inher- 
ited possessions  in  land,  and  was  one  of  the  most  extensive 
landholders  in  that  section.  Joseph's  oldest  son,  Matthew 
Allison,  died  before  his  father,  and  left  a  number  of  children, 
among  them  Hendrick.  who  married  Sarah  Marks,  a  Haver- 
straw  maiden,  with  whom,  about  1810,  he  settled  on  the 
bank  of  the  Hudson  at  a  point  considerably  south  of  his 
native  place.  Here  William  H.  Allison  was  born  in  1820, 
and  after  marriage  settled  in  old  Hackensack,  now  Palisades 
township,  in  Bergen  county,  N.  J.,  where  William  O.  Alli- 
son, the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  on  March  30,  1849. 
The  maternal  ancestry  of  William  O.  Allison  had  resided 
for  more  than  two  hundred  years  within  a  few  miles  of 
this  spot.  His  maternal  great-grandfather  [Jordan]  was 
French,  ha.ing  come  to  this  country  with  Lafayette  and 
become  a  Revolutionary  soldier.  He  subsequently  married 
a  Jersey  Dutch  wife  and  settled  upon  the  Palisades,  a  few 
miles  north  of  the  present  home  of  his  great-grandson,  whose 
other  ancestors  on  his  mother's  side  were  among  the  original 
Dutch  settlers  at  old  Tappan,  one  of  the  earliest  settlements 
in  New  Jersey. 


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WILUAM  O.   ALLISON,  OF  ENOLEWOOD,   N.  J. 


The  student  of  heredity  and  the  defender  of  the  law  of 
entail  will  each  fibu  something  of  interest  in  tracing  the  his- 
tory of  the  ancestry  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  From  the 
earliest  records  of  Lawrence  Allison,  or,  more  directly,  from 
those  of  his  son  John,  we  find  the  evidences  of  foresight  and 
thrift  which,  developing  in  the  third  in  descent  from  *he 
resident  of  the  New  Haven  colony,  led  to  the  foundation  of 
a  great  fortune  in  land  on  the  west  banks  of  the  Hudson. 
With  succeeding  generations  ownership  of  this  vast  estate 
became  divided  and  subdivided,  but  no  generation  of  the 
family  down  to  the  present  has  been  wholly  without  an 
inheritance  from  the  estate  acquired  more  than  a  century 
and  a  half  ago.  This  possession  proved  enough  to  afford  the 
means  of  a  livelihood,  growing  more  meagre,  however,  with 
successive  generations,  but  yet  enough  to  dispel  want,  and  so, 
perhaps,  to  curb  ambitions ;  for  circumstances  more  affluent 
or  less  comfortable  might  have  developed  in  a  larger  number 
of  the  descendants  of  John  Allison  the  traits  which  the  rec- 
ords of  his  operations  as  a  pioneer  showed  him  to  possess. 
But  the  assurance  of  enough  land  from  which  to  earn  a 
livelihood  by  working,  or  to  acquire  a  living  by  sale,  is  not 
a  favorable  culture-medium  for  those  qualities  which  make 
pioneers,  or  develop  conspicuous  successes  in  any  walk  of 
life ;  and  for  several  generations  muiy  of  the  strongest  qual- 
ities of  the  Allison  family  lay  dormant  in  this  branch  of  its 
descent,  for  the  need  of  the  actual  necessities  for  their  devel- 
opment, or  for  some  other  incitement  to  their  employment. 

From  his  early  boyhood  the  subject  of  this  sketch  lived 
much  of  the  time  in  the  family  of  William  B.  Dana,  a  prom- 
inent resident  of  the  Palisades,  a  man  of  forceful  and  exem- 
plary character,  and  a  journalist  of  culture.  The  intelligent 
observer  of  his  own  life  cannot  deny  the  important  part 
which  the  accident  of  his  environment  has  had  in  his  suc- 
cesses quite  as  much  as  in  his  failures,  and  it  has  been  alike 
creditable  to  his  intelligence  and  his  loyalty  to  so  good  a 
friend  as  she  was,  that  William  O.  Allison  has  never  failed 
to  give  full  measure  of  acknowledgment,  no  less  by  deed 
than  by  word,  of  the  benign  influence  which  Mrs.  (Katharine 
Floyd)  Dana  exerted  upon  his  life.  This  good  woman,  h 
self  childless,  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  boy,  and  his  in 
lectual  development  was  guided  by  her  in  a  manner  born 
the  superior  intelligence  and  the  inbred  refinement,  and 
wielded  by  the  great  strength  of  character  which  she  pos- 
sessed. That  she  found  in  him  the  inherent  traits  for  devel- 
opment, was  as  satisfactory  to  her  as  was  her  training  grate- 


WILLIAM  O.   ALLISON,   OF  ENGLEWOOD,   N.  J. 


285 


ful  to  him,  and  I  doubt  if  such  a  befriending  was  ever  more 
liberally  rewarded,  than  was  hers  by  the  character  which  she 
saw  develop  into  manhood,  no  less  than  by  the  devotion 
which  he  accorded  to  her.  His  middle  name,  Outis,  was 
adopted  by  him  to  gratify  a  fancy  of  Mrs.  Dana's  that  his 
initials  should  correspond  to  those  of  her  nom  de  plume.y 
"  Olive  A.  Wadsworth." 

In  1868  young  Allison  entered  the  office  of  the  Financial 
Chronicle  and  the  Daily  Bulletin,  which  was  owned  by  Mr. 
Dana,  and  the   brother  of   Mrs.  Dana,  Mr.  John  G.  Floyd, 
and  he  thore  gained  a  general  and  thorough  knowledge  of 
the  publish.ing  business.    With  this  knowledge,  and  possess- 
ing keen  business  instincts,  he  developed  in  a  few  years  into 
the  best  reporter  of  commercial  markets  that  has  ever  been 
on  the  New  York  press,  and  instituted  a  system  of  thorough- 
ness in  reports  which   had   previously  been   unknown  and 
which  few  reporters  have   been  able  to  successfully  copy. 
From  a  salary  of  $7  per  week,  which  he  received  when  he 
entered  Mr.  Dana's  eniplo}^  he  reached  inside  of  three  years 
a  salary  of  |40  per  week  as  a  reporter ;  but  this  rapid  prog- 
ress did  not  satisfy  his  ambition  even  for  the  time,  and 
on  October  21,  1871,  as  a  result  of  the  confidence  which  he 
felt  in  his  system  of  making  a  specialty  of  a  few  markets  and 
doing  them  thoroughly,  he  issued  the  first  number  of  the 
Oil,  Paint  and  Drug  Reporter.    The   early  issues   of  the 
Reporter  were  in  the  form  of  a  small  four-page   paper  of 
extremely  modest  appearance  as  compared  with  other  papers 
already  prominent  in  the  industries  to  which  it  was  devoted, 
but  contained  more  of  real  value  to  the  subscribers  than  the 
conductors  of  any  other  sheets  had  possessed  sufficient  com- 
prehension of  the  possibilities  of  market  reporting  to  fur- 
r.ish.  The  growth  of  the  paper  in  circulation  was  remarkable, 
and  its   advertising   patronage,  in   connection   with    added 
departments  of  valuable  reading  matter,  was  sufficient  to 
force  numerous  successive  enlargements.     But  it  was  only 
after  a  hard  struggle  of  several  years  that  the  plucky  young 
publisher  saw  the  fulfilment  of  the  hope  he  entertained  at 
the  beginning  of  his  career,  that  he  should  some  day  make 
five  thousand  dollars  per  year.     From  this  point,  however,  the 
successful  growth  of  the  paper  is,  I  believe,  without  any  par- 
allel in  commercial  journalism,  and  the  Reporter  soon  became 
one  of  the  most  profitable  class  publications  in  the  country, 
and  exerted  an  influence  in  the  trades  to  which  it  was  allied 
such  as  no  other  commercial  publication  has  ever  wielded. 
This  influence  was  the  direct  result  of  the  policy  of  obtain- 


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ing  and  furnishing  accurate,  comprehensive,  and,  therefore, 
valuable  information  concerning  all  the  markets  which  the 
paper  reported ;  and  upon  all  these  markets  the  proprietor 
of  the  Reporter,  so  long  as  he  was  actually  engaged  in  the 
conduct  of  the  paper,  was  admitted  to  be  the  best  informed 
man  in  New  York.  This  fact  brought  Mr.  Allison  closely 
into  personal  contact  with  a  large  clientage,  and  made  his 
judgment  and  opinions  much  sought  after.  It  also  led  him 
into  enterprises  outside  of  the  publishing  business,  and 
proved  a  source  of  profit  to  him  in  many  ways.  In  addition 
to  these  interests,  a  perhaps  inherited  tendency  to  operate  in 
real  estate  has  led  him  to  acquire  from  time  to  time  tracts  of 
land,  chiefly  on  or  in  the  vicinity  of  the  Palisades,  until  he 
has  become  one  of  the  largest  land-owners  in  that  section. 

As  a  publisher,  financier,  and  real  estate  operator,  William 
0.  Allison  has  achieved  successes  which  have  won  for  him 
the  admiration  and  respect  that  legitimate  successes,  born  of 
industry  and  good  judgment  and  gained  by  no  sacrifice  of 
integrity,  gain  for  any  man.  He  had  enjoyed  the  confidence 
of  merchants  and  financiers,  for  the  most  part  many  years 
his  senior,  to  the  extent  that  is  rarely  accorded  a  young  man, 
long  before  he  attained  to  that  mile-post  in  life  which  the 
lexicographers  define  as  the  beginning  A  middle  age.  And 
even  before  that  period  had  been  reached,  he  had  gained  a 
prominent  place  as  a  factor  in  very  extensive  commercial 
and  financial  enterprises.  But  his  most  attractive  qualities 
are  best  known  to  those  who  have  come  into  the  closer  social 
contact  with  him,  and  are  not  measured  by  financial  suc- 
cesses, nor  influenced  by  them  except  as  they  have  afforded 
him  the  opportunities  for  extending  unostentatious  and  oft- 
times  unappreciated  benefactions.  When  a  man  has  made 
a  good  use  of  every  opportunity  that  has  presented  itself  to 
him,  and  has  lived  a  thoroughly  exemplary  life  amid  sur- 
roundings shorn  of  none  of  the  temptations  which  beset 
every  man,  it  affords  me  much  satisfaction  to  be  permitted 
to  record  the  facts  to  his  praise,  and  I  take  it  that  in  a 
sketch  intended  for  the  purpose  to  which  this  is  to  be  piit, 
I  may  be  permitted  to  mdulge  this  inclination  without  being 
guilty  of  that  ostentation  which  is  as  far  from  my  wishes,  as 
it  would  be  unjust  and  distasteful  to  him  of  whom  I  write. 

He  married,  Oct.  22,  1884,  Caroline  Longstreet  Hovey, 
daughter  of  Alfred  Howard  Hovty  and  Frances  (Noxon) 
Hovey,  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y.  Her  parents  died  when  she  was 
very  young.  She  was  adopted  by  Hon.  George  F.  Comstock 
and  his  wife,  and  took  the  name  of  Comstock.     Mr.  Com- 


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and  chief  judge  of  the  N.  Y.  Court  of  Appeals. 

Mrs.  Comstock  was  a  sister  to  Mrs.  Allison's  mother.  Mrs. 
Allison  was  born  June  12,  1862,  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y.  In  that 
city  was  her  home  till  her  marriage.  She  was  educated  in 
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CHILDREN   IJORN    AT  ENOLKWOOI),    N.    .T. 

1924.  Kiitliaiine  Floyd  Allison,"  b.  .July  UJ,  J8<"). 

1025.  Fraiices  (.'oriielia  Alliscni,''  b.  Nov.  23,  1SS7. 

l{>2ti.  Allis  Allison,'  b.  Sept.  oO,  1S.S.S;  f|.  April  14,  1889. 

1027.  William  Dana  Allison,"  b.  Sepl.  S.  ISOO. 

1027a.  John  JJhiuveU.  Allison,''  b.  .Tan.  Ki,  iS9:5. 


ALLISON.S     OF    COUNTY    DONEGAL,     IRELAND,    AND     NORTH 
CAROLINA    AND  TENNESSEE.^ 

1928.  Archibald  Allison,  of  the  county  of  Donegal,  Ire- 
land, born  in  I73(j,  came  with  a  colony  from  that  place  and 
settled  in  Mecklenburg  comity,  N.  C,  where  he  died.  He 
had 

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1028a.  :Mav,<i-.Hi!t  Allison,  wlio  m.  William  Claik. 

102Sb.  Nancy  Allison,  wjio  in.  Iveiiben  Ffoonian. 

1928c.  Kli/.abctli  Allison,  \vl;o  ni.  Samuel  Heryliill. 

1928<l.  yarali  Allison,  never  married. 

1938o.  William  AliisvJn,  nevi'r  married. 

1029.  Andrew  Allison  (1080),  res.  Mecklenburg  Co.,  \.  C. 


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1930.  Andrew  Allison2  [1920]  (Archibaldi).  He  was 
born  in  1770,  and  lived  in  North  Carolina  and  Tennessee, 
and  died  in  Gibson  county,  Tenn.  He  married  Margaret 
Varner  or  Verner.  He  and  his  descendants  were  Presbyte- 
rians, with  many  elders  xnd  clergymen  among  them. 

cirir.DREx. 

1930a.  Rebecca  Allison,  ni.  William  Frwiii,  both  of  Gibson  Co.,  Tonu., 
where  she  d.     Her  desi'endants  are  in  southern  Illinois. 

1931.  .losopli  Allison  (1018),  b.  Feb.  II,  1700;  d.  Aii<r.  20,  Ks()2;  flescen- 
dants  in  Coles  Co.,  111.,  ami  lndiaiiai)olis,  Ind, 

1931a.  Henry  .Vllison,-'  !n.  .Marjxarot  Erwln;  m.,  second,  Elizabeth 
Clark,  both  of  Tenn.  They  d.  in  Tennessee,  where  his  de- 
scendants live. 


•  Many  of  these  Allisons  lived  near  Trenton,  Teim.,  and  later  lived  near 
Humboldt,  Teuu. 


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288  JOHN   ALLISON,   OF  KENTUCKY. 

1932.  William  Allison,' m.  Mai-y  Ann  Erwin;  m.,  second,  Eleanor  Wil- 
son; m.,  third,  Elizabeth  Dove;  removed  to  Cumberland, 
Coles  Co.,  111.    He  left  a  family. 

1033.    John  Allison'  (1939),  clergyman,  b.  Dec.  8,  1801;  d.  March  7,  1845. 

1934.  Elizabeth  Allison,'  m.  Mr.  Killoiijih,  both  of  Gibson  Co.,  Tenn.  : 

removed  to  Cumberland,  Coles  Co.,  111.   They  are  deceased,  but 
left  a  family. 

1935.  Robert  Allisi^n."    He  was  a  bachelor,  and  d.  in  Tennessee. 

19.36.    Andrew  Allison.'    He  was  a  clergyman,  and  d.  soon  after  being 

licensed  to  preach.     His  deatli  occuned  in  Gibson  Co.,  Tenn. 
1937.     Jane  Allison,'  m.  Rev.  Charles  Hodge,  both  of  Gibson  Co.,  Tenn.; 

she  d.  in  Tenn. 
1038.     Nancy  Freeman  Allison,'  m.  Jonathan  Dryden,  both  of  Gibson 

Co.,  Tenn.    Removed  to  Cumberland,  Coles  Co.,  111.    They  are 

deceased,  but  left  a  family. 


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1939.  John  Allison  ^  [1933]  (Andrew,2  Archibald  i). 
Rev.  John  Allison  was  born  on  Sugar  Creek,  Mecklenburg 
Co.,  North  Carolina,  Dec.  8,  1801 ;  was  reared  and  worked 
upon  a  farm  until  he  was  married.  He  then  studied  for  the 
ministry,  and  was  pastor,  or  acting  pastor,  in  Murfreesbor- 
ough,  Shelbyville,  Clarksville,  Nashville,  and  Symrna,  Tenn. 
He  went  to  Princeton,  Ken.,  and  had  charge  of  a  female 
seminary  and  was  pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church. 
He  went  to  Kentucky  in  1844,  and  died  March  7,  1845.  He 
was  a  Presbyterian  of  the  old  school.  Mr.  Allison  married, 
Feb.  7,  1822,  Nancy,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Jane  (McCul- 
lough)  Lemmond.  She  was  born  in  Charlotte,  N.  C,  March 
2,  1798;  died  in  Windsor,  Mo.,  Feb.  17,  1864. 


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1940.  Robert  Cyrus  Allison,*  b.  Dec.  7,  1822,  in  Mecklenburp;  Co.,  N.  C; 
raised  to  manhood  in  Tennessee;  physician.  He  received  his 
medical  education  in  Louisville,  Ky.  He  m.  Catherine  Weiss, 
of  Louisville,  April  10,  1844;  m.,  second,  Elvira  McCarthy. 
Di'.  Allison  died  near  Princeton,  Ky.,  December,  1866.  Chil- 
dren : 
John  Edmund  Allison,"  b.  Princeton,  Ky.,  May  o,  1845. 
Elijah  Edward   Allison,"  b.  near  Princeton,   Ky.,  November,  1845; 

res.  IStar  Line  VV^orks,  Lyon  Co.,  Ky. 
Robert  Henry  Allison,"  b.  near  Princeton,  Ky. ;  res.  Kuttawa,  Ky. 
S.irali  Ann  Allison,"  b.  near  Princeton,  Ky.,  .July,  1854;  m.  Robert 
Holloway,  of  near  Princeton,  Ky.,  .nnd  d.  November,  1880. 
Margaret  Rebecca  Allison,*  b.  Oct.  22,  1824;  m.,  in  Princeton,  Kv.. 
April  10,  184t),  George  Washington  Cone,  of  Painesville,  Ohio; 
res.  Princeton,  Ky.  She  d.  in  Nashville,  Tenn.,  April  23,  1885. 
Children : 

I.  Marietta  Ellen  Cone,"  b.  Jan.  27,  1847;  m.  .Judge  Goodncr,  of  Nash- 

ville, 111. ;  res.  f  Ihicago,  111. 

II.  Ida  ("one,"  b.  A])ril  28,  1850;  m.  Charles  Rose,  of  Nashville,  111.;  res. 

Cliicagct,  111. 
1042.     J.ane  Ann  Elizabeth   Allison,*  b.  in  Gibson  Co.,  Tenn.,  Feb.  17, 
1827;  m.  Oct.  22,  1850,  Alexander  Hranie;  res.  Princeton,  Ky. 
She  d.  in  Windsor,  Mo.,  April  21,  1888.     Children: 


I. 
II. 

III. 
IV. 

1941. 


JOSEPH  ALLISON,   OF  CUMBERLAND,  ILL. 


28» 


I.  William  Alexander  Brame,»  b.  Aug.  8,  1851;  m.,  Nov.  0,  1872,  Or» 

Waddell,  of  Windsor,  Mo. ;  res.  Nevada,  Mo. 

II.  Robert  Allison  Brame,'  b.  Jan.  1, 1864;  d.  in  Washington,  March  12, 

1891. 

III.  Lelia  Brame,*  b.  June  27,  1867;  m.,  Sept.  24,  1886,  Ma«on  Fewell; 

res.  Windsor,  Mo. 
1943.    Nancy  Adeline  Allison,*  b.  in  Oibson  Co.,  Tenn.,  March  23, 1829; 
m.,  January,  1853,  William  Pitt  Withers;  res.  Princeton,  Ky.; 
she  m.,  second,  October,  1866,  James  D.  Baker;  res.  Windsor, 
Mo.    Children: 

I.  John  Thomas  Withers,'  b.  Sept.  7, 1854;  m.,  Sept.  19,  1877,  Elizabeth 

Durall,  of  Windsor,  Mo. ;  res.  Deepwater,  Henry  Co.,  Mo. 

II.  William  Allison  Withers,"  b.  May  19,  1877;  unmarried. 

1944.  Mary  Elvira  Allison,*  bom  Murfreesborough,  Tenn., 
Jan.  14,  1834 ;  married,  in  Livonia,  Ind.,  Feb.  9, 1863,  Cor- 
nelius Hine  Pering.  He  was  born  in  Chard,  Somersetshire, 
England,  March  19,  1831.  He  was  living  at  the  time  of  hi* 
marriage  in  Bloomington,  Ind.  He  enlisted  in  Company  E, 
Seventy-first  regiment  Indiana  volunteers,  served  nearly  three 
years,  and  was  killed  in  1864  near  Cartersville,  Ga.  Mrs. 
Pering  resides  Windsor,  Mo. 

CHILDBEN. 


nss. 


1945.  John  Allison  Pering,°  b.  Livonia,  Ind.;  m.,  Aug.  23,  1874,  Mary 

Lavina  Chowing.    Ees.  Diona,  Coles  Co.,  111. 

1946.  Emma  Susan  Pering,"  b.  Jan.  27, 1856,  in  Livonia,  Ind.,  m.,  Nov. 

18,  1877,  Whitney  Williams  Barrows.    Res.  Windsor,  Mo. 

1947.  William  Edwin  Paring,'  b.  in  Terre  Haute,  Ind.,  Aug.  29, 1858;  m., 

Dec.  17,  1879,  Louisa  Sheridan.    Res.  Dexter,  Kansas. 

1948.  Joseph  Allison »  [1931]  (Andrew,^  Archibald  i). 
He  was  born  in  Mecklenburg  county.  North  Carolina,  Feb. 
11,  1796.  Res.  in  Cumberland,  Coles  county,  Illinois;  m., 
Margaret  Ann  Cathey  of  Gibson  county,  Tenn.,  where  he 
had  previously  lived.    He  died  Aug.  20, 1862. 


res. 

17, 
Ky. 


CHILDREN. 

1949.  Sarah  Caroline  Allison,*  b.  in  North  Carolina,  Dec.  3,  1822;  m., 
Aug.  10,  1841,  James  H.  Morrison,  a  fanner  in  Coles  county, 
111.    She  d.  Jan.  16,  1865. 

1960.  Andrew  Henry  Allison,*  b.  in  North  Carolina,  Nov.  20,   1823;  m., 

Dec.  21,  1843,  Harriet  E.  Dryden.    He  d.  Nov.  15,  1864. 

1961.  Margaret  Frances  Allison,*  b.  in  Tenn.,  June  6,  1829;  m.,  Jan. 

1,  1851,  Rufus  Allison.    Res.  Lerman,  111. 

1962.  Rebecca  Elizabeth  Allison,*  b.  in  Tenn.,  Dec.  2,  1831;  m.,  Dec.  15, 

1836,  James  A.  Balch.    She  d.  March  16,  1867. 

1963.  Nancy  Prudence  Allison.*  b.  Feb.  11,  1833,  in  Tenn.;  m.,  Jan.  15, 

1866,  Joseph  B.  Nicholson. 
1954.    John  William  Allison,*  b.  in  Coles  Co.,  111.,  Oct.  20,  1837;  m.,  Sept. 

20,  1867,  Isabella  Ewing.    Ee  d.  Nov.  15,  1886. 
1966.    Mary  Jane  Allison,*  b.  Coles  Co.,  111.,  June  18,  1841;   m.  Feb.  21, 

1861,  Thomas  W.  Grimes.    Res.  Campbell,  Coles  Co.,  111. 

19 


290 


GEORGE  ALLISON,   OF  TUCSON,  ARI. 


ROBHBT  ALLISON  AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS. 

1966.  Robert  Allisop..^  He  was  a  resident  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, Fayette  county,  where  he  lived  till  1789,  when  he 
with  his  family  removed  to  Marietta,  Ohio,  where  he  lived 
until  1795,  when  he  removed  to  the  Alexander  farm,  nearly 
opposite  Lowell,  Ohio,  on  the  Muskingum  river.  While  at 
Marietta  the  family  lived  in  the  Campus  Martins  stockade, 
as  a  protection  from  the  Indians.  When  he  went  onto  his 
farm  he  and  his  associates  built  their  four  log  houses  so  that 
their  corners  touched,  thus  making  a  square  of  ground  en- 
closed, known  as  "  Kinney's  Garrison."  This  was  done  as  a 
protection  from  the  wild  sons  of  the  forest. 

CHILDREN. 

1957.  Nancy  Allipon,'  b.  in  Fayette  Co.,  Penn.,  Oct.  22,  1784.    She  went 

with  h  sr  father  to  Marietta,  Ohio,  and  slie  shared  all  the  vicisr 
situdes  of  the  new  settlement.  On  the  18th  of  December, 
1800,  she  m.  Stephen  Frost.  She  was  a  ereat  reader  of  the 
Bible  and  was  deeply  religious.  She  lived  to  be  considerably 
over  100  years  old. 

1958.  Charlen  Allison,'  b.  in  Fayette  Co.,  Penn. ;  removed  to  Ohio  and 

m.  Miss  Stall.    Child: 
I.    Robert  Allison,'  removed  to  California  in  1855,  and  d.  in  San  Diego 
m  1891. 

1959.  Josiah  Allison,'  removed  to  California  and  resides  at  Vaca  Station, 

Solano  Co. 

1960.  Napoleon  Allison,'  removed  to  California  and  res.  at  Pajarito, 

Santa  Cruz  Co. 

1961.  George  Allison,'  (1966)  removed  to  California  in  1855. 

1962.  Mary  Ann  Allison,'  d.  in  Iowa. 

1963.  Lucretia  Allison,'  d.  in  California. 

1964.  Joseph  Allison.' 

1965.  William  Allison.' 

1966.     George  Allison  3  [1961]  (Charles,^  Robert » ).    He 

removed  to  California  in  1855.    He  married  .    He 

married,  second,  Mary  Jane  Owen,  of  Marion  county,  la., 
where  she  was  born.  Mr.  Allison  was  engaged  in  farming, 
fruit  growing,  stock  raising,  and  merchandising.  In  1876  he 
removed  his  family  to  Arizona,  and  was  engaged  in  the  same 
line  of  business.  He  died  at  Tucson,  Arizona,  June  13, 1891, 
aged  66  years.     Mrs.  Allison  still  lives  at  Tucson. 

CHILDItEN. 


*  I 


im 


1968. 


1967.    George  Irving  Allison,*  res.  Sacramento,  Cal. 

KutA  Francis  Marion  Allison,*  aged  36.  He  has  been  several  times 
elected  a  member  of  the  board  of  supervisors  of  Pima  Co.,  Ari- 
zona, and  member  of  the  common  council  of  Tucson,  Arizona, 
where  ho  resides. 


He 
He 
la., 


1969. 


1970. 


ABRAHAM  K.  ALLISON,   OF   FLORIDA. 


291 


Henry  Warner  Allison,*  aged  35.  He  with  liis  brother  formed  the 
firm  of  Allison  Bros.,  and  are  engaged  in  mining,  farming,  and 
are  the  owners  of  a  large  irrigating  canal  or  ditcli.  Res.  Tuc- 
son, Arizona. 

Laura  Kate  Allison,*  aged  27.  Slie  m.  C.  C.  Wlieeler,  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  Wheeler  &  Perry.    Res.  Tucson,  Arizona. 


BX-GOVBRNOR   ALLISON,   OF  FLORIDA. 

1971.  Abraham  K.  Allison,  who  was  at  one  time  governor 
of  Florida,  died  about  July  8, 1893,  aged  83  years. 


•ijifi 


U  f  1 


THI 


INDEX  I. 


Alisons  and  Associated  Names 

Australia. 


in  Scotland  and. 


The  number  set  against  each  name  indicates  the  page  where  the  name  will  be  found. 


Alexander  of  Loup,  4. 
Alison,  Adallne,  36. 

Alexander,  19, 27, 80-35, 87. 

Rev.  Alexander,  27,  32. 

Andrew,  32,  sa. 

Annie  Cray,  32. 

Arthur,  27. 

Archibald,  22,  23,  26,  28,  29. 

Rev.  Archibald,  8, 5, 28, 32, 
36,87. 

Sir  Archibald,  26. 

Archibald  Leslie,  38. 

Catharine,  31. 

Charles,  36. 

Christina,  85-37. 

Christine  J.,  38. 

David,  33,  84. 

Eliza,  36,  37. 

Elizabeth,  83. 

Ellen,  36. 

Ellen  F.  C,  26. 

Frederic  Montague,  26. 

Rev.  George,  29,  35,  38. 

George  J.,  87. 

Hugh.  33. 

Isabel,  23,  32,  87. 

James,  22,  23,  27,  29,  32-38. 

Rev.  James,  33. 

Jane  McEwen,  37,  38. 

Janet,  32,  34. 

Jean,  28,  33,  34. 

Jeanie,  37. 

Jennie,  36. 

John,  22,  25,  28-30,32-34, 37. 

John  R.,  38. 

Joseph,  25,  34. 

Maggie,  38. 

Marian,  34. 

Mary  Jane,  38. 

Margaret,  28,  30,  33,  34. 

Matthew,  25,  33,  35,  3fi,  38. 

Michael,  21,  25,  28,  29,  38. 

Robert,  5,  35. 

Rev.  Dr.,  127. 

Thomas,  21,  32,  34. 

William,  5,  21,  28,  30, 32,  35, 
36,38. 

William  M.,  33. 

William  Pulteney,  26. 

.\LISTER,  17. 

Alencon,  Bernard  de,  3. 
Allenson,  William,  3. 
Arches,  Rev.  Dr.,  33. 

20 


n 

Boole,  John,  31. 
Broadfoot,  Rev.  Dr.,  33. 
Bruce,  Reginald,  32. 
Buchanan,  J.,  31. 


Campbell,  James,  82. 
Cassells,  John  R.,  30. 
Chichester,  Sir  Arthur,  14. 
Coats,  Jessie,  30. 

Sir  Peter,  30. 
Cochrane,  Mungo,  22,  24,  34. 
CoLQUHOUN,  Agnes,  38. 
Cooper,  Elizabeth,  29. 
Cox,  Constance,  36. 

Dr.,  36. 
Crichton,  Henrietta,  38. 
Cross,  Hon.  Alexander  and 
familv,  30. 

William,  30.       , 

I> 

Dick,  Isabella,  32. 
DoDDS,  James,  30. 
Donald,  John  and  family,  31. 

E 

EvANDALE,  Lord,  25. 

F 

Ferguson,  Cutler,  26. 
Ferguson,  Peter,  30. 
FiNDLAY,  Janet,  32. 
Flemming,  John,  34. 

Margaret,  34. 
Forbes,  Sir  William,  27. 
French,  John,  31. 

G 

Gardner,  John,  37. 
Gemmkll,  Afjne.s,  33. 

William,  33. 
GILMOUR,  JaDft,  33. 
Glencaihn,  Elizabeth,  26. 
Gregory,  Dr.  John,  27. 

11 

Hamilton,  Andrew,  34. 
Elizabeth,  34. 
Helen,  35,  37. 
Jamt's,  34. 


Hamilton,  John,  18. 

John  and  family,  84,  35. 

Marion,  34. 

Mary,  84. 

Sir  Robert,  24. 

Sir  Winter  de,  18,  21. 
Houston,  William,  33,  84,  37. 


Jack,  Mary,  88. 
Jamieson,  Agnes,  35,  87. 

Jean,  34. 

William,  34,  37. 
Jerment,  Rev.  Dr.,  33. 

KiRKLAND,WilIiam  and  fam- 
ily, 31. 


Laud,  Archbishop,  21. 
Lawson,  Helen,  30,  33. 

Matthew,  30,  33. 
Legott,  Alexander,  83. 
Letham,  Robert   and  fam- 
ily, 31. 
LoMBiE,  Annie,  31. 

m: 

MacAlister,  Alexander, 

17-19. 

John,  18. 
MacAlester,  Charles  Som- 

erville,  17, 18. 
McFarlane,  Walter,  30. 
MclNTosH,  Catherine,  33. 
McLaren,  Malcolm  and 

family,  30. 
Marshall,  Jean,  30. 
Morrison,  Alexander  and 
descendants,  31,  33. 

Eliza,  81. 

Helen  Lawson,  31. 

Jnmes  and  family,  31.. 

Jean,  31.         « 

John,  31. 

Jolm  L.,  31. 

Katherine,  31. 

Margaret,  31. 
Murray,  Isabella,  35. 

William,  37. 


294 


INDEX   OF  NAMES. 


O 

Oio,  Angus,  18. 

I» 

Paterson,  Ann,  34. 

David,  34. 
PoRTEUS,  Charles  and  family, 
30. 
PuLTENAY,  Sir  William,  27. 

11 

Reed,  Elizabeth,  32. 
Reid,  Margaret,  33. 
Robertson,  Capt.  J.  H.,  37. 

Mary,  35. 
Ross,  Bishop,  23. 
KrssELL,  Eliza  Alison,  36. 

George,  36. 

Leonard  Alison,  36. 

Svdney  Alison,  38. 

'V^iUiam  Allison,  36. 

Scott,  William,  84. 
Sir  Walter,  25. 


Sempi.e,  Margaret,  29,  30. 

William,  30. 
Somervilli',  .lanet,  17. 
Swan,  Anuie,  2.5. 
Spencer,  David,  31. 
Spiers,  John,  33. 
Steele,  James,  28. 
Strvthers,  James  and  fam- 
ily, 31. 


Thomson,  Archibald,  33. 

Eliza,  35. 

Helen,  33. 

Jean,  33. 

John,  33. 

Margaret,  33. 

Robert,  33. 

William,  35. 
Torrance,  James,  28, 31. 

Jane,  30. 

Margaret,  30. 

William,  30. 
TuRNBULL,  Catherine,  31. 

Janet,  31. 

Jennie,  31. 

John,  31. 


Tvtler,  Hon.  Alex.  F., 
Lt.  Col.  Patrick,  28. 
William,  26. 


Vivian,  Alison,  36. 

Walter  and  family,  86. 

W 

Walker,  Archibald,  30. 
Warnock,  Alexander,  83. 
Wilson,  Ellen,  36. 

James,  36. 

Jean,  27. 

Samuel,  27. 
Wiseman,  Jean,  37. 

William,  33,  37. 
Wyllie,  Christina,  85. 

Hugh,  35. 

James,  35. 

Jane,  35. 

John,  35. 

William,  36. 


Young.  Ann,  34. 
William,  34. 


i  1 


I  in 


f 


80. 

ir,  a 


INDEX   II. 


Alisons   and  Allisons,  ^vitli  Associated  Names, 
in  Canada  and  the  United  States. 


The  number  set  against  each  name  Indicates  the  page  where  the  name  wiil  be  found. 


A. 

Abbott,  Bet.sev,  85. 

Betsey  Aiiison,  100. 

Clara  Jane,  86. 

Daniei,  63,  85,  86. 

Eben'r  T.  and  famliy,  65. 

Emma  J.,  57. 

Jane,  86. 

John,  86. 

John  Aili.son,  100. 

Jcsiah,  8.5,  99, 100. 

Lutiier  D.,  258. 

Sarah  Aiiison,  86. 
Abebcrombie,    Horace   and 

family,  68. 
Abrams,  I.saac  W.,  268. 

Sarah,  186, 194. 
AcKERMAK,  Leah,  252. 
Adams,  Alexander  and  fam- 
ily, 123, 121. 

Anna,  124. 

Daniel,  282. 

Edwin,  125. 

Elizabeth,  82. 

Emmeline,  125. 

George  H.,  79. 

Louisa,  82, 125. 

Mary,  124. 

Mary  Adelia,  165. 

Oliver,  125. 

Robert,  124,  125. 

Sarah,  124. 

Thomas  and  family,  124. 
Addison,  Mary  Elizabeth,  219. 
Adkissok,  William,  155. 
Adlinoton,  Amey,  64,  87. 

Eli.sha,  87. 
Adsit,  William  C,  22G. 
Aiken,  Wm.  and  family,  50. 
AiTKEN,  Elizabeth,  123, 124. 

John,  124. 

Robert,  193. 
Alexander,  Albert  Onslow 

and  family,  56. 
Allard,  Jane,  100. 
Allcorn,  Madeline,  166. 
Allen,  Anna,  94. 

David,  103. 

Hon.  E.  R.,  135. 

Capt.  Edward  Everett,  56. 

Elizabeth,  79. 

Henry  Alli.son,  104. 

James  Franklin,  103. 

Jane,  94. 


Allen,  John,  94. 

John  F.,  261. 

Jonathan,  103. 

Jonathan  L.,  90. 

Jonathan  I  each,  103. 

Mr.,  244. 

Rebecca  Greer,  186. 

Samuel,  244. 

Samuel  Richardson,  66. 

Sarah,  64. 

Sarah  Ann,  112. 

Sarah  J.,  60. 
Allison,  Abel,  178. 

Abel  C,  178. 

Abigail,  6B,  256. 

Abigail  Maria,  87. 

Abraham,  266. 

Abraham  Greenfield,  163. 

Gov.  Abraham  K.,  291. 

Abrain  Hayter,  162. 

Abram  Stagg,  261. 

Adaline,  226. 

Addie,  235. 

Addison  Alexander,  159. 

Adelljert,  112. 

Adele,  282. 

Adelia,  263. 

Adelia  Alice,  165. 

Adelia  Hannah,  116. 

Agnes,  123. 

Agnes  Henrietta,  147. 

Albert  Butler,  115. 

Albert  Clark,  174. 

Albert  Henry,  174. 

Ale.xander,  150, 166, 167. 

Alexander  Porter,  166, 168, 

Alfred  E.,  176. 

Alfred  J.,  155. 

Alfred  Morgan,  271. 

Alice,  224. 

Alice  Bartlett,  102. 

Alice  Mary,  194. 

Alice  Sophia,  199. 

Allda,  267. 

Allis,  287. 

Almeda,  215. 

Almira,  100,  265. 

Amanda,  135,  270. 

Amanda  Matilda,  225. 

Amanda  Tomklns,  281. 

Ambro.se.  215,  225. 

Amelia,  268. 

Amelia  Gertrude,  267. 

Amelia  Southard,  261. 


Allison,  Amey,  87, 102,  215. 
Amy  K.,  223,  229. 
Amlzi,  215. 
Amos,  254. 
Ann,  16,  40, 188. 
Ann  Augusta,  271. 
Ann  B.,  142. 
Ann  Eliza,  204. 
Ann  Mary,  176. 
Ann  Moore,  101,  U6. 
Ann  Sophia,  2B8. 
(or  Ellison)  Andrew,  40, 

63,64. 
Andrew  of  Dublin,  N.  H., 

65. 
Andrew  of  Concord, N.  H., 
90. 
Andrew,89,91,99,105,135,159. 
Andrew  of  Tenn.,  287,  288. 
Andrew  of  Carthage, 

Tenn.,  166,  167. 
Andrew  of  Churchmin- 

ster.  Ire.,  165. 
Andrew  of  Lancaster,  Pa., 
135. 
Andrew  Henry,  289. 
Andrew  Neill,  151,  159, 160. 
Andrew  John,  152. 
Andrew  John  Amos,  151. 

152. 
Andro  Vert,  267. 
Anna,  188. 

Anna  Josephine,  105. 
Anna  Mary,  281. 
Anne,  123,  146. 
Anne  Dixon,  168. 
Annie,  217,  225. 
Annie  E.,  176. 
Annie  Maria,  114. 
Annie  S.,  193. 
Antoinette,  279. 
Antoinette  M.,  128. 
Archibald,  129,  287. 
Arthur,  238. 
Arthur  Algernon,  175. 
Arthur  David,  136. 
Augusta,  140, 
Benjamin,  123. 153,  251,  252, 

251,  257,  262. 
Benjamin  Curtis,  163. 
Benjamin  F.,  268. 
Benjamin  T.,  251. 
Bertha,  266. 
Bessie,  190. 


296 


INDEX  OF  NAMES. 


Allikon,  BeHsIp  Blnnrhe,  U8. 
Betsev  Abbott,  85,  99.     • 
Bettle  Ayren,  163. 
Blanche  E.,  175. 
Hon.  BrewHter  J.,  270,  280 
BrewHter  Jonas,  281. 
Burgess,  177. 
Caleb,  215. 

Calvin  Tompkins,  281. 
Caroline,  102,  192,  204,  225, 

260. 
Caroline  Brown,  91, 103. 
Caroline  Josephine,  107. 
Caroline  P.,  87. 
Caroline  Smith,  264. 
Carrie,  100. 
Carrie  Bell,  118. 
Carroll  DeForrest,  100. 
C&Asio  106 

Cather'lne,'200,  256,259,  262. 
Catherine  Amelia,  265. 
Catherine  Cosirrove,  275. 
Catherine  Dallas,  125. 
Catharine  Delemater,  275. 
Charles,  152,  192,  194,  199, 

224,  266,  278.  290. 
Charles  Armstrong,  279. 
Charles  B.,  128. 
Charles  C,  176. 
Charles  Edmund,  277. 
Charles  Edward,  163,  200. 
Rev.  Charles  Elmer,  233, 

237. 
Charles  Frederick,  186,194. 
Charles  Henry,  204, 205,206. 
Charles  Herbert,  238. 
Charles  Horner,  174. 
Charles  B.,  188. 
Charles  Rollo,  278. 
Charles  W.,  176,  226,  236. 
Dr.  Charles  Warke,  197. 
Charles  Wesley,  172,  173. 
Charles  William  B.,  141. 
Charlotte,217.  266,  277. 
Charlotte  Elizabeth,  199. 
Charlotte  L.,  266. 
Chester  Thorp,  113. 
Christopher,  267. 
Chris'pner  Columbus,  158. 
Clara  Elvira,  92. 
Clarence  Thayer,  108. 
Clifton  Orion,  108. 
Cllvo,  224. 

Clinton  James,  101, 115. 
Clinton  Lincoln,  116. 
Collins,  263, 
Comfort,  40. 
Cora  Arminda,  224. 
Cora  Luclnda,  118. 
Cornelia  Housman,  281. 
Cornelia  R.,  102. 
Cornelius,  209,  241. 
Cvnthia  Ann,  100. 
Daniel  Brown,  165. 
David,  88,  101,  158,  185,  199, 

201,  256,  265. 
Rev.  David,  190, 198. 
David  Barr,  92. 
David  Clinton,  64,  92. 
David  Jesse,  158. 
David  Jordan,  280. 
Deborah,  252. 
DeForrest,  101. 
Delia,  116. 
Dixon  Allen,  167. 
D.  Prescott,  188. 
Donald  D.,  224. 
Douglass,  174. 


Allison,  E.  Adallne,  148, 
Ebenezer,  9H. 
Edgar,  261. 
Edgar  L.,  276. 
Edith,  116,  190.  200,  235. 
Edmund  D.,  267. 
Edmund  K.,  194. 
Edna,  238. 
Edward,  128,  194,  2S2,  269, 

271. 
Edward  Philip,  104. 
Edward  Powell,  199. 
Edward  Lane,  281. 
Edward  Roland,  116. 
Edward  Snedeker,  276. 
Edwin  Hherman,  114. 
Edwin  Vincent,  268. 
Eleanor,  183. 
Eli,  65,  99. 
Elijah,  135. 
Elijah  Edward,  288. 
Eliza  B.,  177. 
Eliza  Jane,  92. 
Elizabeth,  40,  64,  88,  112, 

139,   153,    154,    161,    183, 

185,    188,    193,   204,    253, 

255  288 
Elizabeth  Hall,  91, 106  a. 
Elizabeth  Jemima,  147. 
Elizabeth  Sarah,  87. 
Ella  M.,  224. 
Ellen  L.,  235. 
Ellen  Maria,  93, 179. 
Ellen  McGowan,  140. 
Ellen  Russell,  235. 
Elliot  Condlch,  272. 
Ellsworth  George,  118. 
Elsie,  254,  281. 
Elver  L.,  160. 
Emellne,  225. 
Emmeline,  93. 
Emily  Adelaide,  268. 
Emma  Ann,  118. 
Emma  Jane,  106, 113. 
Ephralm,  153, 155. 
Erastus  F.,  268. 
Esther,  99,  m,  150. 
Esther  Phifer,  148. 
Esther  Selina,  151. 
Ethel,  235. 
Ethel  K.,  194. 
Etta  L.,  112. 
Eugene,  225. 
Eugene  C,  276. 
Eugene  Ellsworth,  278. 
Eugene  Hulett,  116. 
Eugenia,  270. 
Evander,  269.' 
Evallne,  151. 
Fanny,  63,  87, 185,  215. 
Fanny  Gertrude,  281. 
Fanny  Ladd,  87. 
F.  Emmert,  224. 
Fisher,  171. 
Fletcher  James,  157. 
Flora  Dell,  118. 
Flora  Gertrude,  140,  282. 
Frances,  123,  155, 172,  215. 
Frances  Armitage,  125. 
Frances  Cora,  173. 
Frances  Cornelia,  287. 
Frances  Cremiler,  160. 
Frances  Jane,  224,  233. 
Frances  M.,  193. 
Francis,  122,  196. 
Francis  A.,  176. 
Francis  Augustus,  93. 
Francis  John,  125. 


Alliron,  Francis  Marlon,  290. 

Frank,  112,225,  266. 

Frank  Drummond,  194. 

Frank  Ellsworth,  118. 

Prank  H.,206. 

Frank  NIblo,  174. 

Frank  Octavius,  194. 

Frank  8.,  276. 

Franklin,  92. 

Franklin  James,  266. 

Franklin  Pbllo,  279. 

Fred  Bird,  106. 

Freddie,  162. 

Fred  Lincoln,  113. 

Frederlca  Lee,  137. 

Frederick,  90, 188. 

Gabriel,  215,  216. 

Garrett,  265,  256. 

Garrett  G.,  264,  278. 

Garrett  T.,  265,  277. 

George,  27,  93,  107,  126,  184, 
135,  144,  224,  290. 

George  Augustus,  92, 106, 
186,  196. 

George  Franklin  and  fam- 
ily, 278. 

George  Henry,  179. 

Georgianna,  23G. 

George  Irving,  290. 

George  Suffern,  260,  269, 
281. 

George  Wesley,  268. 

George  Wllmer,  279. 

Genevieve  Maria,  117. 

Gertrude  Mary,  117. 

Giles  sullenger,  231. 

Gladys,  224. 

Gordon  Hampton,  163. 

Grace,  170. 

Grace  L.,  235. 

Granville  8..  167. 

Greene  P.,  154. 

Halbert  McClure,  163. 

Hannah,  99,  253,  254,  255, 
256,  259. 

Hannah  Brewster,  281. 

Hannah  WilUam.s,  101. 

Harriet,  269,  272,  277. 

Harriet  Adallne,  90. 

Harriet  Ann,  167. 

Harriet  F.,  185. 

Harriet  Kent,  103. 

Harlow,  99,  ill. 

Harold  Ansel,  194. 

Hfirry  W.,  261. 

Harvey  W.,  271. 

Hattle,  87. 

Hazlett,  197. 

Helen,  282. 

Helen  Gertrude,  190. 

Helen  Maud,  200. 

Hendrick,  260,  268. 

Henri  David,  266. 

Henrietta  White,  92. 

Henry,  93,  101,  108, 116, 170, 
240,  268,  287. 

Henrv  Augustus,  199. 

Henry  B.,  215. 

Henry  Burbridge,  186, 195. 

Henry  Burton,  195. 

Henry  Darracott,  114. 

Henry  Leeds,  236. 

Henry  Wallace,  104. 

Henry  Warner,  291. 

Hettv  Ann,  196. 

Hiram,  161. 

Homer,  224. 

Horatio  Tates,  123. 


INDEX  OF  NAMES. 


297 


AlIihon,  Howard,  233,  237. 
Howard  Allan,  195. 
Hoyt.  IIB. 

HuRh,  153.  154,  197,  201. 
Hugh  Nathunlel,  157. 
Ma,  226. 
IgnatluM,  91. 
Ira,  87. 

Irving  and  family,  272. 
Irving  RuHsell,  108. 
Lsaac,  170,  172,  197,  222. 
Isaac  of  CanlHteo,  N.  Y., 

22fl,  23B. 
Isaac  of  Warwick,  N.  Y., 

209,  212,  216. 
Isaac  W.,  221. 
Isaac  Williani,  223,  231. 
Isabel  Kelso,  168. 
Isabella,  "the    martyr," 

137. 
Israel,  162. 

Israel  and  family,  186. 
Jabez,  215. 
Jacob,  171,  2ai. 
Jacob  L.,  172. 
James,  39,  62,  63,  64,  09,  128, 

137,  161,  265,  269. 
James    of   Nova    Scotia, 

182,  186. 

James   of  Pennsylvania, 

121,    122,    123,   126,    127, 

135. 
James  of  Virginia,  163. 
James  of  Maryland,  134, 

17S. 
James  of  North  Carolina, 

144,  147,  148. 
James  of  Vermont,  85. 
James  of  New  York,  211, 

214,  255,  265. 
James  of  New  Hampshire, 

113. 
Rev.  James  of  Ireland  and 

family,  142,  201. 
Rev.  James  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, 126. 
Hon.  James,  126, 128. 
James  Augustus,  267. 
James  Clinton,  163. 
James  Edward,  104. 
James  Elkins,  137. 
James  Francis,  114. 
James  Frederick,  196. 
James  Graham,  128. 
James  Irwin,  136. 
James  Madison,  91. 
James  Porter,  187, 168. 
James  Stockman,  100, 114, 

115. 
James  Thomas,  186. 
James  Wallace,  134. 
James  Walter,  195,  200. 
James  Whidden,  185,  190. 
James  White,  160. 
James  Young,  128, 176. 
Jane,  64,  146,  288. 
Jane  Amelia,  272. 
Jane  Clark,  195. 
Jane  Elizabeth,  275,  288. 
Janet,  44,  45,  59,  60,63,  64, 

86. 
Jasper  H.,  261. 
Jeannie,  122. 
Jennie,  190. 
Jennie  Cordelia,  159. 
Jennie  Kate,  162. 
Jenny  Lucinda,  151. 
Jerusha,  100. 


Allison,  Jesse,  IM. 
J.  D.,  176. 
John,  40,  63,  64,  91,  104,  126, 

128,    142,    14.'i,    175,    180, 

187,    188,    240,    260,   261, 

271. 
Dr.  John,  154. 
Hon.  John,  129. 
John  of  Vermont,  85, 100. 
John  of  Manitoba,  190. 
John    of  New  York,  209, 

251,  2.')2,  253,  256. 
Rev.  John  of  Kentucky, 

288  i 
Rev.  John,  189,  197. 
John  of  New  Hamp.shlre, 

84,86. 
John  of  New  Jernev,  245. 
John  of  Michigan,  268. 
John  of  Knglund,  170. 
John  of  Ohio,  129. 
John  of  Pennsylvania,  122. 
John  of  North  Carolina, 

127. 
John  of  Nova  Scotia,  182, 

184. 
John  A.,  159. 
John  B.,  135. 
John  Beattie,  182, 163. 
John  Biauvelt,  287. 
John  Craig,  164. 
John  Edward,  288. 
John  Fielden,  158. 
John  Graham,  148, 147. 
John  H.,  268. 
John  Hus.s,  171. 
John  Hutchinson,  186. 
John  L.,  155, 176,  224. 
John  Learned,  114. 
Rev.  John  Lee,  184. 
John  M.  8.,  127. 
John  Matthew,  152. 
John  P.,  282. 
Hon.  John  Perry,  87. 
John  Phifer,  148. 
John  Quinton,  100. 
John  S.,  177. 
John  Samuel,  85. 
John  Shaw,  174. 
John  Smick,  174. 
John  Washington,  159,  '280. 
John  William,  289. 
John  Wilson,  99, 113. 
John  Wisner,  210. 
Jonas,  259,  267,  268. 
Jonathan  Crane,  187, 194. 
Joseph,  40,  136, 170,  174, 181, 

185,  188,  241,  259,  287. 
Hon.  Joseph,  138. 
Joseph  of  California,  192. 
Joseph  of  Illinois,  289. 
Joseph  of  New  York,  208, 

210. 
Joseph   of   Nova  Scotia, 

189 
Cant.  Joseph,  252,  253. 
Elder  Joseph,  240. 
Joseph  of  Ireland,  142. 
Joseph  A.,  266,  279. 
Joseph  B.,  253,  258,  165. 
Joseph  Cosgrove,  278. 
Joseph  Fisher,  171,  172. 
Joseph  B'rancis,  186,  195. 
Joseph  L.,  176. 
Joseph  Leonard,  200. 
Joseph  Webster,  168,  167, 

168,  169. 

Rev.  Joseph  Young,  148. 


Allison,  Josephine,  155. 
Joslah,  161,  290. 
Joshua,  215. 
Julia,  99,  111,  124,212. 
Julia  Ann,  )S9. 
Julia  Sophronla,  142. 
Kate,  142. 
Kate  Augusta,  278. 
Katharine  Floyd,  287. 
Kathrt'cn,  83,  78. 
Katheriii*',  43. 
Kezlah,  209. 
Kittle,  2.36. 
Laura,  225. 
Laura  Kate,  291. 
Laura  Mary,  176. 
Laurlnda,  102. 
Lavlnla  Holt,  91, 10.5. 
Laviiiia  Jemima,  99,  111. 
Lawrence,  39. 
Lawrence,  Edward,  108. 
Lawrence  F.,  228. 
Leah,  255. 

Leslie  Calhoun,  272. 
Leonard,  190,254. 
Lettle  Blanche,  163. 
Letitia,  263. 
Letltia  Evaline,  152. 
Letitia  Cosgrove,  275. 
Lettlce,  151. 
Lewis,  190. 
Lily,  190. 

Lilly  Frances,  113. 
LInnie,  231. 
Lizzie,  127. 
Lizzie  Elmer,  233. 
Lottie,  236. 
Louisa,  124, 155. 
Louisa  Amanda,  204,  205. 
Luclan  Osborne,  101. 
Dr.  Lucius  Carey,  194. 
Lucinda,  155. 
Lucretia,  290. 
Lucy,  153. 
Lulu,  224. 
Lydia,  138,  215. 
Lydia  Curran,  139. 
Lvdia  E.,223. 
Alabel,  87,  224. 
Mabel  Hitchcock,  272. 
Mabel  Persis,  114. 
Mabel  Preston,  179. 
Magdaline  Simonton,  151. 
Margaret,  24,  62,   68,  122, 

146,  150, 156, 255,  263, 266, 

279. 
Margaret  Adaline,  151. 
Margaret  A.  C,  195. 
Margaret  Ann,  188, 189. 
Margaret  Barr,  84,  93. 
Margaret  Frances,  289. 
Margaret  Gatzner,  140. 
Margaret  Jane,  91. 
Margaret  Torrance,  152. 
Maria,  123. 
Maria  Elizabeth,  172. 
Marian  Zeluff,  275. 
Martin  S.,  1.54. 
Mary,  88,  116,  122,  123,  145, 

150,152,161,172,187,190, 

212,  224,  233,  236. 
Mary  Amelia,  134. 
Mary  Ann,  91,  102, 138,  147, 

156,  20.3,  290. 
Mary  Ann  Damon,  91. 
Mary  Anne,  90. 
Mary  Arabella,  200. 
Mary  B.,  87. 


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I   I' 


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298 


Allison,  Mary  Bronson,  92. 
Mary  Eliza,  103. 
Mary  EHzabeth,  125,  140, 

263. 
Marv  Elmira,  268, 
Mary  Elvira,  289. 
Mary  Emma,  231. 
Mary  Esther,  108. 
Mary  Jane,  ]«\5, 191, 280, 289. 
Mary  Lizzie,  108. 
Mary  Loui.se,  148. 
Mary  Margaret,  270. 
Mary  Maud,  278. 
Mary  Ol've,  87. 
Mary  Rachel,  163. 
Mary  Selina,  152. 
Martha,  44,  277. 
Martha  Ann,  179. 
Martha  Frances,  231. 
Martha  Harvey,  162, 163. 
Martha  Jane,  147. 
Martha  WJmouth,  165. 
Matthew,  135,  253,  259. 
Matthew  Corey,  J  37. 
Matthew  Herbert,  137. 
Matilda,  153. 
Matilda  Caroline,  156. 
Melissa  Emma,  165. 
Micah,  211. 
Michael,  254,  261,  271. 
Michael  Calhoun  and  fam- 
ily, 272. 
Michael  S.,  272. 
Mildred,  224. 
Minnie,  225. 
Mlra  L.,  236. 
Mollle  Clarke,  162. 
Monroe,  155. 
Mortimoi  e,  226,  236. 
Nancy,  139, 153, 184. 187, 280. 
Nancy  Adeline,  289. 
Nancy  Freeman,  288. 

Nancy  Jane,  156. 

Nancy  Prudence,  289. 

Napoleon,  290. 

Nathaniel,  the  soldier,217. 

Nathaniel,  231, 

Dr.  Nathaniel,  2t7,223,  230. 

Nathaniel  T.,  154, 155. 

Nathaniel  Thompson,  157. 

Nellie  Grant,  163. 

Nellie  Hope,  113. 

Nellie  Irene,  236. 

Nellie  Russell,  235. 

Noah,  203. 

Olive,  283. 

Oliver,  123. 

Oscar,  225,  226. 

Oscar  Hause,  118. 

Oscar  Hulett,  101. 

Orman  Dutton,  101, 117. 

Otwav,  ^42. 

Parcells,  254. 

Patty,  214,  215. 

Pauline,  156. 

Peter,  170,  253,  255,  260. 

Peter  P.,  255,  260. 

Phebe  Ann,  225,  236. 

Phebe  Caroline,  139. 

Phebe  Jane,  225. 

Philip  Arthur,  104. 

Philip  Henry,  104. 

Philip  L.,  235. 

PoUv,  99,  110, 145,  256. 

Polly  May,  64. 

Rachel,  267. 

Rachel  R.,  134. 
Alison,  Rachel,  123. 


INDEX  OF   InAMES. 


Allison,  Ralph,  41.  I 

Rnlp'i  Dennlston,  281. 
Rebecca,  44,  153,  154,  167, 

217,  224,  2.56,  257,  287. 
Rebecca  of  Nova  Scotia, 
182,  183,  186. 
Rebecca  of  Ireland,  183. 
Rebecca  A.,  136. 
Rebecca  Elizabeth,  289. 
Rebecca  Rutledge,  168. 
Rebekah,  168. 
Redmond  D.,  236. 
(or  Elli.son),  Richard,  39. 
Richard,  150,  151,  240. 
Richard  of  Ohio,  217,  225. 
Dr.  Richard,  252. 
Major  Richard,  272,  28:. 
Col.  Richard,  144. 
Richard  of  New  York, 

209.  217,  225. 
Richard  F.,  22ii,  235. 
Richard  Monroe,  151. 
Richard  Preston,  152. 
RKhardson,  209,  211. 
Robert,  123,  127,   ;29,  135, 

142,  144,  145, 158,  161. 
Robert  of  Ireland,  138, 139, 

187,  188,  197. 
Robert  of  New  York,  242. 

243,  258,  254. 
Robert  of  Tennes.see,  288. 
Robert  of  California,  290. 
Robert  of  Ohio,  290. 
Robert  Allen,  167,  168. 
Robert  Clarke,  162. 
Robert  Cyru.s,  288. 
Robert  Franklin,  159. 
Robert  Hamilton,  162. 
Robert  Henry,  125,  288. 
Robert  Henderson,  136. 
Robert  HuKh,  152. 
Robert  Porter,  167. 
Robert  Washington, 

145-147. 
Robert  William,  147. 
Dr.  Robert  S.,  125. 
Rodney  Esbel,  101, 117. 
Roger  Oilman,  108. 
Roland  Hill,  101, 118, 119, 
Ro.\annah,  150,  151, 155. 
Roy  H.,  224. 
Rose  Striliing,  162. 
Rufus,  289. 
Ruth  Goodrich,  157. 
Ruth  Minerva,  147. 
Sadie  Persis,  113. 
Sally,  98, 110, 168. 
Sally  Anna,  226. 
Charter,  Samuel  of  Lon- 
donderry, N.  H.,  40, 
42-45. 
Capt.  Samuel,  of  London- 
deny,  N.  H.,  44,  45,  61, 
62. 
Samuel  of  Ohio,  85,   101, 

137,217,224. 
Samuel    of    Dunbarton, 

N.  H.,  63,  64. 
Samuel  of  Marlborough, 

N.  H.,  65. 
Sami'el,  9",  177,  178,  201, 

221,  22o,  2,53,  2.59,  267. 
Samuel  oi   Ireland,  138, 

183,  187,  196. 
Samuel  and  family,  2,56. 
Samuel  Cosgrove,  275. 
Samuel  Dunn,  162, 163. 
Samuel  Emmert,  224. 


Allison,  Samuel  Fred'k,  158. 
Samuel  George,  267. 
Samuel  L.,  192. 

Samuel  Leonard,  185, 192. 

Samuel  8.,  178. 

Sarah,  63,  65,  86, 122, 123, 
124,  146,  185,  223,  245, 
255,  265,  278. 

Sarah  Andrus,  281. 

Sarah  Ann,  92, 171, 172, 261, 
267,  288. 

Sarah  Caroline,  146,  289. 

Sarah  Catherine,  89. 

Sarah  E.,  135. 

Sarah  Ellen,  108. 

Sarah  Evans,  91. 

Sarah  Gertrude,  165. 

Sarah  Jane,  190,  261. 

Sarah  Koziah,  159. 

Sarah  M.,  176. 

Sarah  Maria,  146. 

Sarah  Stone,  94. 

Selinda,  155. 

Seth,  244. 

Silas  Young,  147. 

Simon,  99. 

Shelton  R.,  155. 

Solomon,  135. 

Stephen,  63,211. 

Stephen  Tozier,  105. 

Sukey  Prentice,  85. 

Susan,  107,  217,  224. 

Susan  Alice,  196. 

Susan  Elizabeth,  2C1. 

Susanna,  67. 

Susannah,  40,  45,  63,  172. 

Teresa,  238. 

Theophllus,  1.50, 159. 

Theophilus  W.,  159. 

Thomasin,  ^9. 

Thomas,  39,  40,  127.  144, 
145,  146,  1,50,  151,  153, 
154,  203,  204,  209,  211, 
243,  2,53,  255,  259,  267, 
272,  282. 

Thomas  Alexander,  150, 
151. 

Thomas  F.,  155. 

Thomas  Franklin,  147. 

Thomas  Hampton,  1,52. 

Thomas  Jefferson,  159. 

Thomas  John.ston  and 
family  of  Georgia,  150. 

Thomas  Johnston  and 
family  o,"  North  Car- 
olina, 147,  149. 

Thomas  Madison,  158. 

Thomas  Morrison,  201, 202. 

Thomas  Nixon,  174. 

Thomas  Stub!)s,  140. 

Thomas  Young,  159. 

Timothy  B.,  215. 

Tryphena,  193. 

Van  R.,  241. 

Vincent,  266. 

Vinnie,  236. 

Wade  Hampton,  152. 

Walto  Cu.shlng,  190. 

Waite  FLsher,  173. 

Walter,  174. 

Walter  Balfour,  103. 

Walter  Campbell,  118. 

Walter  Harris,  64,  88,  93, 
102. 

Walter  Irving,  106. 

Walter  Scott,  101. 

Walter  8mith,i265,  276. 

Wayne,  HI. 


INDEX  OF   NAMES. 


299 


(I'k,  158. 
!7. 

185, 192. 

122,  123, 
23,  245, 


172,261. 

18,  289. 
89. 


65. 
31. 


Allison,  WhitefleUl,  268. 

Wilbur  Earlp.  276. 

Willard  Sumner,  108. 

Willamena  B.,  264. 

William,  39,  40, 112,  127, 128, 
134,    141,    145,    146,    153, 
161,    171,    177,    181,   182, 
183,    185,    187,    189, 
241,  288. 


Anderson,  Richard,  215. 

Robert,  126. 

Gen.  Hubert,  140. 

Thomas,  123. 

Verne,  83. 

William  Allison,  140. 

William  Marshall,  140. 
240, 1  Andrews,  Mary,  138. 

Andrus,  Anna  Given,  280. 


05. 
15. 
4. 

261. 

83,  172. 

59. 
59. 

127,  144, 
151,  153, 
200,  211, 
259,  267, 

ler,  ISO, 


I,  147. 
n,  152. 
1,  159. 
>n     anJ 
gia.lRO. 
on    ami 
eth  Car- 

,  153. 

1, 201, 202. 

74. 

140. 

159. 


William  of  Ireland, 136,196. 1       Nelson,  280. 
William  of  Pennsylvania,  Annan,  Rev.  David,  80. 

139.  I        Mary,  80. 

William  of  New  York,  215,:Ansell,  Georpianna,  68. 

252,  254.  i  Anthony,  C.  L.,  227. 

William  of  California,  266.1  Antill,  Alice,  244. 


152. 
90. 


103. 

I,  U6. 

54,  88,  93, 

16. 

5,  276. 


William  of  Windsor,  40 

Vrllllam  of  New  Bruns- 
wick, 201. 

William  of  :'-■  itucky,  175 

Gen.  William,  209,  210. 

William  Andrew,  162. 

Hon.  William  3.,  126,  129 
134. 

William  Beattie,  161,  162. 

William  Blecklev,  104. 

William  Dana,  287. 

William  Davidson,  64,  87. 

William  Edward,  186. 

William  Elmer,  159. 

William  Francis,  87,  204. 

William  Qentll  an(l  fam- 
ily, 272. 

William  H.,  153,  155. 

William  H.  H.,  157. 

William  Henry,  91,  99, 104, 
107,  112,  191, 269,  279. 

William  I.,  241. 

William  Jefferson,  158. 

William  L.,  135, 178. 

William  Lafayette,  159. 

William    Lewis,   224,   234, 
235. 

William  M.,  146,  147. 

William  Noah,  203,  204. 

William  Orman,  118. 

William  Outi.s,  280,  283. 

William  P.,  178. 

Willinm  Richard,  197. 

William  Roe,  224. 

William  Soammell,  190. 

William  Sheldon,  206. 

William  Thsophilus,  160. 

William  White,  162,  163. 

Winthrop,  272. 

Winthrop  Snrpent,  190. 

Zllpha  Catherine,  158. 
Alliston,  Frank,  241. 

John,  40. 
Almon,  Eleanor,  186. 

Frank,  186. 

Louis,  186. 

Mather,  186. 

Mather  Boyle,  186. 

Muriel,  188. 

Percey,  18«. 

Ravenal,  186. 
Alter,  Joseph,  149. 
Ames,  Eleanor  H.,  220. 

Henry  O.,  220. 

William  Heury,  220. 
Anderson,  David  Catlin,  110. 

Duncan  McArthur,  140. 

Frank,  138. 

Harry  R.,  1 10. 

Dea.  Horace,  48. 

Dea.  Jesse,  61. 

Josiah,  215. 

Mary  Jane,  126. 


Lewis,  244 
Armitage,  Benjamin,  123. 

Hannah,  123.    - 

James,  123. 

Mary,  123. 

Thomas,  i!49. 

Mrs.  Margaret  D.,  51. 

John,  51. 
Armstrong,  Elizabeth,  74. 

George  F.,  43. 

John  A.,  71. 

John  D.  and  family,  74. 

William  H.  and  family,  74. 
Arnold,  Seymour  M.,  75. 
AsHBiTRY,  Howard  Elmer,  220. 

Ida  Virginia,  220. 

Joseph  Martin,  220. 

Lillle  Ruth,  220. 

Marian  Elmer,  220. 

Nettie  Stewart,  220. 
Atkinson,  Elizabeth,  108. 
Atwood,  Albert,  73. 

Alvina,  73. 

Ann  Elizabeth,  75. 

Anno  Sargent,  191. 

Catherine  McAfee,  75. 

Charles  (}.,  75. 

Charles  F.,  75. 

DeLlsle  and  family,  75. 

Fred  M.  and  famllv,  75. 

Harriet,  74. 

Martha  J.  M.,  74. 

Sarah  D.,  74. 

Susan  H.,  74. 

Thomas,  74. 

Warren  W.,  191. 
AuGSBERRY,  Ocorgo  Wllson 

and  family,  109. 
Austin,  Susan,  105. 
AusTON,  Minerva,  262. 
Ayres,  .John  Preston,  182. 

Mars-  Jane,  182. 
Axtei.l,  Silas  H.,  218. 

M 

Babbitt,  William  C,  49. 
BAntocK,  Sophia  B.,  69. 
BACoy,  Charles,  102 
iBaogette,  Colic,  152. 
Bailey,  Charlotte,  228. 

Col.  Jonathan,  226. 

Hon.  Lawrence  D.,  32. 

Miles  M.,  l')l. 
Baise,  Robert,  156. 
Bakkk,  Charles,  74. 

Charles  A.   and   famllv, 
74,  75. 

James  D.,  289. 

Laura  R.,  74. 

Sally,  103. 

Sarah  J.,  83. 

Susan  J.,  74. 
Balch,  James  A.,  289. 


Banta,  Adella  H.,  48. 
Barbour,  Cora,  172. 

Howard  O.,  172. 

William  and  family,  60. 
Bardslby,  Charles  W,,  2. 
Barker,  Jeduthan,  95. 

Leroy  A.,  51. 

Sally,  95. 
Barlow,  George,  247. 

William  and  family,  258. 
Barnard,    George    F.    and 

family,  70. 
Barnes,  Harriet  D.,  57. 
Baknett,  Annis,  106. 
Barnet,  Moses,  45. 
Barr,  Jane,  88. 

Molly,  63. 
Barrows,  Martha,  83. 

Whitney  Williams,  289. 
Barss,  Jo.seph,  192. 

Sophia,  192. 
3ARTLBTT,  Gcorge  F.,  69. 
Barton,  William,  243. 
Bass,  Dorothy,  93. 

Lewis  and  family,  59. 
Basset,  Emma,  113. 
Bastie,  Jane,  158. 
Batcheldeh,  Hazcn,  105. 

-Malinda  W.,  105. 
Bateman,  James  Blair,  102. 
Bates,  Cora  I.,  58. 
Battey,  Emma  Clara,  272. 
Beach,  Bloomtleld  J.,  82. 

H.  0.,221. 

John  B.,  82. 

Pamellfl,86. 
Bean,  William,  52. 
Bbaho,  Rebecca,  135. 
Bkardsley,     Ezra    E.    and 

famllv,  84. 
Beattie,  William,  IBl. 
Bedell,  Charles  C.  and  fam- 
ily, 219. 
Beers,  J.  B.,  247. 
Beggs,  Eliza,  186. 
Bell,  Hon.  Charles  H.,  9. 

Hon.  Hugh,  185,  188. 

John  Allison,  189. 

Joseph,  189. 

Rachel,  224. 

.Sarah,  189. 
Bennett,  Ann  W.,  55. 

Elizabeth,  58. 

Jane,  184. 

Josepli,  184. 

Mr.,  189. 

Martha,  184. 

Rev.  William,  183. 

William  and  family,  184, 
1H9. 
Berryhill,  Samuel,  287. 
Benson,  Elizabeth,  253. 

Martha,  2.'>3. 
BiCKFoan,  Martha  M.,  266. 

Samuel   Richanlson  and 
family,  80. 
Binns,  James,  197. 
BI88ELL,  Ca:)t.  Frank  M.  and 

family,  80. 
BiXBY,  Luthcria,  100. 
Blaok,  Nancy,  168. 
Blanchard,  Dr.  Andrew  D., 
54. 

Annie  Rea,  54. 

Denman  and  family,  .54. 

Lucy  Stanwood,  5-1. 

Mary  Anna,  54. 
Blaney,  Mary  B.,  49, 


hi 


^i 


I 


1':.       I 

Its       i) 


It    ;.f!'f 


300 


Blood,  Franklin  F.,  49. 
Bloomer,  Eliz.a,  79. 
Blauvelt,  Elizabeth,  280. 

Saniael  C.and  family,  261. 
BoDEN,  Frederick  E.,  56. 
Booos,  Charles,  191. 

Jane,  194. 
BoLiN,  Eva  C,  49. 
BoLLES,  Dameral,  117. 
BoNSARD,  Mary  Ansel,  194. 
Booth,  Emmuretta,  276. 
Borland,  Adallne,  218. 
BoTHEROE,  Ellen,  236. 
BosTwicK,  Mr.,  25-1. 
BoTSFORD,  Hon.  Amos  E.,  193. 

Blair,  193. 
BouRK,  Eleiiar,  103. 

Hattie  Evelyn,  103. 
BowLBY,  Georj^le,  266. 
Bowman,  Eliza  Tarleton,  72. 

Jennie,  70. 
Bradley,  Marcella  E.,  7.5. 
Bradner,  Marsaret,  209. 
Brainard,  Austin,  92. 
Brame,  Alexander,  288. 

Leila,  289. 

Robert  Alli-son,  289. 

William  Alexander,  289. 
Brandon,  Charles,  139. 

Juliana,  139. 
Bray,  Hannah,  242. 
Breeztj,  Samuel,  264. 
Brent,  William  P.  and  f.im- 

Uy,  70. 
Brewster,  Eleanor,  196. 

Hannah, 2m. 

Jonas,  26!,. 

William,  196. 
Brickett,  "-Uizabeth,  126. 
Bridgman,    Lewis     L.    and 

family,  54. 
Brigos,  Frank  A.,  140. 

Hon.  James  F.,  140. 
Broadhead,  John  Romeyer, 

241. 
Bronson,  Mary,  64. 

Marv  Jaokson,  92. 

Nancy,  214. 

Sarah,  64. 

Sarah  Carter,  89. 

Susannah,  211. 
Brooks,  Abigail,  225. 

Abby,  215. 

Amy  Ann ,  215. 

Eldridge.  215. 

Eliphalet,  215. 

Elizabeth  K.,  76. 

Emeline,  215. 

James,  215. 

Justus,  215. 

Phebo,  215. 
Bross,  Alli.-*()u,  205. 

Charles  Allison,  204. 

David  Colton,  204. 

George  Adrian,  204. 

John  Lane,  204. 

Richard  Shorter,  205. 

Robert,  204. 

William  H.,  204. 
Brown,  Arthur,  243. 

Charles,  203. 

Dexter,  ;06. 

Eunice,  79. 

Hadasi^ah  i.'.,  231. 

Henrv,  206. 

J.,  136. 

Lizzie,  158. 

Mr.,  217. 


INDEX   OF  NAMES. 


Brown,  Mary  Amelia,  91, 101. 

Mary  Ann  Sheldon,  206. 

Mary  Frances,  66. 

0.4car  and  family,  71. 

Dea.  Philip,  104. 

Robert,  193. 
Bruce,  Joel,  82. 
Bryant,  John  H.,  101., 
Buck,  Dora,  96. 

Estella  Amanda,  9C. 

Hershel  W.,  98. 

William  N.,  96. 
Buckalew,  Martha,  245. 
BucKBiE,  Andrew,  262. 

Harriet  Matilda,  262. 

Jacob  William,  262. 

Josephine,  282. 

Rebecca  Ann,  262. 
BucKSBEE,  Sarah,  214. 
Buckley,  Frederick,  205. 
BUCKMAN,  H.  H.,  168. 
BuRLEY,  Harriet,  93. 
Burns,  Mary,  269. 
Bush,  Laura  B.,  49. 
BusHNELL,  Nathan,  57. 
BusKisK,  Lsaac  V.,  171. 
Butler,  Sophronia  Cole,  114. 

C 

Caldwell,  Mrs.  Alice  (Polk), 
182. 

Andrew,  271. 

Annie,  137. 

Rev.  Cyrus  K.,  146. 

Rebecca,  181. 
Calhoun,  Alfred  M.,  271. 

Andrew,  271. 

Harriet  M.,  271. 
Camp,  David,  226. 
Campbell,  Hannah,  115. 

James,  156. 

Rev.  More,  186. 

Peter  F.,  279. 

Samuel,  115. 

Thomas  B.,  193. 

William,  193. 
Carlyle,  Thomas,  8. 
Cab.man,  Levi  and  descend- 
ants, 262. 
Carpenter,  Ann  Walker,  98. 

Benjamin,  210. 

Richard  Allison,  210. 
Cabr,  Margaret,  100, 196. 

Sir  Robert,  241. 
Carson,  Harriet,  134. 
Carter,  Anna,  13). 

Sarah,  142. 
Case,  Amy,  240. 

George,  81. 
Cassida,  Sarah,  262. 
Caswell,  Henry,  40. 

Susannali,  40. 
Carvillk,  Or.,  89. 
Cathev,  Margaret  Ann,  289. 
(Javin,  Asenath,  159. 
Chadwick,  Sarali  F.,  67. 
CHA.MBERS.  Carrie,  190. 

Franl<.  l.W. 

Hugh  and  family,  189. 

John,  1.53. 

Joseph,  153. 
Chapman,  Cah  In,  «1. 

(U'orge  and  fandly,  73. 
Chappklli;,  Susie  L.,  96. 
Chandlek.  George  H.,  71. 
Chase,  Benjariiu  Kimball,  82. 

Sarah,  93, 


Cheney,  Leonora,  1    . 
Christie,  Betty,  61. 

James  C.  and  family,   1, 
CuuNN,  Bettie  Crawford, 
149. 

William,  149. 
Chute,  Fanny  Matilda,  189. 
Clarke,  Andi'ew  J.,  162. 

Edward  Gove,  90. 

Elizabeth,  174,  2t>7. 

George,  97. 

Jane,  180. 

Jeanette,  90. 

Laura  A.,  71. 

Madge  M.,  97. 

Mary,  162. 

Nancy,  98. 

Rebecca  Jane,  162. 

Robert,  162. 

William,  287. 
Claycomb,  William,  155. 
Clement,  Nathaniel  Holmes 
and  family,  78. 

Col.  Zenas,  78. 
Clough,  Clarissa  M.,  75. 
Clyde,  Rev.  John  C,  121. 
Cochran,  Emily  Jane,  58. 

James  and  family,  50. 

Dea.  Jonathan,  58. 

Judge  Silas  Morris,  68. 
Cochrane,  Rev.  Warren  R., 

12. 

CoE,  Benjamin  and  family, 

259 

Dr.  David,  109. 

Matthias,  259. 

John,  249. 

Peter,  267. 

Robert,  249. 

Sarah,  267. 
Coffee,  Elizalieth,  153. 
Coffin,  Daniel  Morrison  and 
family,  281. 

Florence,  192. 

Marietta,  2iM. 

William,  184. 
CooHiLL,  Alice  Beaty,  95. 
Cogswell,  Edward,  193. 

Maria,  193. 

Mary,  186. 

Mary  A.,  193, 195. 

Nancy,  193. 

Oliver,  186,  193, 195. 

Rebecca,  193. 

Robert,  193. 

Sarah,  193. 
CoHooN,  Samuel  F.,  200. 
Colby,  Ada  Dow,  66. 

Sophia,  57. 
Golden,  Alice,  244. 

Cadwaliader,  246. 

Elizabeth,  244. 

Thomas  Ellison,  244. 
Cole,  Rev.  David,  238,  247. 
Coleman,  Annie  L.,  58. 
Collicy,  rt.nn  J.  D.,  73. 
Collins,  Benjamin,  256. 
CoLTON,  Eliza,  201. 
Comstock,  Hon.  George  F., 

286. 
Cone,  Ida,  288. 

Marietta  Ellon,  288. 

George  Washington,  288. 
CoNKLiN,  (ieorge  R.,  221. 

John,  214. 
Conn,  Joseph,  187. 
Connors,  David,  77. 
CoNovER,  James,  255. 


INDEX  OF   NAMES. 


301 


Cook,  Hnnnah  R.,  226,  235. 

Joslah,  119. 

Rev.  Martin  E.,  119. 

Mr.s.  Nannett  (Martin), 
157. 

Thentlosla,  118. 

William  G.,  140. 
Cooper,  John  and  family,  60. 
CoPELAND,  Anna  Harris,  102. 

Luther  Joslali,  102. 
Corey,  Anna,  1.37. 

(  apt.  Matthew,  137. 
Cornell,  Mr.,  81. 
Corning,  Alblan  James  and 
family,  55. 

Oilman,  55. 
CosoHovE,  Abraham,  258. 

Abraham   and  descend- 
ants, 263. 

Amelia,  258. 

Catherine,  274. 

Catherine  Ann,  258. 

Charlotte,  259. 

ChrLstopher,  257. 

Hannah,  258. 

Henrietta,  258. 

Jane  Eliza,  258,  274. 

John,  258. 

Joseph,  258,  264. 

Joseph  anil  family,  264. 

Marjjaret,  258. 

Mary,  258. 

Samuel,  2.58. 

Wllhelmina,  258. 

William,  258. 
CouHTER,  Ida  L.,  230. 
Cowan,  Daidee,  52. 
CowEN,  Fred  H.,  75. 
Cox,  Sarah,  128. 
Craio,  James,  163. 
Craioe,  Annie,  148. 

David,  45. 
Crane,  Florence  Binney,  102. 

Helen  M.,  119. 

John  N.,  183. 

Col.  Jonathan,  182,  183. 

Rev.  Lorlng,  102. 

Ruth,  193. 

Silas,  183. 

William,  183,  193. 
Crawford,  Joseph,  156. 

Rev.  Thaddeus  C,  151. 
Crom,  Dick,  252. 
Crooke,  John,  244,  246. 

Rev.  Mr.,  202. 

Margaret,  244. 
Crossfield,  Emily  M.,  80. 
Crow,  David  J.,  230. 

Sarah  J.,  230. 
CuowLEV,  Sidney,  193. 
Culver,  David,  64. 

Eliza,  64. 
CuRRAN,  John  P.,  138. 

Lvdla,  138. 

Susan  M.,  197. 
Currier,  Joseph,  51. 

Lavlnia,  104. 
Curtis,  Abner,  97. 

Emma  W.,  lOl. 

George  Hcnrv,  104. 

Lizzie  A.,  58. 

Melis.sa,  97. 
Cutler,  Dorothy  Evans,  86. 

Edward  Jones,  47. 

Emeline  W.,83. 

Henry  Arthur,  47. 

Hep.slbeth,  8)1. 
Cutler,  John,  83. 


Cutler,  Lucius  A.,  84. 

Nathaniel,  83. 
CuYPER,  Cornelius  C,  252. 

Mr.,  252. 

I> 

Dallas,  Catherine  Chew,  125. 
Dallinson.  Martha,  215. 
Damon,  lidward  A.,  79. 

Edward  Orne,  79. 

Henrietta  Frances,  79. 
Dana,    Mrs.    Katherlne 
(Floyd),  281. 

William  B.,  284. 
Dane,  Clara  Jane,  94. 

William,  94. 
Danielson,  Mrs.  D.  J.,  103. 
Darr,  Anna  Eva,  112. 
Darracott,  Bessie,  113. 

Jane,  99. 

Sarah  Jane,  113. 

William,  99, 113. 
Davant,  Carrie,  148. 
Davenport,  Georgiana,  74. 
Davidson,  Rev.  William,  45. 
Davis,  Elnathan  H.;vne,  151. 

Benjamin,  216. 

Grace,  215. 

Jane  A.,  236. 

Mary,  212,  216. 
Day.  Charles,  60. 

Mary,  219. 
Dearborn,  Damon  G.,  52. 
DeForkest,  Abbie,  72. 
DeOrouqh,  Mr.,  252. 
DeKay,  Julia  Ann,  218,  228. 
DeLashmutt,  Eliza  B.,  49. 
Demorest,  Joseph  and  fam- 
ily, 259. 
Denison,   Rev.    Lorenzo  N. 

and  family,  265. 
Denniston,  Marj'  C.,  280. 
Denton,  Mr.,  215. 

Rev.  Richard,  247,  249. 
DePew,  Jane,  266. 
Dkwey,  Laura,  224. 
DeWitt,   Charlotte   Louise, 

278. 
Dickey,  George,  82. 
Dickinson,  Alice  Mary,  97. 

Clarence  and  family,  97. 

Gustavus  D.,234. 

Roy  Verne,  97. 
Dickson,  Abbie,  186. 
DiNSMOOR,  Aurelia  J.,  48. 

Betsey,  47. 

Clarissa,  47. 

E<lwiuOrville,  48. 

Lsaiah  and  family,  63. 

James,  47. 

.Jennett,  47. 

Martha  Amanda,  48. 

R^ibert,  11. 

Robert  Boyd,  51. 

Samuel  Morrison,  48. 

Theodora  B.,  48. 

l>ea.  Theodore,  48. 

William,  47. 
Divers,  Emma,  230. 

George  E.,  '230. 

Jonas  E.,  230. 
Dixon,  Abraham  Edwin,  98. 

Charles,  19.). 

Kltz  Eugene,  125. 

-Mary  B.,  125. 

Sarah,  193. 

Sophia  Dallas,  12S. 


Dixon,  Thomas,  125. 
DoANE,  Arthur  W.,  191, 192. 

Elizabeth  Mary,  192. 

Elizabeth  Whidden,  187. 

Fanny  Sargent,  192. 

Frances  Augusta,  192. 

Herbert  Lander,  192. 

James  H.,  192. 

John  Wlnthrop,  192. 

Joseph,  192. 

Joseph  A.,  191. 

Julia,  191. 

Mary  Sargent,  192. 

Robert  Duncan,  192. 

Sarah,  192. 

Capt.  Seth  C,  191. 

William  Avard.  192. 
DoBV,  Charlotte  Temple,  151. 
DoDCK,  Harriet  Adaline,  172 

Belinda,  52. 

Darius,  172. 

Rev.  J.  W.  A., '205. 

Sarah,  103. 
Do.vEGAN,  Anne,  53. 
Doolittle,  Alfred,  118. 

Elmer  Allison.  118. 

Erniie,  118. 
DoRLAND,  Martha,  245. 
Doty,  Florence,  219. 
Dougherty,     William    and 

family,  84. 
Doi'OLAss,  Ann,  255. 

Ellen,  •238, 
Dow,  Abel  and  family,  55. 

Alva  and  family,  65. 

Amos  and  family,  58. 

Asa  anil  family,  58. 

Betsey,  ,5.5. 

Gilman  C,  55. 

Hannah,  55. 

Jessb  E.,  103. 

Julia  Augusta,  103. 

Lucinda,  55. 

Nancv  Betton,  .'55. 

Phllona,  55. 

Robert  aiiil  family,  55. 
Downing,  Frank  Allison,  226. 

Margaret,  123. 

Thomas  J.,  225. 
Downs,  William,  '204. 
Dove,  Elizabeth,  288. 
Drake,  F.  D.,  236. 
Drown,  Alvin  Farlss,  100. 

William,  100. 
Drucker,  Susan  E.,  73. 
Dryden,  Harriet  E.,  '289. 

Jonathan,  288. 
Dubois,  Charles,  262. 

Jonas,  2.'')9. 
Dunn,  William,  212, 
DuRALL,  Elizabeth,  289. 
Dusett,  Fred  B.  and  familv, 
68. 
Di'STAN,  Calista,  82. 
DvER,  Mary  B.,  57. 
Dvsaut,  Thomas,  155. 


Eades,  Willi.;...  a.,  205. 
Eameh,  Mary  H.,  73. 
Earl,  Mrs,,  '255. 
Eahle,  Eurldice,  52. 
Eastman,  Emma  S.,  92. 
Easton,  Harrli't  A.,  176. 
Eaton,  Roswell  and  family, 

108. 
Edminstep.,  Hannah,  108. 
Edmunds,  JohniA'.,  282. 


802 


INDEX   OF   NAMES. 


' 


I    , 


U      f 


Edwards,  Ella  C,  68. 
Edsall,  Mr.,  208. 
EoLE,  William  H,.  121. 
EiCK,  AlILson  A.,  172. 

George  Franci.';,  172. 

Sarah  Elizabeth,  172. 

Wlllam  MiUon,  172. 
EiSENBURo,  Hannah,  173. 
Ela,  Enoch,  88. 
Elder,  f  rance.«,  137. 

John  and  family,  185. 

Margaret,  190. 

Matthew,  190. 

Rachel,  123. 
Elkin,  Rev.  John,  137. 
Ellington,  John,  247,248,250. 
Ellis,  CheiUer  F.and  family, 
52. 
Ellison,  Amo.s,  244. 

(or  Allison),  Andrew,  40. 

.\nna,  244. 

Artama.sia,  157. 

Christopher,  245. 

Cuthbert,  245. 

Daniel,  241,  251. 

Ebenezer,  120. 

Eleanor,  243,  248. 

Elizabeth,  244,  245. 

Ellen,  41. 

Enoch.  243. 

Experience,  39,  249. 

Francis,  241. 

Freelove,  245. 

Gabriel,  216. 

George,  41. 

Grace,  249. 

Hannah,  39,  244,  245. 

James,  245. 

John,  39,  41,  242-250. 

Joseph,  120,  243,  244,  246. 

Lawrence,  39,  247,  248. 

Lewis,  245. 

Margaret,  244,  246. 

Martha,  244. 

Mary,  39,  119,  243,  245,  248. 

Rachel,  245,  249. 

Richard,  39,  120,  241,  245, 
249,  250,  251. 

Rebecca,  244. 

Samuel,  249,  250. 

Sarah,  3. 

Seth,  245. 

Thamasin,  248. 

Thoma-s,  39,  242-246,  248- 
250. 

Thomaain,  39. 

William,  41,  243-246. 
Ells,  Anna,  192. 
Elmer,  Alfred,  212. 

Antoinette,  228. 

Bertha  Adaline,  219. 

Carrie  Ford,  219. 

Catherine  Maria,  218. 

Charles  Howard,  237. 

Charles  K.,  228. 

Charles  Lewis,  219. 

Edward,  213. 

Edwin  Stewart,  219. 

Ettle  Mnv,  219. 

Ella  Eugenie,  219. 

Ella  Maria,  219. 

Emma  Adaline,  219. 

Emmu  Bartlett,  220. 

Emmett,  228. 

Frances  Matilda,  218. 

Frank,  219. 

Frank  Ruth,  219. 

Florence  L.,  219. 


Elmer,  George  Hizby,  219. 

Grace,  228. 

Henry  S.,  228. 

Henry  DeLancy,  218,  228. 

Horace.  213,  218. 

Howard,  227. 

Ida  F.,  220. 

Isabel,  228. 

James  Floyd,  218. 

James  Horace,  218. 

John,  228. 

John  Carpenter,  220. 

Jonathan,  213. 

Jo.sephine,  228. 

Julia  A.,  218,  228. 

Lewis,  219. 

Lewis  Stewart,  219. 

Lida  Hizby,  219. 

Louisa  B.,  220. 

Lulu  Grace,  219. 

Luther  Stewart,  220. 

Marv,  227. 

Mary  Etta,  219. 

Marv  Florence,  219. 

Marv  K.,  228. 

Micah  Allifson,  213,  218. 

Minnie  Florence,  219. 

Morgan  Shuit,  228. 

Rev.  Nathaniel,  218,  228. 

Oscar,  228. 

O.scar  Henry,  221. 

Percy  W.,  219. 

Rena  Viola,  219. 

Richard  Allison,  218,  226, 
236,  237. 

Robert  France,  237. 

Samuel,  213. 

Sarah,  218. 

Sarah  Elizabeth,  220. 

Sarah  Lizzie,  229. 

Sarah  Maria,  213,  220. 

Stephen  Allison,  213. 

Susan  Maria,  219. 

Teresa  Amelia,  218,  231, 
232. 

Thomas  Jefferson,  219. 

Virginia  T.,  220. 

Walter  Floyd,  219. 

Dr.  William,  211,  213. 

William  Addison,  219. 

Dr.  William  Stewart,  218, 
219. 

William  Wallace,  228. 
Elmore,  Samuel  E.,  213. 
Emery,  Betsey,  61. 

Clarissa  E.,  69. 
Emmonh,  James  C,  231. 
England,  Ruth  A.,  124. 
Ebskine,  William,  142. 
Erwin,  Mr.,  140. 

Margaret,  287. 

Mary  Ann,  288. 

William,  287. 
EsTABROOK,  Eliza,  93. 
EsTEN,  Mary,  206. 
Evans,  Andrew  Allison,  93. 

Asa,  93. 

Sirs.  Betsey,  63. 

Eliza,  1.56. 

Lewis  F.,  156. 

Samuel,  64,  93. 

Su.san,  Carleton,  93. 

Isabella,  289. 

F 
Fairdanks,  Alice  Heath,  !>6. 
Farley,  Charles  P.  ai.d  fam- 
ily, 72. 


Farley,  Sophronia  A.,  72. 
Farr,  Henry,  147. 
Favor,  Elizabeth,  92. 
Fay,  Luther,  61. 
Felter,  David,  222. 

Emeline,  268. 
Ferguson,  Lavina,  217. 

Robert,  1. 
Ferris,  Edward  Myron,  87. 
Ferry,  Thomas,  155. 
Fewell,  Mason,  289. 
FiFiELD,  D.  E.,49. 
Finch,  Catherine,  233. 

Elizabeth,  243. 
Fish,  Almira  Weston,  101. 

David,  101. 
Fisher,  J.,  147. 

Jane,  170. 

Maria,  76. 
Fitch,  James  B.,  193. 
Flemmino,  Eleanor,  197. 

Jane,  187. 

Joseph,  187. 

Mary,  180. 
Fletcher,  Edmund  Abbott, 
86. 

Eugene     Bronsor      and 
family,  93. 

Jefferson,  86. 

Mr.,  87. 

Mary  Louise,  88. 

Rollen,  92. 

Sarah  Jane,  8b. 

Gov.  Thomas  C,  80. 
Flinn,  Thomas  and  family^ 

265. 
Flint,  Lena  S.,  264. 

Orline  M.,  76. 
Floyd,  A.  C,  12. 

Elizabeth,  245. 

John  G.,  285. 

Mary,  246. 
Foard,  Caroline,  149. 
FoisE,  Evangeline,  81. 
FOLLANSBEE,  Edith  A.,  59. 
Forbes,  Martha  A.  B.,  57. 

Capt.  William  J.,  113. 
Ford,  Emeline  C,  221. 

Caroline,  229. 

John  O.,  221. 

Rev.  John,  229. 

Mahlon,  220. 

Mary  E.,  221. 

Newton  H.,  221. 

William  Elmer,  221. 

Selma  M..221. 
Fordham,  John,  249. 
Fork.man,  William  F.,  156. 
Foster,  Adelaide  I'.liza,  92. 

Lerov  Allison  and  fam- 
ily, 92. 

Martha  Ann,  172. 

Newell  Abbott,  92. 
Fowler,  Denton,  281. 

Sarah,  281. 
Fox,  Nathaniel  M.  and  fam- 
ily, 48. 

William  Allison,  48. 
France,  J.  F.,  237. 

Sarah,  237. 
Eraser,  Dr.  D.  B.,  188. 

Mary,  194. 
Fueem.vn,  Archibald  Allison, 
193. 

Emma,  193. 

Janet,  193. 

Maurice  Urban,  193. 

Reuben,  287. 


,87. 


II. 


bott, 

86. 
and 


mlly. 


6. 

92. 

fam- 


t&m- 


ison, 
193. 


INDEX  OF   NAMES. 

303 

Freeman,  William  H.,  193.      ] 

Giles,  Esther,  164. 

Qutterson,  SimonWaldo,l03. 

French,  Francis,  57.                 1 

Gill,  John  B.,  152. 

Georife  M.,  73.                      | 

Gilleland,  Jane,  171. 

M 

Henry  Allison  and  fam- 

Gillespie, Mr.,  146. 

Hackett,  Burton  Corbln,  71. 

ily,  90. 
Rev.  Henry  S.  G.,  89. 

Qillbtt,  Jerome  Delmarand 

Frank  Day,  71. 

family,  275. 

Levi  S.,  71. 

Hugh  R.,  73. 

Gilliam,  George  W.,  162. 

Hadley,  Walter,  176. 

Ijeon  F.,  73. 

Oilman,  Abijah,  93. 

Hadnut,  Dr.  Frank  P.,  235. 

Lizzie  E.,  73. 

Charles  Edwin,  93. 

Hale,  Kate  R.,  79. 

Fritcher,  James,  227.               1 

Dr.  Mary  Ellen,  93. 

Seth  W.,  79. 

Frith,  ClarLssa  Adell,  134.       : 

GiLMORE,  Helen  F.,  76. 

Hall,  Hon.  Augustus,  141. 

Frost,  Alfred    Clinton    and  ; 

Gleason,  (tainaliel,  71. 

Charles,  88. 

family,  66. 

Helen,  sw. 

Charles  A.,  89. 

Caroline  Lydla,  98. 

GoDDARD,  Beriah,  244. 

Charles  Wells  and  family. 

Charles  Mason,  66. 

Goffe,  Maxie,  158. 

89. 

Helen  Elylra,  98. 

Susan,  1,'>8. 

uanlel,  64,  88. 

James  Edwin,  98. 

GooDNER,  Judtre,  288. 
Goodrich,  Elijah,  1IS5. 

Frederick,  89. 

Jame.s  Trussell,  98. 

Harris  Allison,  88. 

Sarah,  48. 

Nathaniel,  155. 

Harris  Jesse,  83. 

Silas  Pierce,  66. 

Ruth,  155. 

Ira  W.,  23-5,  236. 

Stephen,  290. 

Wiilter     Clarence      and 

Gordon,  Maria,  117. 

Jane  B.,  88. 

Gould,  Norman  G.,  61. 

Margaret  E.,  89. 

family,  66.                      | 

Gove,  Annie,  72. 

Maria  A.,  88. 

Fuller,  Ella  L.  S.,  76. 

Edward   and   family,  68, 

Mary  Jane,  88. 

Fui.MER,  George,  263. 

69. 

Mary  Louise,  88. 

Furman,  Nathan,  217. 

Graham,  Jo.'seph,  145. 

McGregor,  89. 

Mary,  240. 

Robert,  89. 

a 

Sarah,  145. 

Urick  A.,  82. 

Gage,  Annie  (iertrude,  70. 

Widow,  145. 

William,  89. 

Aaron  Q.  and  family,  70. 

Hon.  William  A.,  145. 

William  Harris,  89. 

Caroline  A.,  68. 

Grater,  Elizabeth,  173. 

Halliburton,  Margaret,  214. 

Carrie  A.,  70. 

Graves,  Boyd,  116. 

Hallock,  DeWitt,  215. 

Daniel,  70. 

Carl,  116. 

Jo.sephine,  215. 

Mary  Jane,  70. 

Harry,  117. 

Judge,  215. 

William  C,  70. 

Harvey,  116. 

Ham,  Addle,  263. 

William  H.,  67. 

Mira  Alma,  114. 

Hamer,  Su.san,  265. 

Gale,  Abram,  211. 

Rose,  116. 

Hamilton,  Annie,  94. 

Mr.,  214.                                   %i 

Want,  116. 

Hammauer,  William,  135. 

Sabrlna  E.,  r>2. 

Gray,  .-Vlpheus,  70. 

Hampton,  Elizabeth  C,  151. 

Gallagher,  Ricliey,  139. 

Rebecca,  44,  45. 

Henry,  152. 

William,  139. 

Robert,  44. 

Henry  Gray,  161. 

Gallishan,  George  K.   W., 

Greeley,  Celesta,  89. 

Thomas,  152. 

108. 

Ellen  Dana,  47. 

Hancher,  Elba,  234. 

Mary  Little,  93,  108. 

Frederick  T.,  47. 

Harding,  Alice,  182, 185. 
Israel,  182,  185. 

Garbet,  John,  108. 

Joseph,  47. 

Mary,  93,  lOH. 

J.  Thornton,  47. 

IlARi,.  William,  194. 

Qabdneh,  Carrie  C,  265. 

Katherlne  Morrison,  47. 

Harmon,  Charles  A.,  112. 

Carrie  A.,  265. 

Varnuni,  89. 

DeWitt  Clinton,  112. 

Elizabeth  Amelia,  232. 

(JREEN,  Emily,  58. 

Ella  J.,  112. 

James  H.,  26J. 

Frost  S.,  258. 

George  Allison,  112. 

John,  44,  217. 

Henry  C.  and  family,  74. 

Herbert  Edgar,  112. 

Samuel,  232. 

William,  176. 

Jacob  Ellis,  99,  112. 

Wllhelmina,  265. 

William  H.,  2.33. 

Miss,  1,58. 

Garner,  Henry,  260. 

Gkbbnslit,  Lucius,  .'50. 

Harrington,  Lucia,  152. 

Garnier,  S.,  47. 

Harris,  Frank  R.,  108 

Garnet,  Elizabeth,  166. 

Mary,  97. 

George  and  famil    ,  224. 

Garrebrant,  Margaret,  246. 

Thomas,  97. 

Mary  Rebecca,  93. 

Gates,  General,  68. 

Greer,  Mary,  103. 

Thomas  I..  189. 

Samuel,  83. 
Sybil  Eliza,  83. 

Oreog,  Sarah  R.,  r,9. 

Harrison,  Nalhaniel,  240. 

GUKY,  Ann,  2,'»,  267. 

Hart,  Cinthia,  166. 

G.atzmer,  Frederick  Ernest, 

Oriffitts,  John  and  family. 

Jmtus,  ififi,  176. 

140. 

96. 

'Haiii  1,  Hebecji  Sunders,  151. 

Henry  Siglsmund,  140. 

Grioo,  .\melia  S.,  T)". 

H.-iKTWui  1.,  Hasiuei  and  fam- 

Gidnev, Hon.  David  F.,  237. 

(iniGos  .lohu,  245. 

il  v,  ,50. 

Oentil,  Su.san,  271. 

Grimes,  Thomas  W.,  289. 

Harvev,  Marion,  1.18 

Gettvs,  Sarah,  124. 

Guernsey,  James,  256. 

Martha.  162. 

GiBBs,  Amelia  Ann,  HO. 

Guilford,  Dr.,  89. 

Martin,  l.W. 

Carrie  Elizalieth,  HI. 

Robert,  89 

Haseltine,  Cha"  ■  s  L.,  47. 

Eilward,  111. 

Oupi'v,  Henr\   Brougham,  3, 

Hatch,  Sarah.  6. 

Elbert  Clark,  111. 

'                  f.7. 

Hatfield,  AantSL  217. 

Frederick  Henry,  ill. 

GuEKNEK,  Harvey  W.,  266. 

Hai'se,  Harris  E.,  117. 

Henry,  SB,  UO. 
M»rv  Catherine,  Ul. 
Ooefla  Jane,  111. 

vtUTHRiE,  Minerva,  164. 

Marv  Pllnora.  117- 

Ruhard,  164. 

Haven.  Ella  J  ,  112. 

Therese.  Ift4. 

Hawkes,  Joh'.i   242. 

GrFWJRD,  George  W.,  134. 

William,  164. 

I..cyM.,2W. 

Martin  V.  B..  134. 

GrTTEiisoN,  Angle  Mary,  103 

titis,  2U6. 

Gilchrist,  Nancy,  134. 

ihnrles  Francis,  103. 

jHavs,  Joseph,  122. 

GiLDERSLiKVE,  Rlchard,  249. 

iohn  Harris,  103. 

IHavter,  Esra,  181. 

804 


INDEX  OF  NAMES. 


', !  •  ; 


m  t 


Havter,  William,  161. 
Hazlett,  I.saac,  196. 

Rachel,  19fi. 

Samuel,  196. 
Healt.y,  Mary,  131. 
Hecki.e.s,  Eunice,  51. 
Hegema.v,  Qeorg-e  and  fam- 
ily, 272. 

John  anil  family,  2B1. 
Hbndkickson,  Maria,  2T6. 
Hendrie,  William  C,  258. 
Henry,  Catherine,  194. 
Hensly,  Mr.,  84. 
Hekrick,  Eunice,  266. 
Heskett,  Mar>?aret,  69. 
Hesson,  Horatio  ami  family, 
123-124. 

William,  123. 
HuKOK,  Pre.ston,  260. 
Hicks,  Annie,  108. 

Thomas,  248. 
Hildreth,  John  Caldwell,  66. 

Mary  Ella,  66. 
Hii.l,  Cevilla,  194. 

Gen.  D.  H.,  145. 

Rev.  Georg'e,  13. 

Rev.  J.  J.,  188. 

Lewis  L.  and  family,  52. 

Mary  B.  P.,  56. 

Thoma-f,  244. 
Hilliard,  Aubrey  and  fam- 
ily, 59. 
Hii.TON,  Calvin,  102. 

Lovlna  Abbie,  102. 

Mabel  Eleanora,  102. 
Hi.NDMAN,    Ruth    Goodrich, 
156. 

William  G.,  1.56. 

William  R.,  158. 
Hines,  Louisa,  174. 
Hoar,  Major  Jotham,  78. 

Sally,  76. 
Hobarv,  Charles  L.  and  fam- 
ily, 52. 
Hodge,  Rev.  Charles,  288. 
Hodgman,  James  F.  C,  76. 
Hofkman,  Catherine,  174,  203. 

Charles  Ogden,  119. 

Clara  Ann,  118. 

George  A.,  119. 

Oeorgie  Helen,  119, 

Ogden,  119. 
Hogan,  Adam,  99. 
Hoitt,  John  W.  and  family, 
71. 
Holbrook,  David  O.,  147. 
HoLLiNGSwoRTH,  Mark,  57. 
HoLLowAY,  Robert,  288. 
Holmes,  Abbie,  84. 

Abbie  Damon,  "9. 

Abigail,  84. 

Abigail  Evans,  79. 

Abram,  77. 

Albertlne  Merrick,  79. 

Alinn,83. 

Aima  G.,  72. 

Aairew,  82. 

Awerv  Nathaniel,  79. 

Artemus  Lawrence,  78,  79. 

Caroline,  82. 

Catherine,  76. 

Charles  and  fanillv,  258 

Clara,  83. 

Cicero  J(jnatlian.  84. 

Cora  Ro.xanii,  82. 

Daniel,  83. 

Daniel  .Vvery,  79. 

David  Auuau,  80. 


Holmes,  Edith  Augusta,  79. 

Edwin  A.,  72. 

Eliza  Augusta,  79. 

Eliza  T.,  72. 

Elizabeth,  72,  80,  82. 

Elizabeth  Josephine,  82. 

Emmeiine  Duncan,  84. 

Enos,  82,  83. 

Frances  Sophia,  81. 

Frank  H.,  84. 

Florence,  84. 

Grace,  83,  84. 

George,  83. 

Ger)rge  B.,  72. 

Henry  Bigelow,  84. 

Henry  Greenleaf,  80. 

Henry  Hooper,  80. 

Isabel,  79. 

Jane,  81-83. 

Janet,  71. 

John,  77,  83. 

Lieut.  John,  67,  72,  73,  76, 
78. 

John  Cutter,  83. 

John  G.,  83. 

John  Taggart,  84. 

Jonathan,  71,  84. 

Jonathan  Allison,  84. 

Julian  Augustus,  82. 

Katherine,  82,  83. 

Katherino  Allison,  78. 

Lizzie  Lecompte,  80. 

Louisa,  83. 

Louisa  Adams,  83. 

Mabel,  72. 

Margaret,  82. 

Mary,  77. 

Mary  Elizabeth,  80. 

Mary  J.,  72,84. 

Mary  Louise,  84. 

Mary  A.,  82. 

Molly,  67. 

Nathaniel,  67,  82. 

Dea.  Nathaniel,  63,  78. 

Hon,  Nathaniel,2, 7, 77,80. 

Nathaniel  Cutter,  84. 

Nathaniel  L..  84. 

Patrick  Henry,  83. 

Robert,  71. 

Robert  Bloomer  and  fam- 
ily, 79. 

Samuel,  80. 

Samuel  Allison,  80. 

Sarah,  243. 

Sarah  Smith,  81. 

Stephen,  82. 

Susannah,  73. 
Holt,  ae()rge,  90. 
HoLTON,  Carrie,  72. 
Hooker,  Rev.  Thomas,  213. 
Holyoke,  Rebecca,  59. 
Hopkins,  Annie  Allison,  142. 

Charles  Benjamin,  142. 

Cordelia  Oswald,  142. 

Daniel,  142. 

Mr-,  217. 

Rev.  Mr.,  223. 

Oliver  Perry,  142. 

Owen  J.,  142. 

Ruth,  206. 

Stephen,  142. 
Hopper,  Henry  J.,  260. 

Rev.  Mr.,  260. 
Horner,  Joseph,  122. 
Horning,  Henry,  173. 

Mary  Emma,  173. 

samiiei  E.,  173. 
HoRTON,  Mary,  209. 


'  Hosier,  Mary  Davis,  197. 

i  HoTTEN,  John  C,  41. 

j  Hous-WAN,  Ann  Elizabeth, 

280. 
!        William  C,  280. 
j  Houston,  Augustus  C,  151. 

George,  214. 

John  Augustus,  151. 
Howard,  Alice  Mary,  156. 

Andrew  J.,  156. 

Florence  May,  156. 

John  Allison,  156. 
Howell,  Gabriel,  215. 

James,  214,  215. 

Jason,  215. 

Milton,  215. 

Susan,  215. 

Walter,  215. 

William  Thomp.son,  214. 
Howenstein,  Mary,  231. 
HovEY,  Alfred  Howard,  286. 

Caroline  Longstreet,  286. 
I  HoYT,  Adele  M.,  69. 

Belle  M.,  69. 

Ella  J.,  69. 

Dr.  Frank,  69. 

Martha  A.,  68. 

Ziba  A.,  68. 
Hubbard,  Cora  E.,  57. 

Barnes,  115. 

Sarah  D.,  115. 
Hubs,  Hannah,  252. 

Phebe,  2.52. 

Richard,  252. 
Hughes,  Benjamin  Harvey 
and  family,  50. 

Elizabeth  Thom,  50. 

Hannah  Patterson,  50. 

Lsaac  Winslow,  51. 

James  Barnet,  51. 

John  and  familj-,  60. 

Martha  Ann,  50. 

Olivia  Grey,  50. 

Samuel  Orlando,  51. 

Sarah  Adelaide,  50. 

William  C,  50. 
Hulett,  Mary,  101. 
HuLME,  William,  221. 
Humphreys,  Allison  B.,  168. 

Charles  B.  and  familv,  49. 

Kdwin  J.  and  familv,  49. 

Mr.,  168. 
HvxKiNs,  Marv  Ella,  69. 

Nathan  F.,"69. 
Hunt,  Gen.  Lsrael,  81. 

Israel  Thorniiike,  81. 

Katherine  E.,  81. 
Hurlburt,  Mr.,  87. 
Huse,  Amanda  R.,  58. 
Hutchinos,  Amos,  253. 
Hutchinson,  Margaret,  182, 
186 

Mary,  206. 


Ingalabe.  Ailolphus  W  .  HI. 
Inglis,  Ann,  244. 

Charles,  244. 

John,  241. 

Margart-t,  244. 
Ireland,  Even^tt  Percv,  69. 

John,  63. 

Jonathan,  90. 

Mary,  90. 


Jackman,  Martha.  107. 
Jackson,  Hanoan,  240. 


JNDEX  OF  NAMES. 

7. 

Jackson,  John,  138. 

Kennedy,   William   F.   and 

Mary,  112,  211. 

family,  60. 

th, 

Robert,  138,  250. 

Kenner,  Ke/iah,  23. 

280. 

Gen.  Thomas  J.,  145. 

Kennev,  Edward,  147. 

Jameson,  Catherine,  246. 

James,  254. 

151. 

Jamieson,  Prof.,  277. 

Patty,  254. 

Jannock,  Joshua,  248. 

Kenyon,  Clara  E.,  112. 

Jeffers,  Fanny,  47. 

Kerb,  Miss,  146. 

56. 

Jeffries,  Alice,  40. 

Mr.,  150. 

George,  40. 

Mattie  A.,  70. 

Jenkins,  James  R.,  221. 

Ketchum,  Capt.  Nathaniel, 

MarlaR.,  221. 

212. 

Matilda,  72. 

KiDDEB,  Benjamin,  44. 

JoBES,  Oscar  A.,  275. 

Joseph,  44. 

Michael  Allison,  275. 

KiLEs,  Cordelia,  268. 

JoHNES,  John,  240. 

Daniel  8.,  2.58. 

Michael  Allison,  240. 

Killen,  Dr.  William  D.,  13. 

Johns,  George,  200. 

KlLLOUQH,  Mr.,  288. 

214. 

Johnson,  Anna  Isabella,  69. 

KiLPATRiCK,  Mary  L.  N.,  148. 
Kimball,  Edward  Perry,  81. 

Cornelia,  249. 

286. 

J.  Lewis,  199. 

Eleanor  Reed,  53. 

,286. 

John,  252. 

Frank,  78. 

Julia,  99, 113. 

George,  83. 
Hon.  Horatio,  81. 

Roland  P.,  163. 

Thomas  L.,  153. 

Marcia  A.,  83. 

Vincent,  153. 

Samuel  Holmes,  81. 

Johnston,  Alvira,  146. 

King,  William  H.,  259. 

Elizabeth  B.,  147. 

KiNGSBUKY,  Albert  E.,  59. 

Helen  Blake,  272. 

Kingsland,  Mary,  255. 

John,  146. 

Kirk,  D.  H.  and  f.imily,  96. 

Mrs.  Margarette,  147. 

KlBKPATRICK,  Mr.,  153. 

Mary  Clarissa,  148. 

KiRKWOOD,  Agnes,  238. 

Robert  Allison,  146. 

KisTLER,  David,  146. 

W.  C,  146. 

KiTTRiDGE,  Eri,  76. 

rvey 

Jones,  David  and  family,  50. 
Ella  Carrie,  87. 

Joseph,  76. 

Joseph  W.  and  family,  7fi 

Frank  Irving,  87. 

Kate  Louise,  76. 

lO. 

Henri  E.,  207. 

Luther,  68. 

Lydia,  155. 

Sophia  R.,  76. 

Lyman  Pitman,  268. 

Knaut,  Philip  Augustus,  186. 

Maria  Frances,  87. 

Knapp,  Amy,  211. 

Mary,  230. 

Amy  Keziah,  214. 

Mary  Ann,  157. 

Carrie,  228. 

Micah  Allison,  208. 

John,  228. 

Willie  Allison,  87. 

Knight,  Caroline,  221. 

William  S.  and  family,  50. 

Carrie,  228. 

Rev.  Zebulon,  87. 

Charles  Thompson,  221. 

JoKDAN,  Hon.  Alva  Reynolds, 

Chauncey  B.,  221. 

168. 

65. 

Mrs.  Eugenia,  270. 

V,  49. 

Catherine,  280. 

.Frederick  Jay,  221. 

"49. 

David,  279. 

Henry  Brooks,  221. 

Emily,  189. 

Martha  Loui.se,  197. 

Joseph,  279. 

Mary  Eugenia,  221. 

Samuel  Carter,  65. 

Mrs.    Mary    Thompson, 

JosT,  Emily,  189. 

211,  221. 

June,  Baxter,  255. 

Richard,  197. 

Charles,  255. 

William,  270. 

Lemuel,  255. 

Kuhn,  Georgie,  80. 
Louise  R.,  258. 

TS. 

182, 

Ij 

186. 

Kane,  James  O.,  234. 

Ladd,  Rachel,  86. 

Karman,  John,  249. 

Lake,  Miirgaret,  262. 

Kathrens,  Howard  D.,  200. 

Lamb,  Charles   .\llison   and 

Keeler,  Alson  and  famih-, 

family,  94. 

111. 

79. 

Charles  Churchill,  94. 

Kellev,  Harriet  Ann,  51. 

Frank  Hooker  and  fam- 

Mary, 88. 

ily,  94. 

Mary  Ann,  101. 

Israel,  94. 

Kelso,  Henry,  168. 

Jonas,  94. 

69. 

\                                Isabel,  167,  168. 

Martha  J..  245. 

Kelt.  Agnes,  93. 

Nellii'  Florence,  94. 

John  M.,93. 

Sarah  Anna,  94. 

Kemptont,  Edwin,  103. 

Lane,  Eniilv  It.,  .55. 

Fred,  193. 

Col.  George  W.,  43. 

Laura,  193. 

Pauline  Moulton,  92. 

Kendall.  Hattie,  262. 

Langrall,  Henrietta,  219. 

Mary  A.,  70. 

Lakman,  Charles,  129. 

805 


Lapsley,  James,  156. 
Lawrence,  John,  244. 

Mary,  181-182. 
Lawson,  Charles   Rudolph, 
272. 

Elizabeth  Catherine,  205. 
Leach,  Ann  Frances,  80. 

John,  80. 

John  Holmes  and  family, 
80. 
Leamino,  Jeremiah,  244. 
Learnard,  John  W.,  99. 

Persis,  99. 
Learned,  Emellne   Sophia, 

66. 
Lee,  Dr.  Eli.sha  S.,  141. 

Mrs.  Eliphalet,  183. 

Sophronia,  141. 

Thomas,  270. 
Leland,  T.  W.,  52. 
Lemmond,  Nancy,  288. 

Robert,  288. 
Lemon,  A.  H.,  76. 

Charles  F.,  76. 

Minnie  Allison,  76. 
Leonard,  Mai.  Samuel,  182. 

Seth  and  family,  256. 
LiTCHFORD,  John  B.,  83. 
Lewis,  Eliza  B.,  175. 

Kate,  199. 

Leon,  199. 

Letitia,  199. 

Richard,  199. 
Leysteh,  Jacob,  242. 
LiPFORD,  Lord,  165. 
Light,  Ella  D.,  111. 
LiooN,  Benjamin  D.,  162. 
Little,  Isaiah  C,  53. 

Mrs.  James,  62. 
LiTTS,  Capt.  Lewis  W.,  111. 
Lock,  Mary,  149. 

Matthew,  149. 
Locke,  Mary  E.,  151, 152. 
LocKHART,  Robert,  227. 
LocKwooD,  Frederick,  256. 

Lob,  256. 

Martha  Ann,  258. 
Lombard,  Ellen  Russell,  234. 

Loring  L.,  234. 
LoNo,  Gabriel,  221. 
Longfellow,  Henry  W.,  184. 

Maria,  184. 

Miss,  184. 
Lougee,  Harriet  Kimball,  104. 
LouTRELL,  Worden  U.,  258. 
Love,  Mary  A.,  272. 
LowD,  Ella,  50. 
LowRiE,  Rev.  Mr.,  273. 
LuMBERSON,  Sarah,  245. 
LuRDAW,  (?  )  Ellen  A.,  84. 

Emma,  81. 

Freeman,  84. 
LuscoMB,  Frederick  B.  and 
family,  69. 

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Macaulay,  William  B.,  10. 
Macdonald,  Anne  Maria,  53. 
Macparland,  Thomas,  278. 
Mack,  Robert  C,  12. 
Mackay,  Elizabeth  A.,  79. 
Mackey,  John,  123. 

Mary,  123. 
Mallet,  Molly,  90. 
Manchester,  James,  190. 
Manley,  George  P.,  111. 
Mann,  Elizabeth,  125. 

Kate,  193. 


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Marble,  Clarissa  Myers,  83. 

David  Orson,  83. 

PinoH,  83. 

Fannio  Louisa,  83. 

Harriet  Augusta,  83. 

Jenaie  Florence,  83. 

John  C,  82-83. 

John  Clarencp,  83. 

Mary  Elolse,  83. 

Orson,  83. 

Sarah  Katherlne,  83. 

MMlUam  B.,  83. 
Marks,  George,  260,  289. 

Sarah,  269. 
Marsh,  George,  215. 

Rev.    .Millaril    FlUmoro, 
158. 

■William,  158. 
Marshall,  Joseph  G.,  128. 
Marshfield,  Thomas,  247. 
Martin,  James,  157. 

R.  and  family,  79. 

Sarepta,  106. 
Maslin,  Charles,  175. 

Ellen  Toole,  173. 

John,  175. 
Mason,  Allison  Zeman  and 
family,  68. 

Benjamin,  66. 

Betsey  Evans,  66. 

Carlos,  101, 116. 

Charles,  66. 

Cyrus,  66. 

David,  6fi. 

Florence  Gowing,  114. 

George  F.,  108. 

Jessie  Allison,  117. 

John,  116. 

John  Henry  and  family, 

66. 

Kate  Mary,  117. 

Milton  D.,  114. 
Massey,  Jonathan  and  fam- 
ily, 55. 
Massinoill,  Susan,  116. 
MA.STER,  Margaret,  190. 
Mather,  Henry  and  family, 
264. 
Matthews,      Charles     and 
familv,  83. 

Laura,  151, 152. 

Miss,  146. 

Mr.,  151. 
Maus,  Isaac,  103. 

Lllabel,  103. 
Maynard,  Lucinda,  117. 
Mayo,  Thomas,  49. 
Maxwell,  Mr.,  100. 
McAfee,  Achsah  Holmes,  77. 

Adam,  76. 

Alfred,  73,  76. 

Annie  L.,  76. 

Catherine,  76. 

Charles  and  family,  73. 

Elizabeth  M.,  76. 

Ellen  Darrah,  76. 

Emma  Jane,  73. 

Franklin  B.,  76. 

Ida  Jane,  76. 

Jane,  76. 

John  A.  and  family,  73. 

John  Holmes,  76. 

Nellie  F.,  76. 

Samuel  Holmes,  76. 

William,  76. 

William  F.,  76. 
McAlestor,  Charles,  203. 

Duncan,  203. 


INDEX   OF   NAMES. 


McAlestor,  Godfrey,  203. 

Hector,  203. 
McArdle,  William,  270. 
McCalla,  Anna,  186, 
McCallune,  Hugh  and  fam- 
ily, 189. 

McCarthy,  Elvira,  288. 
McCarty,  Edward  C,  155. 
McClearv,  Nancy,  51. 
McClure,  Jane,  142. 
McConnbll,  Nancy,  138. 

Rebecca,  118. 

Richard,  138. 

Sarah,  116. 
McCord,  Mary  A.,  75. 
McCoy,  Frank  H.,  200. 
McCullouoh,  Jane,  288. 
McDouoALL,  Andrew,  70. 
McDowell,  Capt.  James,  124. 
McFarland,  Andrew,  44-61, 
62. 

Rev.  Asa,  62. 

Betsey,  63. 

Catherine  E.,  278. 

James,  62. 

Janet,  61. 

Maj.  Moses  and  family, 

62. 
McGiLVRAY,  Alice  E.,  81. 

David  F.,  81. 

Katherlne  Holmes,  81. 
McGregor,  Rev.  James,  42- 

43,  85. 
McHeffey,  Eleanor,  188. 
McHenery,  WlLson  W.,  226. 
MclNTiRE,  Antoinette,  128. 

J.  G.,  93. 
McIntosh,  Elizabeth,  164. 

Rev.  John  S.,  12-14. 
Mckean,  Justice  James,  43. 
McKenzie,  Eliza,  186. 
McKiNLEY,  Sandy,  146. 
McKinnon,    George    Fred- 
erick, 98. 
McLaughlin,    Miss    M.    B., 

127. 
McLawren,   Catherine     B., 

258. 
McMahon,  George  Allison, 
270. 

Rev.  James  and  familv, 
270. 
McM  ELLEN,  Helen,  84. 
McMukray,  Rev.  John,  189. 
McNauoht,  Mary  Ann,  133. 

Samuel,  138. 
McNaughton,  Eliza  Ann,  91. 
McNeal,  John,  240. 

Joseph,  240. 

Mr.,  208. 

Thomas,  240. 

William  Allison,  240. 
McQuESTEN,  Martha,  68. 

Mary  Shirley,  67. 
McQueston,  Sarah,  104. 
McRoBERTS,  Susan,  126. 
McVey,  Mrs.  Absalom,  155. 
Meek,  Susie,  162. 
Meigs,  Sarah  Jerusha,  222. 
Meloche,  John  B.,  Ill, 
Merrill,  Rev.  Abraham  D., 
56. 

Abraham  H.  and  family, 
57. 

Jacob  S.  and  family,  52. 

John  Milton  and  family 
57. 

Joshua  and  family,  57. 


Merrill,  Martha  Mehitable, 
66. 

Mary,  51. 

Rufus  S.  and  family,  67. 

William  B.  and  familv, 
67. 
Meserole,  Hester  J.,  272. 
Messer,  Susan,  158. 
Miles,  Barnabas,  193. 
Miller,  Archie  Woodworth, 
110. 

Margaret,  244. 

Mary,  240. 

Meeker,  214. 

John,  176. 

Sylvanus    Edward    and 
familv,  109. 

Thomas,  96,  109. 
Millett,  Mary  E.,  282. 

William  E.,  282. 
Mills,  Abbott  Lawrence,  234. 

Charles  H.,  234. 

Egbert,  233,  234. 

trances  Aurelia,  234. 

Jennie,  221. 

Lottie,  234. 

Sarah  Edna,  234. 
Mines,  Mr.,  217. 
MoNRon,  John,  61. 
MoNsoN,  Bruce,  111. 

Eddie,  111. 

Linus  and  family.  111. 

Jessie,  111. 

Julia,  111. 
M.'ORE,  Abel  Fletcher,  69. 

Ada  White,  70. 

Albert  Wallace,  71. 

Alton  Clefton,  68. 

Amos  Harvey,  69. 

Anna,  85. 

Bertha  Isabella,  71. 

Charlotte  Ann,  69. 

Clara  Ann,  68. 

Clinton  A.,  77. 

Daniel,  67. 

Col.  Daniel,  68. 

Daniel  LeRoy  and  fam- 
ily, 67. 

David  McGregor,  71. 

David  Rollins  and  fam- 
ily, 69. 

Edward  S.,  71. 

Ell,  63. 

Elizabeth,  69. 

Ellen  Gertrude,  71. 

Ervin  J.  and  family,  68. 

Estella  M.,  71. 

Fred  Rumney,  69. 

George  Burnham,  68. 

Oeorgianna,  71. 

Gratia  A.,  72. 

Harriet,  147. 

Helen  Frank,  69. 

Helen  Leon,  68. 

Henry  Holmes  and  fam- 
ily, 70. 

Ida  Weston,  70. 

James  Clifton  and  fam- 
ily, 67. 

Jane,  84. 

Janet,  67. 

Jennie  Ruth,  71. 

John,  67,  V7. 

Lieut.  John,  63. 

Joseph  Addisou  and  fam- 
ily, 71. 

Joseph  Colby,  68. 

Joseph  Harrison,  68. 


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66. 

■,57. 
rally, 

67. 

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110. 


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Moore,  Lizzie  Spencer,  70. 

M.  A.,  73. 

Margaret  Ann,  68. 

Margaret  Morrison,  71. 

Marian,  fi9. 

Marian  Elizabeth,  71. 

Marietta,  69. 

Martiia,  67. 

Martha  Jane,  67,  70. 

Mary,  196. 

Mary  Emeline,  67. 

Mary  Shirley,  68. 

Mil(lre(l,68. 

Nanoy  Cox,  68. 

Nathan,  209. 

Dea.  Nathaniel,  84. 

Nathaniel    Holmes   and 
family,  70. 

Hon.  Orren  C,  77. 

Phillips  Quincy,  69. 

Col.  Robert,  77. 

Robert  Cox,  71. 

Sadie  Jane,  97. 

Sarah,  63. 

Sarah  Elizabeth,  70. 

Surah  Jane,  69. 

Thomas  Wallace,  68. 

Thomas  W.,  68. 

Timothy  Fuller,  69. 

Waiter  Leroy,  68. 

William,  68. 

Col.  William,  67. 

William  and  family,  70, 
71. 

William  Clinton,  67. 

AVllliam  Wilson,  69. 
More,  Arthur  J.,  87. 

Capt.  John  W.,  207. 
Morgan,  Mary,  271. 
Morris,  Mr.,  244. 

Bert  and  family,  98. 
Morrisons  of  Claggan,  Ire- 
land, 201. 
MoRisoN  or  Morrison. 

Abraham,  77,  78. 

Albert  A.,  46,  47. 

Allison,  48. 

Hon.  Alva,  58. 

Alva  S.  and  familv,  58,  59. 

Anna  Belle,  47. 

Anna  Wallis,  54. 

Asa,  56. 

Augusta,  47. 

Aug'.istus  M.,  59. 

Bet.sey,  61. 

Benjamin  Lyman,  57. 

Calvin,  61. 

Caroline  N.,  61. 

Catherine,  47,  48. 

Catherine  Colby,  57. 

Charles  A.,  47. 

Charles  W.,  60,  61. 

Christopher,  54. 

Chri.stopher  Merrill,  53. 

Dennison  Walli.s,  54. 

K.  Adelaide,  59. 

Edward  Pavson,  54. 

Edwin  L.,  47. 

Eliza,  48. 

Elizabeth,  55. 

Fannv,  61. 

Frank  P.,  47. 

Fred  G.,  47. 

George  F.,  47. 

George  W.  and   family, 
61. 

Rev.  Hall,  145. 

Hamilton,  240. 


Morrison,  Hannah,  47,  62. 
Hannah  A.,  47. 
Hugh  of  Diomore,  Ire., 

201. 
Ibrahim,  69. 
Ira,  57. 
Ira  Plummer  and  family, 

58. 
Charter  James,  43,  44. 
James  and  family,  52. 
Dea.  Janie.s,  52. 
James  of  Londonderry, 

Ire.  201. 
James  of  WallklU,  N.  Y., 

214. 
James  A.,  47. 
James  H.,289. 
James  D.,  47. 
James  T.,  47. 
Jane  H.,  60,  61. 
Janet,  45. 
.Jeremiah,  53. 
Charter  John,  43. 
John  of  Windham,  N.  H., 

47. 
John,  51,  ,W,  61. 
Rev.  John  Hunter,  214. 
Jonathan,  62. 
Joseph,  61,  77. 
Joseph  H.,  60. 
Leonani,  58. 
Hon.  Leonard  Allison,  12, 

44,54. 
Leonard  Almy  and  fam- 
ily, 58. 
Lydla  A.,  56. 
Margaret,  53. 
Margaret  C,  61. 
Margaret  Elizabeth,  54. 
Martha,   43,  44,  45,  46,  51, 

53,  59. 
Martha  A.,  52,  56. 
Maria  E.,  58. 
Maria  M.,  52. 
Mary,  58,61. 
Mary  H.,  61. 
Miles  and  family,  52. 
M.  Lurette,  58. 
Minnehaha  E.,  47. 
Miriam  Jane,  52. 
Myra,  53. 
Nancv,  56. 
Nancv  Todd,  58. 
Naomi,  48. 
Prlscilla,  61. 
Robert,  51,  64,  60. 
Robert  of  Dromore,  Ire., 

201. 

Robert  Elmer  and  fam- 
ilv, 59. 

Robert  P.  and  family,  61. 

Rufus  A.,  .51. 

Samuel  of  Londonderrj', 
N.  H.,  44,  45,  46,  59,  60. 

Lieut.  Samuel  of  Wind- 
ham, N.  H.,  44,  45,  59. 

Dea.  Samuel,  51. 

Rev.  Samuel,  51. 

Samuel  of  Topeka,  Kan., 
52. 

Samuel    of   Windham, 
N.  H.,  47. 

Samuel  J.,  60. 

Sarah,  52,  .54. 

Sarah  M.,  54. 

Sherburne,  61. 

Solon  D.,  60. 

Stephen,  52. 


Morrison,    Stephen  A.,  and 
familv,  52. 

Susan  ColHn,  54. 

Tennant,  48. 

Thomas  J.,  47. 

William,  47,  61. 

William  of  Claggan,  Ire., 
201. 

William  A.,  47. 

William  H.,  47. 

William  L.,  61. 
Morse,  Eli,  65. 

Sarah,  65. 
Morton,  Guinn,  157. 

James  M.,  156. 

James  Q.,  156. 

Marietta  M.,  158. 

Marv  Madera,  158. 

Mattie,  1,58. 

Matilda  M.,  156. 

Nannie,  157. 

Thomas  J.,  158. 

Winslow  B.,  102. 
Mower,  Angella  S.,  82. 
MoTT,  John  P.,  200. 
Mulling,  Ella,  277. 
Murphy,  Sally  Ann,  166. 
Murray,  Basil  Edgar,  219. 

Cecelia,  225. 

John,  225. 

Sylvester  S.,  200. 

Viola,  225. 
MussER,  Joseph  Newton  and 
family,  172. 

i»r 

Needham,  Mary,  58. 
Neeley,  Hannah,  233. 
NiiiLL,  Andrew,  159. 

Esther,  150. 

Jane,  159. 

Magdaline,  150. 

Mr..  150. 

William,  159. 
Nettleton,  Edward  AUl.son, 
105. 

Florence  Bowen,  105. 

Samuei  W.,  106. 
Newcomb,  Amy  Prances,  103. 

Arthur  Wilbur,  103. 

Herbert  Harris,  103. 

Samuel  Francis,  102. 
Newman,  Marj-,  244. 
Newton,  Rev.  Charles  Beat- 
tie  and  family,  222. 
Nichols,  Col.,  241. 
NicKERSON,  Frank,  261,  271. 

Dr.  Ira  L.,  259. 
Nicholson,  Joseph  B.,  289. 
NiDA,  Harrison  Grant,  156. 
NoxoN,  Frances,  286. 
Noyes,  Esther,  93. 

Esther  Jane,  107. 

Jeremiah,  107. 

William  O.,  45. 
Nutting,  Lucy,  54. 

Mary  Ann,  54. 

O 

Oakley,  Nettie,  221. 
Oathout,  Morton,  118. 

Ralph  Lotcan,  118. 

Walter,  118. 
O'BRiEN.Mrs.  Ann  (Prescott), 
118. 


308 


INDEX   OF  NAMES. 


O'Calladhan,  E.  B.,  241. 
Odell,  John,  255. 
OoDEN,  John,  249. 
Olliphant, Henrietta  W.,  275, 
Onderbank,  Eliza,  265. 

Jamex,  255. 
Ordwav,  Bet.sey  Woodlce, 

100. 

John,  100. 

Nathaniel,  100. 
Ormiston,  Ann  Eliza,  96. 

Archie  McOrejfor,  96. 

Jettle  Stlnson,  96. 

8ariih  Blanche,  96. 

Thomas,  96. 
Orr,  Nancy,  154. 
Orton,  Prof.  E.  T.  B.,  237. 
OvERRMAN,  Charles,  146. 

Hamilton,  146. 

MarKaret  Eliza,  148. 

Mary  Cornelia,  146. 

William  W.,  14B. 
Owen,  Hannah,  232. 

Marj-  Jane,  290. 
Owens,  Henry  C,  148. 

JameH  Henry,  146. 

■William  A.,  148. 


Palmer,  Sarah,  263. 
Par,  MrH.  Mary,  116. 
Parcel,  Nancy,  232. 
Parcells,  Elsie,  253,  279. 

Nellie,  254. 
Park,  Alexander,  43. 

Capt.  Andrew  W.,  53. 

Horace  and  family,  53. 

LouLsa,  53. 

Margaret  Mary,  53. 

Martha  Jane,  53. 

Sarah,  51. 
Parks,  Anpellne  H.,  81. 
Parker,  Charles  S.,  69. 

Ellas,  224. 

Rev.  E.  L.,  12. 
Parkman,  Miss  M.  E.,  52. 
Parmelie,  Sarah  D.,  65. 
Pate,  Mary  A.,  73. 
Patrick,  Ruth  Esther,  112. 

\Valla.;e  J.,  112. 
Patterson,  Alonzo,  66. 

Emma  Irene,  221. 

Henrietta  Frances,  66. 

Robert,  127. 
Paul,  James,  44. 
Payne,  Frank,  1,55. 
Payzant,  Annie  Louise,  193. 

Carrie  Sophia,  193. 

Dr.  Ellas  N.  and  family, 
192. 

Florence  Rachel,  193. 

James  Austin,  193. 

Sarah  Cathella,  193. 

William,  193. 

William  Aubrey,  193. 
Peabodv,  Alice  Hubbard,  82. 

Atwood,  74. 

Charles  A.,  74. 

Eliza  Isabel,  57. 

Harriet,  74. 

Humphrey,  74. 

Maj.  G.  and  family,  82. 
Pearcb,  James,  154. 
Pearson,  Chief-Justice,  l.W. 
Peck,  Benjamin,  244. 

Edward  J.  and  family,263 

Elisha,  256. 

Hannah,  244. 


Peck,  John  J.  and  family,  258. 

Mary,  244. 

Thomas,  244. 
Percival,  Marietta,  74. 
Peking,  Cornelius  Hine,  289. 

John  Allison,  289. 

Susan,  289. 

William  Edwin,  289. 
Perkins,  George  A.,  227. 

.Mr.,  153. 

Sarah  P.,  227. 
Perky,  Abigail,  86. 

Hannah,  259. 

Louisa  A.,  72. 

Sarah,  2.57. 
Peters,  J.  M.,  283. 
Pettee,  Dr.  Asa  F.,  93. 
Pettenoill,  Mary,  137. 
Petty,  Mr.,  153. 
Philbrick,  Mehitable,  90. 
Phelps,  Phebe,  65,  98. 
Phillips,  Abigail,  82. 

Rebecca,  258. 

Pierson,  Henry,  250. 

PiERSONS,  Lucy,  72. 

Sarah  A.,  72. 
Pigeon,  Ann,  244. 
Pike,  Alfred  W.  and  family, 
59. 

Joel,  94. 

John  B.,  60. 

Martha  L.,  94. 

Samuel  J.,  59. 
Pillsbl'hy,    Nathaniel   and 

fcmily,  50. 
Pinkerton,  John,  85. 
Piper,  Cvrus  and  farallv,  100, 
Pise,  Rev.  Charles  T.,  261. 

Rev.  David,  261. 

Josephine  A.,  281. 

Rev.  William  T.,  261. 
Pitt,  William  A.,  193. 
Platt,  Ellon  Russell,  235. 

Freelove,  245. 

George,  236. 
Plummer,  Granville  E.,  50. 

Rhoda  Ann,  55. 
Polachecx,  Joseph,  96. 
Pond,  Lucy  A.,  95. 
Porter,  Alexander,  165, 166. 

Alexander  James,  166, 168 

Anna,  85, 100. 

Eliza  J,,  48. 

Frank,  224. 

Rev.  James,  166. 

Dr.  James  Armstrong,  166. 

Mary  Amanda,  166,  168. 

Matilda,  165,  166. 

Robert,  166. 

William,  166. 
Post,  James,  229. 

Mary  A.,  229. 

Peter,  263. 
Potter,  Eva  Leonora,  157. 

George  Rothwell,  167. 

James,  214. 

William  AllLson,  157. 
Pound,  Eleanor,  223. 

Jo.seph,  217. 
Powell,  Edmund,  199. 

Elizabeth,  198. 

Mary,  273. 

Solomon,  199. 
Powers,  Alanson,  106. 

Georgi-  A.,  67. 

Julia,  92. 

Julia  L.,  106. 
Pratt,  Clara  A.,  72. 


Pratt,  Joseph  and  family, 124. 

Ira,  114. 

Myrtle  Aurilla,  114. 
Preble,  J.  W.,  108. 
Prescott,  Martha,  186, 196. 

Mary,  200. 
Preston,  Clark,  178. 

Ellen  C,  179. 

Jotham  Sewell,  179. 

Mary  Ann,  178. 
Priest,  Clarissa  A.  M.,  69. 

Edwin  E.,  69. 

Mrs.  Fannie  Moore,  80. 

Dr.  J.  B.,  80,  81. 

Lizzie,  49. 
PuRviNE,  Joseph  C,  111. 

Q 

Queston,  Charlotte  E.,  71. 
QuiMBY,  Lydia,  68. 
QuiNTON,  Alfred  Bixby  and 
family,  114, 119. 

Betsev,  66. 

David,  63,  66. 

Royal  Bellows,  99. 

Samuel,  66,  99. 

n 

Raines,  Charles  Hunter,  168. 
Rains,  Margaret,  162. 
Ramsay,  Samuel  and  family, 
124. 
Randall,  Lillian  E.,  112. 
Rand,  Caleb  Huntley,  186. 

Elizabeth,  194. 

Elizabeth  C,  186. 

Rebecca,  186. 
Ratcliffe,  Alice,  56. 
Rathbun,  Allison,  185. 

Charles  and  family,. 185. 

Humility,  183. 

Joseph,  186. 

Maggie,  234. 

Martha,  190. 
Rayburn,  Jane,  164. 
Raynor,  William,  249. 
Reasonover,  Jo.Heph,  16S. 

Sarah,  166. 
Reed,  Martha,  178. 
Reid,  Moses  Webb,  222. 
Ueedy,  Anna  Mary,  158. 

Samuel,  158. 
Reeve,  Carrie,  233. 

Fannie,  233. 

Hon.  John  H.,  238. 
Rbevee,  George,  215. 

Miss,  146. 
Reinhart,  S.  W.,  127. 
Reynolds,  Amy,  214. 
Rhodes,  Mrs.  E.  S.,  204. 

Lorena,  266. 

Mrs.  William,  204. 
Rice,  Charles  Hyde,  208. 

Hiram,  61. 

Janette  Elnora,  207. 
Rich,  Mabel  E.,  192. 
Richards,  Eliphalet,  104. 

George  H.  and  family,  57. 

Sarah  Jane,  91, 104. 
Richardson,  Charles  W.,  75. 

Margaret  E.,  112. 
Richer,  Jackson,  192. 
Riddle,  Elizabeth,  156. 
Rider,  Jolin  A.  and  family, 
l«- 

Lewis  F.,  74. 

Marv  L.,  74. 

Mrs,,  92. 


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309 


RiENsHART,  Cittherlne,  171. 
RiGBY,  Mrs..  iHfl. 
RiGLEY,  Mrs.,  19fi. 
R11.EY,  Isabella  H.,  109. 
Ripi.EY,  AlbiTt  Enos,  79. 

E.G.   79. 

Nathaniel  H.,  79. 

WalUTFi)r.l,79. 
RoniiK,  Cli'tTo,  84. 

Mary  TajrKiirt,  W. 
R0BBIN9,  Fannie,  56. 
RoBELiNO,    Au^u.sta    Henri- 
etta, 140. 

Charles  G.,  140. 

Ferilinand  \V.,  140. 

MarKaret  J.,  140. 
Roberts,  Oeorge  W.,  98. 

John  H.,  111. 
Robertson,  James  F.,  190. 
RocKwooD,  Charlotte,  68. 
Rodoers,  Marv  L.,  59. 
Roe,  Nathaniel,  210. 

Harah,  215. 

Timothy,  217. 

William  Allison,  210. 
Rogers,  Marv  Ann,  96. 

Mary  Ellen,  8«. 
RoMAlNE,  David,  259. 
Rose,  Charles,  288. 
RoTHOFK,  William,  ia5. 
Rowan,  Ann  Eliza,  276. 

Seth,  276. 
Rl-ckel,  Eliza,  261. 
RuDD,   Henry   Lind.sav   and 

famllv,  56. 
Rus.sELL,  Fallen  Whitman,  234, 

Marv  Catherine,  235. 
Ruth,  JIary,  219. 
RtTTLEDOE,  Rebecca,  168. 
Ryder,  Frances  Helen,  95. 

Saeoar,  Daniel,  121. 
Safford,  Noah,  83. 
Salter,  Harriet,  175. 
8Ai,TON'sTALL,Sir  Rlchard,247. 
Sanfobd,  Adellaralette,  110. 

Andrew,  110. 

Arvella,  110. 

Carey,  110. 

Ebenezer,  110. 

George,  110. 

Helen,  UO. 

Henry,  UO. 

Jennie,  UO. 

Lloyd,  UO. 

Lloyd,  98. 

Louisa,  UO. 

Loyal,  UO.  • 

Lucinda,  UO. 

Lydia,  UO. 

Mary,  UO. 

Phebe,  UO. 

Roburtus,  UO. 

Sarah,  UO. 

Simeon,  UO. 
Sanders,  James,  167. 
Panders,  Alithea,  167. 
Sandfohd,   Charle.s   H.  and 

family,  74. 
Sanger  Oeorge,  2!5. 
Sargent,  Ann,  191. 

Catherine  Winthrop,  191. 

Charles  Ratl-bun,  192. 

Charles  William,  192. 

Elizabeth  Whidden,  191. 

Epes  Winthrop,  191. 

Frances,  192. 


Saroknt,  Jas.  Winthrop,  192. 

John  Allison,  191. 

MarKuret  Sophia,  102. 

Mary  Esther,  192. 

Mary  Jane,  191. 

Sarah  Hurdlng,  192. 

William,  192. 

Winthrop,  18.1,  191. 
Savory,      Hannah      Govo 

(Clark),  90. 
Sawtelle,  Henry  and  fam- 
ily, 258. 
Sawyer,  Hannah,  94. 

James,  210. 
Savres,  Mary  Beattle,  163. 
Scammell,  Helen  M.,  189. 

Jo.seph,  189. 
ScHUTZ,  Agnes,  140. 
SciDMORE,  Juliette,  83. 
Scott,  Frances  Augusta,  192. 

John,  86. 

Lucv,  141. 

Marv  8.,  148. 

William,  86,  122. 
Seacoh,  Benjamin,  268. 

Theodosia,  267. 
Seaus,  Jed,  217. 

Stephen,  210. 

William,  210. 

William  Henry,  82. 
Seirinu,  Simon,  249. 
Selleck,  Davi<l  W.,  223. 
Senteu,  Sophia,  49. 
Sevedge,  Writta  A.,  111. 
Seward,  Hon.   William  H., 
234 
Shannon,  James  Noble  and 
family,  187. 

James  Noble,  184. 

Hon.  Leonard,  182. 

Samuel  Leonard,  187. 
Sharp,  J.  Edgar,  228. 

Joseph,  228. 

Julia,  228. 
iShaw,  Amanda,  52. 

Elizabeth,  174. 

James,  170. 

Jane,  170. 

John,  170. 

Mary,  170. 

Rachel,  190. 

William,  170. 
Sheldon,  Ann  Maria,  206. 
Shepard,  Arthur  M.,  72. 

Charles  Franklin,  72. 

Charlotte  A.  P.,  72. 

Eugene  Everett,  72. 

Frederick    Carroll    and 
family,  73. 

George,  73. 

George  F.  and  famllv,  72. 

Harrv  Elmer  and  fam- 
ily, 73. 

James  S.,  72. 

James  Albert  and  famllv, 
72. 

John  Holmes,  72. 

John  P.,  72. 

Judson,  73. 

Lizzie  A..  72. 

Marv  Jane,  73. 

Nancv  P.  B.,  73,  76. 

Thomas,  72. 

Thomas,  73. 

William  M.,  73. 

William  Monroe,  72. 

William  P.  and  family,  72. 
Sheridan,  Louisa,  289. 


Sherman,  Thomas.  250. 
Shehrill,    Laura    Cornelia, 
15B. 
Shipman,  Ayuba,  204. 

Charles.  204. 

Ellas,  204. 

Louis  S..  71. 
Shockey,  Nancy,  231. 
Shi'it,  Morgan,  228. 

Sarah  jf.,  228. 
Shults,  Leila  E.,  75. 
Shultz,  Adam,  231. 

Adille,  231. 

Alice,  108. 

Hon.  Chauncey  F.,  231. 

Henry,  108. 
Shurteh,  Elijah  Budd,  205. 

Eliza  Colton,  205. 

Felix,  20,5. 

Frances  E<IIth,  20S. 

Frederick,  205. 

Minnie  Louisa,  205. 

Nedallne  V.  M.,  205. 

Rev.  Richard  L.,  205. 

Richard  Wardworth,  205. 

Roberta  Allison,  205. 
Silver,  B.  F.  and  family,  56. 
Simons,  Eliza  A.,  69. 

Sarah  R.,  236. 
Simonton,  Sarah,  159. 
Skinner,  Amilnda,  233. 

Cyrus,  233. 
Slater,  Hosea,  225. 
Sloan,  John  F.,  147. 

Sarah  Jennie,  104. 
Sloat,  Elizabeth,  135. 
!         Philip,  13.5. 
Smart,  Marv  B.,  81. 
Smith,  Ahble,  66. 

Dr.  Albert,  12 

Dr.  A.  K.,  140. 

Amy.  214. 

Barnev,  89. 

Cadwallader,  220. 

Delphina  J.  E.,  72. 

Edmund,  206. 

Emeline,  49. 

Esilras,  60. 

Dr.  Granville  P.,  167. 

Hannah,  188. 

Jacob,  75. 

James,  214. 

Jane,  70. 

Jonathan,  248. 

Laviuia  Grandon,  220. 

Lettice  M.,  50. 

Lottie  Howland,  89. 

Louisa,  206. 

Lura,  68. 

Mary,  58. 

Thomas  Allison,  140. 

Wisner  Allison,  210. 
Smythe,  Rev.  A.  W.,  122. 
Snedaker,  Edward  and  fam- 
ily, 263. 

Oaritta  A.,  263. 

Michael,  279. 

Tunis,  2.58. 
Snell,  Charles  A.,  77. 

Katie  E.,  77- 

Sarah  Elizabtth.  77. 
Snodorass,  Mary,  15- u 
Snow,  Aurilla,  118. 

Betsey,  89. 

Charles  H.  and    ft'.mllv, 
262. 

Josephine  A.,  71. 

Richard  A.,  262. 


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INDEX  OF  NAMES. 


Snow,  Samuel  A.  P.  and  fam- 

Uy,  261. 
Snowdbn,  Caroline,  126. 

John  M.,  126. 
Snydakbr,  David,  204. 
Snyobr,  Roxanna,  IM. 
SoHia,  Biixa,  49. 

Daniel  O.,  49. 
South woBTB,  Myra,  Sti. 
Spbab,  nenrietta,  268. 
Spbncbb,  Snsan  E.,  70. 
Spiobb,  Edward,  99. 
Spbinubtbbd,  Spencer,  266. 
Sprout,  Mrs.  Laura,  187. 
Stanlby,  Laura  B.,  164. 
Stanton,  Hon.  Benjamin,  141. 

EUaa,  141. 
Starbubh,  George  and  fam- 
ily, 82. 
Stark,  Alice  Holman,  105. 

Elisabeth  AlliMon,  105. 

Margaret  Allison,  105. 

Mary,  04. 

Wallace  Weeks,  105. 

William  Everett,  105. 

WiUiam  Franklin,  105. 
Stbblb,  David,  45. 

Hetty,  196. 

Janet,  69. 

Katherine,48. 

Thomas,  48, 44. 
Stbtson,  Eliza,  108. 
Stbvbns,  Albert,  86. 

Ebenezer,  47. 

Elizabeth  M.,  47. 

Isaac,  269. 

Sarah,  67. 

Susan  Cate,  168. 

Thomas  Hity.  168. 
Stevenson,  Amelia  A.,  48. 

Charles  Q.,  48. 

David  Francis,  152. 

Eliza  Thorn,  48. 

George  E.,  48. 

George  W.,  48. 

John  Dinsmoor  and  fam- 
ily, 49. 

Joseph  E.  and  family,  49. 

Dr.  Joseph  P.,  48. 

Samuel  E.  M.,  48. 

f^amuel  F.,  48. 
Stb\.  ART,  Catherine,  227. 

Charles,  135. 

Clarke,  187. 

Frank,  123. 

Jemima,  70. 

Susan,  218. 

VInette,  205. 
Stickney,  Isaac  Shultz,  222. 
Stiles,  Jane  R.,  220. 
Still,  W.  F.,  147. 
Stinson,  Abtiie  E.,  95. 

Albert  E.,  98. 

Archibald,  65,  95. 

Betsey,  94. 

Charles  Albert,  95. 

Clara,  97, 98. 

Clarence  L.,  96. 

David,  94. 

Eleanor  Hoag,  109. 

Ellen  Augusta,  95. 

Ellen  Hoag,  96. 

ErastU8  Sheldon,  97. 

Esther  Blake,  96. 

Ethel  B.,  98. 

Bmogene  Maligna,  9. 

Frank,  97. 

Frank  Archibald,  96. 


Stinbon,  Fred  A.,  98. 

Glenn  B.,  96. 

Helen  Mar,  98. 

James,  68. 64,  65,  97, 96. 

Janette  Clark,  98. 

Janet  Blisa,  96, 100. 

Jeremiah  Page,  65,  97, 98. 

John,  66,  M. 

John  Chase,  95. 
'  Joseph  Greenwood,  98. 

Lena  6.,  96. 

Louisa  Antoinette,  97. 

Lucy  Pond,  96. 

Lyman  M.,  96. 

Mary,  64, 96. 

Mary  B.,  98. 

Mary  G.,  ta. 

Mary  Jane,  95, 07. 

Nancy  Chase,  96. 

Roger  B.,  96. 

Samuel,  65. 

Sarah  Ann,  95. 

Sarah  Elizabeth,  96, 08. 

Sylvanus  Barker,  96. 

William,  64. 

WilUam  Park,  97. 
Stiblino,  Mr.,  105. 
Stitbs,  William,  225. 
Stoddabd,  Maria  Bugbee,  179. 
Stokes,  Henry,  79. 

Lillian.  70. 
Stokum,  Harriet,  278. 
Stonb,  Ada  Emogene,  109. 

Howard,  109. 

John  Wellington,  109. 

Loren,  96, 109. 

Morris,  109. 

Nellie  Louise,  109. 

Norris,  109. 

Sarah  Jane,  109. 

Susan,  219. 

Storms,  Mary,  256. 

Story,  David,  95. 

Lafayette,  95. 

Warren,  95. 
Strawbrioob,  Sarah,  124. 
Strehlin,  Mary  A.,  84. 
Stubbs,  Ruth,  137. 

Thomas,  189. 
Stull,  Miss,  290. 
Sturois,  Elize  E.  R.,  219'. 

John,  219. 
Suppbrn,  John,  260. 

Margaret,  260. 
Sullivan,  James,  56,  280. 

John,  178. 

Martha  Frances,  230. 
Sutherland,  Rev.  FYed  P., 

and  family,97. 
Swaithout,  Edward,  268. 
Swan,  Nathan,  83. 
Swabby,  Edward  Holmes.  79 

Hon.  Samuel  and  family, 
79. 
SwBETBBR,  Jane,  71. 

Jerusha,  85, 100. 
Sypherd,  Mary,  186. 

T 

Taft,  Emma  M.,  52. 

Frances,  75. 
Taggart,  Jane,  82. 

John,  84. 

Nancy,  80. 
Tate,  Thomas  R.,  146. 
Taylor,  Ellen  M.,  90. 

John,  242,  252. 
Tebls,  Nellie  G.,  78. 


Tbn  Byok,  David,  268. 

Hannah,  253. 

Harriet,  268. 

James,  258. 

John,  258. 

Samuel,  253. 

Thomas,  268. 
Tbbhukb,  Richard,  221. 
Thatcbbb,  Rev.  Peter,  40. 

Susannah,  40. 
Thaybb,  Gertruae  Esther, 
111. 

Orson  A.,  111. 

William,  92. 
Thing,  Uizle  Ann,  87. 
Thomas,  Ellen,  161. 
Thom,  Ann  Somes,  49. 

Benjamin,  48,  50. 

Charlotte  S.  L.,  49. 

Bliza,48,49. 

Elizabeth,  SO. 

George  Senter  and  fami- 

,     ly,  49. 

Isaac,  49. 

Joseph.  51. 

Julia  Maria,  49. 

Martha,  51. 

Mary  Pinkerton,  80. 

Samuel,  48. 

William,  48. 

William  Wear,  48. 
Thompson,  Abigail,  214. 

Adelbert,  222. 

Ann,  209,  213,  214. 

Anthony  Dobbins,  214. 

Catharine  A.,  222. 

Daniel  U.,  222. 

Eleanor,  214. 

Frances  Howard,  222. 

Grace  Webb,  222 

Henry,  214. 

Howard,  222. 

Howard  B.,  222. 

John  Allison.  222. 

John  Jay,  214,  221. 

Joseph,  214. 

Julia  Caroline,  222. 

Julia  D.,  224. 

Margaret,  61. 

Margaret  Boyd,  222. 

Mary,  221. 

Newton.  214. 

Sarah,  214,  222. 

Sarah  Mariab,  163. 

William  AUiKon,  214. 

William  W.,  211, 213. 
Thornton,  James,  156. 

Dr.  Matthew,  65. 
Thurber,  Edith  A.,  238. 

George,  238. 
Tichnor,  Ella,  278. 
TiLLETT,  Jeanuette,  149. 

Rev.  John,  149. 
TiMLOW,  Rev.  William,  223, 
0^229. 
Titus,  Mary  A.,  228. 

Mary  Ann,  279. 
ToBiN,  Charles  P.,  186. 
Tolbs,  Daniel,  266. 

Daniel  Allison,  265. 

Emery  L.,  265. 

Lyman,  265. 
ToMKiNs,  Ada  Frederika,  271. 

Catherine,  214. 

Daniel,  270. 

Helen  Amanda,  270. 

Mary  Allison,  271. 
TooKER,  Charles  P.,  233. 


INDEX    OF  NAMES. 


811 


TooKBB,  Charles  W.,  288. 

Egbert  M.,  388. 

Frank  Jm  388. 

James  H.,  388. 

Lewis  Allison,  388. 

Mary  BUaa.  388. 

Samnel,  388. 
ToBKuron,  Walter  H.,  168. 
ToTTBif,  John,  367. 
TocsLBT,  Clarissa,  110. 
TowKBT,  James,  344. 
TosiBB,  Joanna,  lOB. 

Martha,  91.  lOS. 

Stephen,  105. 
Tbaot,  Elvira,  93. 
Tbasb,  Joshua  P.,  88. 

liissie  Sogers,  88. 
Tbbmpbb,  Elmer,  300. 
Tbowbbidob,  Clarissa  a.,  363. 
Tbub,  O.  W..  77. 
TcppBB,  Catherine,  98. 
TvTn.B,  Joseph,  166. 

Thomas  E.  and  family,  57. 
TwracBBLL,  Adeltha,  323. 
Ttlbb,  Malvina,  117. 

Ralph,  117. 

U 

Uptbobaff,  Clara,  333. 

V 

Vail,  Absalom,  380. 

Asa,  380. 

Eleanor  Alberta,  280. 

Floyd,  280. 

Floyd  Eugene,  280. 

Isaac  AlUson,  280. 

James  Sohnyler,  214. 

John,  214. 

Lillian.  280. 

Mary  Elizabeth,  280. 

BoBwell  Flowc  r,  380. 

Sarah  K.,  380. 

WimamH.,23). 
Van  Dam,  Rip,  243 
Van  Dbbw,  Matilda,  285. 
Van  Dusbn,  Sarah  E.,  172. 
Van  Obldbn,  Mr.,  215. 
Van  Op.sbb,  Peter,  216. 
Vaunbb,  Margaret,  287. 
Vabey,  Elicabeth,  89. 
Vadohan,  Charles,  i:8. 

Franklin  P.,  118. 

John,  118. 

Nellie  O.,  lis. 

•w 

Waddell,  Ora,  289. 
Wadb,  Jane,  168. 
Wadswoeth,  Mabel,  197. 

Olive  A..  285. 
Waldbon,  Abram,  253. 

Adrian,  263. 

Calvin,  263. 

Jacob,  263. 

John.  263. 

&Iatthew,  253. 
Walker,  L.  B.,  68. 
Wallace,   Rev.   Cyrus   W., 
91, 106. 

John,  106, 221. 

Margaret,  44. 

Mary,  221. 

Thomas,  67. 

Susan,  67. 
Walsh,  George  L.,  76. 
Wabd,  Ellen,  261. 

Oarrett,  285. 


Wabd,  Sarah  Jane  Morrison, 
54. 

Rev.  Milton,  54. 
Wabino,  Mr.,  217. 
Wabbbn,  Ella  Frances,  88. 

Willard,  88. 

WlUlam,  88. 
Watson,  Mary,  262. 
Wasoatt,  Elisha,  49. 
Waton,  Anna  Mayfleld,  157. 
'Rattan,  Evelyn  C.,  110. 
Watson,  Martha,  166. 
Way,  Emma  Gertrude,  111. 

Kittle  Esther,  ill. 

Zeva  M.,  HI. 
Wbbstbb,  Edward,  115. 

Israel,  89. 

Lissie,  89. 

Susan,  80. 
Webbs,  John  L.,  91. 

John  Langdon,  105. 

Sarah  Lavlnla,  105. 

William,  105. 
Wbis,  Dr.  J.  W.,  177. 
Wbiss,  Catherine,  288. 
Weld,  William  Henry,  102. 
Wells,  Jane  M.,  74. 

John,  209. 

Louisa,  88. 

Ruth,  168. 

Dr.  S.,  185. 
Welman,  LiUie,  288. 

Minnie,  288. 
Westcott,  Richard,  213. 
Weston,  Albert,  100. 

Clark  W.,  70. 

George  W.  and  family ,  70. 

Harrison  C,  70. 

John  Albert,  100. 

Lancey  and  family,  68, 70. 

Nathaniel    Holmes  and 
family,  70. 

Nathaniel  H.,  68. 
Wetherbbe,  Hattle,  61. 
Wheeler,  Alfred,  260. 

Caroline,  260. 

Charles  H.  and  family,  69. 

EpenetUR,  260. 

Helen  L.,  S3. 

Lucy,  94. 

Marguerette,  260. 

S.  C,  291. 
Whidoen,  John,  184. 

Nancy,  184. 
Whipple,  George  I.,  222. 
Whitcomb,  L.  K..  61. 
White,  Mrs.  Delia  W.  (Trow- 
bridge), 52. 

Elizabeth,  160. 

Epbralm,  71. 

George  O.,  71. 

Jane  Elizabeth,  ISO. 

Col.  John  M.,  148. 

Mary  Ella,  71. 

MoureH  Ephralm,  71. 

Capt.  Samuel,  148. 
White,  Thomanin,  240. 
Whitmabsh,  Mary,  102. 
Whitney,  Irene    Elizabeth, 
66. 

Irene  M.,  98. 

Mary  Ann,  206. 

Mary  Jane,  M. 
Whittakeb,  George  G.,  137. 

John  and  family,  67. 

Mary,  162. 
Whittbmorb,  Ann  FranceH, 
82. 


Wbittbmobb,  Bernard,  81. 

Bernard  Bemus,  81. 

Elolse  C»  81. 

Francis  Parkman,  81. 

Frederick  Parks,  82. 

Helen  A.,  n. 

Katherlne  Holmes,  81. 

Msry  Jane,  83. 

Nathaniel  Holmes,  83. 

Polly,  178. 
Whobf,  James  E.,  116. 

James  W.,  116. 

Mary  E.,  115. 
WicBBBsHAM,  Isaao,  319. 

Mary  Ann,  319. 
WiLBUB,  E.  P.,  327. 
Wilcox,  S.  P.,  74. 
WiLBiNS,  Albert  and  family, 
U4. 

Moses  P.,  87. 
WiLBiNsoN,  Ann,  186. 

Joanna,  160. 

Mr.,  386. 
WiLLBY,  Olive,  100. 
Willi  AMs,Constant  Floyd,  60. 

Rev.  Gilbert  F.,  60. 

John  Adams,  60. 

Rev.  John,  40. 

Mae  Amanda,  157. 

Martha,  60. 

Samuel  K.,  167. 

Samuel  Morrison,  69. 

Sarah,  168. 

Simon  T.,  SO. 
Willis,  Mary,  116. 

Robert,  41. 

William,  254. 
WiLLisTON,  Edward,  99,  111. 

Isabella,  ill. 
Wilson,  Eleanor,  388. 

James,  r32. 

Joel,  116. 

Martha,  14^. 
WiNSLOw,  Bdvard,  40. 
Winthrop,  Rr  bert,  347. 
Wirt,  Anna  Bell,  76. 

Charles,  75. 

Katie,  75. 

William,  75. 
Wise,  Ann,  220. 

Charles  Frederick,  94. 
Withers,  John  Thomas,  289. 

William  AlllHon,  289. 

William  Pitt,  289. 
Woodman,  Abbie  H.,  49. 
Wood,  Edmund,  249. 

Elizabeth,  263. 

Jonas,  249. 

Jeremy,  249. 

Mr.,  212. 
WooDH,  Mary,  197. 
Wooden,  Joseph,  110. 
WooDsiDB,  Margaret  Shep- 

ard,5S. 
Wriort,  Dr.  Barnabas,  74. 

Everett,  74. 

Harry,  98. 

James  Edward,  168. 

JaMon  AlliHon,  179. 

John,  98. 

Kate  Emogene,  96. 

Lucy  L.,  96. 

Lutner  L.  and  family,  96. ' 

Morris.  98. 

Sarah  Ellen,  163. 
WvLiE,  Dr.  Albert  Gill  and 

family,  79. 
Wyman,  Mary  Ella,  219. 


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INDEX  OF  NAMES. 


Yatbb,  FnunoU,  380. 
YoDMAm,  B«iijuiiin,  2M. 
Youira,  Andrew  J.,  135. 
Bdwin  Stanton,  US. 


Yoovo,  Elmlra,  37V. 
James  Thomas,  12S. 
Joseph,  147, 379. 
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Sarah,  146. 


Young,  William,  147. 

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Zbluff,  Nellie,  364. 

Sarah  Frances,  375. 
ZiKMBBKAir,  Luna,  US. 


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